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James 5
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Go to now, ye rich men,
weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you. |
"Ye rich men,
weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you."
God rewards his favorites with riches (Job 22:23-24, Pr.15:6),
and then punishes them for being rich.
Theologikos: Christians: Stop quoting the bible out of context!
Is it good to be wealthy?
What must you do to be saved?
What the Bible says about rich people
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| 5:2
Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
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| 5:3
Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness
against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped
treasure together for the last days. |
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| 5:4
Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which
is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have
reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth. |
Laborers should be treated fairly.
But is it okay to enslave them?
Does God approve of slavery?
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| 5:5
Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished
your hearts, as in a day of slaughter. |
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| 5:6
Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you. |
"Ye have condemned and killed the just."
Has the ever been a just person?
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| 5:7
Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the
husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long
patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain. |
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| 5:8
Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth
nigh. |
"The coming of the Lord draweth nigh."
What the Bible says about the end of the world
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| 5:9
Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold,
the judge standeth before the door. |
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| 5:10
Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord,
for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience. |
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| 5:11
Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of
Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful,
and of tender mercy. |
"The Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy."
Is God merciful?
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| 5:12
But above all things,
my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth,
neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; lest
ye fall into condemnation. |
"But above all things, my brethren, swear not."
Is it okay to take oaths?
Swear not at all:
Christians and the oath of office
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| 5:13
Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing
psalms. |
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| 5:14
Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let
them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: |
(5:14-15)
"The prayer of faith shall save the sick."
If you are sick, rely on the power of prayer. It works every time.
What the Bible says about medical science
Faith-based
medicine (for Republicans)
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| 5:15
And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him
up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
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| 5:16
Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may
be healed. The effectual fervent
prayer of a righteous man availeth much. |
"The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much."
Has there ever been a righteous person?
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| 5:17
Elias was a man subject to
like passions as we are, and he prayed
earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the
space of three years and six months. |
By praying, Elias was able to keep it from raining for
three and a half years.
What the Bible says about the weather
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| 5:18
And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth
her fruit. |
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| 5:19
Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him; |
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| 5:20
Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his
way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.
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"He which converteth the sinner from the error of his
way shall save a soul from death."
Does hell exist?
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