Stood The Test
James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus
Christ, to the twelve tribes in the Dispersion: Greetings.
My brothers and sisters, whenever you face
trials of any kind, consider it nothing but joy, because you know that the
testing of your faith produces endurance; so that you may be mature and
complete, lacking in nothing.
If any of you is lacking in wisdom, ask God,
who gives to all generously and ungrudgingly, and it will be given you. But ask
in faith, never doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea,
driven and tossed by the wind; for the doubter, being double-minded and
unstable in every way, must not expect to receive anything from the Lord.
Let the believer who is lowly boast in being
raised up, and the rich in being brought low, because
the rich will disappear like a flower in the field. For the sun rises with its
scorching heat and withers the field; its flower falls, and its beauty
perishes. It is the same way with the rich; in the midst of a busy life, they
will wither away.
Blessed is anyone who endures temptation. Such
a one has stood the test and will receive the crown of life that the Lord has
promised to those who love him. No one, when tempted, should say, “I am being
tempted by God”; for God cannot be tempted by evil and he himself tempts no
one.
James 1:1-13
Intentionally seek to
care for others in the way that we would hope to be treated.
Love is at the heart
of obedience.
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