Repentance was a grace of God given an individual at the time of their salvation. It is a gift that remains open to the believer daily inviting them to walk with God. Consider here the gracious way of repentance.

The sins of the believer are addressed and culminate in the most shocking charge of all. Worldiness is adultery! And God is righteously jealous.

Hedonism says my personal pleasure is the ultimate good. Holiness means to be set apart from God. Holiness says "I am set apart for the pleasure of God alone."

Like a mighty river that settles into a calm deep channel of blessing. God's work of salvation flows out of the meek servant like water into a desert. James gives to us in James 3:17 a portrait of this river of wisdom as it flows out of our lives and into our world... We will consider what each expression looks like and also why this is.

A short consideration of the meekness and the purity that is expressed in those operating under the wisdom that comes from above.

We are told the earthly wisdom is made up of zeal and ambition gone in the wrong direction. The problem is that this kind of wisdom can easily appear to be spiritual in nature because there is a certain zeal and ambition also present in the practice of true wisdom. So how can you tell? What is the sign of a ministry conducted in earthly wisdom?

From one of the harshests passages in the New Testament exposing the hellishness of the tongue we discover some a most powerful encouragement. Here we discover the oughts of the unregenerate man or woman in contrast to the ought of the born again person.

James has a warning for teachers. A warning in which he includes himself. Things to consider before you preach or before you sit under the teacher.

What does it mean that our "salvation is nearer than when we first believed"? We consider the force with which Paul encourages love in the church. We consider the context in which we are to live in obedience to Christ. And from which direction light is coming our way.

Love is a debt owed to all. The law is the payment plan of love. Love paid out in the Holy Spirit's fullness is the fulfillment of the law. Love seeks not harm but blessing on its object.