Can I Be Real? Podcast

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Show Notes:

○ James 3:13-18

○ James 3:13

§ Read NLT: “If you are wise and understand God’s ways, prove it by living an honorable life, doing good works with the humility that comes from wisdom”

§ This sounds like something out of Proverbs:

□ Read-

® Proverbs 15:33

® Proverbs 19:11

® Proverbs 24:3-4

○ James 3:14-16

§ James calls this “worldly wisdom” demonic and evil because it is selfish and flesh-driven

§ It started in the garden, when Adamo and Eve took it upon themselves to listen to the whispers of satan rather than the command of God

§ If you aren’t living by the power of the Holy Spirit, then you are living according to the flesh or our sinful nature 

□ Paul refers to satan as “the ruler of the kingdom of the air” in Ephesians 2:2

□ Read 1 Corinthians 3:1-3

□ Read Galatians 5:19-21

○ James 3:17-18

§ That was worldly wisdom and this is Godly wisdom

§ James says it is pure, peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy, impartial, sincere and good fruit (starting to sound like the fruits of the spirit, and like the fruit or good deeds that our faith should begin to produce in us 

§ Remember in James 1:5, he says “if any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you”

§ Pay attention to some of these promises in these verses

□ Ask for God’s wisdom and he will give it to you

□ Peacemakers who sow in peace will reap a harvest of righteousness 

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Show notes:

James 3:1-12

James 3:1-2

James 3:3-6

Read Proverbs 12:18-22

Read Matthew 12:33-37

James 3:7-12

Read James 1:26

Read Ephesians 4:26, 29-32

Read Romans 3:20-26

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Show notes:

○ James 2:14-26

○ James 2:14-17

§ What good is it if someone claims to have faith but has no good deeds?

§ Remember, James just got done telling the believers to NOT show favoritism because by doing so, you dishonor the poor and break the royal law of "love your neighbor as yourself"

§ He just said in verse 12, "Speak and act as those who are going to be judged by the law that gives freedom…" 

§ James goes into an example- you see a brother or sister in need of clothes and food and all you do is tell them "go in peace; keep warm and well fed" but you don't actually DO anything to address their present physical needs…James says what's the point

§ Then James makes the statement: "in the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead" 

□ Some may think, but wait, I thought Paul said something contrary to that in Ephesians

® Read Ephesians 2:8-10

◊ We were created to do good works, not for salvation, but as a response to it

◊ As a response to the love God showed us FIRST; as a response to the grace and mercy shown to us

○ James 2:18-19

§ Read John 15: 5-8

§ Read Galatians 5:22-23

□ The fruit or evidence that we are in fact remaining in Jesus, that we are truly his disciples is in how we conduct ourselves and show the love of God by our love of others

○ James 2:20-26

§ Abraham, Rahab and some many others put their money where their mouth was, so to speak

§ Read Hebrews 11:1, 6-8, 17-19,31 

□ Chapter 11 goes on and on with the "by faith…" statements…

○ I don’t want to overwhelm you but there are so many more scriptures that support the faith & action statements that James is making….(read Matthew 25:31-46 on your own time)

○ But I want you to walk away with this: you are saved by grace through faith, to do good works…this is how we show the world that we are truly Jesus followers

○ Read 2 Corinthians 5:14-21

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Show Notes: 

○ James 1: 19-27

○ James 1:19-21

§ Quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to become angry

§ Human anger does NOT produce the righteousness that God desires

□ (Becoming angry at injustice, like Moses when he saw the golden calf the children of Israel had made, or when Jesus flipped tables in the temple is NOT the anger James is talking about here)

□ Read:

® Ephesians 4:25-30

◊ (This is Paul talking about putting off our old selves that have been corrupted by deceitful desires, and being made new in the attitudes of our minds, putting on our new selves)

○ James 1:22-25

§ Don’t just listen to the word, actually do what it says…otherwise you are only fooling yourselves (NLT)

§ The children of Israel did this in Exodus 32

□ Read Exodus 32:1

® Moses had only been on the mountain for 40 days!

§ Don't get the revelation of what you actually look like, warts and all, and then turn around and think " ahh I'm not so bad" as if you didn’t see the eye crusties, dried up drool or day-old spinach in your teeth. 

§ James tells us how to not look in the mirror and then turn around and forget:

□ Look intently into the perfect law that gives freedom

□ Continue in that perfect law (new covenant)

□ Not forgetting what you heard, but putting it into action

§ This is not impossible to do because James already tells us that the word has been planted in us, we just have to humbly accept or submit to it

§ When we start to look intently into this mirror (the word) we are able to see the areas we need to work on and most importantly, we come to the understanding that Jesus has already taken care of it. He is sanctifying us, cleaning us up, so that we will be a truer reflection of the word to others

○ James 1:26-27

§ …Consider themselves religious, but can't control their tongue… is lying to themselves and their religion is worthless

□ Will talk more about taming the tongue in chapter 3

§ What God does consider as a pure and faultless religion, is to take care of people and keep oneself from being polluted by the world

□ Read Matthew 25:35-36, 40

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Show notes:

○ James 1:1-18

§ James 1:2-4

□ Perseverance = endurance 

® Endurance- the ability or strength to continue or last, especially despite fatigue, stress, or other adversity 

◊ Read Isaiah 30:20-21

§ James 1:5-8

□ If you lack wisdom, ask God for it, who gives it generously

® Read 1 Kings 3:9-12, Psalms 19:7

□ But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt….like a wave of the sea, tossed by the wind

® This reminds me of Matthew 14, when Jesus was walking on the water. When Peter first asked Jesus to call him out onto the water, he believed and was walking on water! But it says in verse 30 "But when he saw the wind, he was afraid and began to sink"

□ Double-minded

® The NLT says "their loyalty divided between God and the world; the definition means undecided

◊ We like to live in this "gray area" when it comes to our faith sometimes. We live in the "sorta" mentality, but when it comes to maturing in our faith, there comes along with it a decision to be certain and steadfast

◊ Reference the Book of Daniel, with Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego…whether God saved them from the fiery furnace was God's business, but regardless they refused to compromise their faith

§ James 1:12

□ We can persevere under trial because God is faithful. That "crown of life" is the promised eternal inheritance (Hebrews 9:15)

§ James 1:13-15

□ We are tempted because of what we have going on within ourselves, don't put that on God.

□ Reminds me of Adam's response in Genesis 3, after Adam and Eve ate fruit of the Tree of the knowledge of good and evil….Adam blamed his actions on God and Eve, negating any responsibility, as if he wasn’t the one who also ate the fruit  

§ James 1: 17-18

□ Every Good and Perfect gift comes from God

□ God does not change

The Jewish believers were the "first fruits" or the first yield of a greater harvest that was yet to be gathered as a result of the gospel spreading throughout the world. 

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Welcome back and longtime no see!

It has been a minute since I last did an episode, but I am back! The Holy Spirit put this episode's lesson on my heart to do, so I pray that you will open your hearts to receive whatever God has for you from this message and may it bless you! 

Scriptures: Luke 11:17, Ephesians 4:3-16, 1 Corinthians 1:10-17, 1 Corinthians 12:12-20, John 17:20-23

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Scriptures: Genesis 17; Galatians 3:26-29

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Scriptures: Genesis 16; Galatians 4:21-5:1; Hebrews 7:24-25

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