Message on James 1

God's encouragement to the civil leader. God would make the nation a light by His might in His Spirit. Cleansing must come before the power is expressed in Zerubbabel. Then Zerubbabel would need to be dependent on the Holy Spirit because God would do the work by His Spirit.

Encouragement to build the house of God to the leaders of the people of God. Satan was telling Joshua that he was not worthy to serve as priest. But the Lord removed Joshua's filth and made him fit.

The truth revealed in Acts 2 is the beginning of the Church. Peter refers to Joel's prophecy of the last days. The prophecy refers to the beginning of the Church age and the end of the age, and the central message is to turn to the Lord. It is a salvation that delivers from the power of death.

The Lord speaks the truth. By it people are condemned. But He offers salvation from the condemnation.

Resurrection Sunday message

Without eating the Lord’s flesh and drinking His blood, you cannot have eternal life. The Lord spoke this to good Jews who followed Him, but were not given to Him by the Father.

Making sense of what the Lord was telling the Jews.

The coming of the Holy Spirit was accompanied with three signs that carried spiritual significance. A sound from heaven, divided tongues of fire, and speaking in tongues. The sound from heaven represents the oneness of the church. The divided tongues of fire represent the division between the kingdom of darkness and the kingdom of God's Son. The speaking in tongues represents receiving the authority to speak for God.

Who was James, the author. Imagining what it is like to be the brother of Jesus.

Jesus is the bread from heaven. Whoever comes to Him will never hunger (for God's approval) and whoever believes in Him will never thirst (for acceptance from God).