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Pamphlet #5121 KCJames1-1
James
instruction book is specifically written to the Christian nations of the
world; the 12 tribes scattered abroad who would recognize his voice and
be awaiting the Lord's return.
We live in the most exciting time
in the history of mankind!
We live in the time called the "last
days", that time period which all the prophets wrote about, that time period
just before the return of Jesus Christ which the disciples longed to know
and understand concerning the events that would be taking place and what
the conditions would be like.
So the disciples came to Jesus on
the Mount of Olives and asked Him to explain the events and conditions
of our time, and He did!
And among those things He told them
was that there would be "great tribulation", even the greatest tribulation
in all of history.
Are you ready for it?
Matthew
24:21
For then shall
be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world
to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
Do you have trials and tribulations
in your life now?
If so, how do you look upon those
trials and tribulations?
Do you see yourself as a persecuted
"woe is me" victim or are you a mature Christian and look upon them as
"conditioning" exercises, as sort of a warm-up for that which lies just
ahead?
Many are anxiously awaiting the
return of Jesus Christ and unfortunately that is about all some are doing,
anxiously awaiting.
But what about their faith?
What about their works?
Will they have the patience to "wait
upon the LORD, and keep His way" (Ps. 37:34)?
Peter wrote that our Lord does not
delay His coming, "but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any
should perish, but that all should come to repentance (2 Peter 3:9).
God was patient and longsuffering
during the days of Noah for the very same reason, God's servants were preparing
the ark for any who would be saved, but alas, only "eight souls*
were saved by water".
*Note:There were only eight "adamic"
souls saved in the flood, and although it is not commonly taught, it can
easily be documented that all of the races were preserved through the flood
of Noah. Open and read our Genesis studies
or log unto Genesis in
the "Table of Contents" at the screen to your left under "Studies on Books of the Bible".
1 Peter
3:20
Which sometime
were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days
of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls
were saved by water.
God's elect are preparing the
ark of these last days in preparation for the flood of lies (Rev. 12:15)
and deception which are about to engulf the entire world when Satan is
cast from heaven (Rev. 12:7-9).
Will you be a faithful servant of
God or will you eat and drink and be drunken as they were in the days of
Noah before the flood?
Let's learn a parable from the Lord
Jesus Christ and then study the Book of James, which was written to the
12
Tribes of Israel scattered abroad.
James 1:1
James, a
servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to
the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad,
greeting.
Note: James was not writing to the Jews as we know them today, not the
little country currently living in the middle east which is made up of
a few members of the tribe of Judah (those few who returned with Ezra in
the 5th century BC) but mostly of kenites. If
he meant his letter for them he could have hand carried it across town
when he wrote it in 45 AD; after all he wrote it from Jerusalem! No,
he was writing to the 12 tribes of Israelites who had been scattered abroad
in 721 BC by the Assyrians (see 2 Kings 18:9-13) not to be confused with
the Babylonian captivity which took place when King Nebbuchadnezzer, 140
years later, carried away those Israelites (mostly Judahiats and Benjaminiats)
that remained in Judea. Only a remnant of Judahiats were left for Nebuchadnezzer
to take to Babylon. (see 2 Kings 19:4) Yes, the same 12 tribes of Israelites
who settled in the near east and throughout Europe and later America, i.e.
Jesus' lost sheep who recognized his voice and became the Christian nations
of the world!
In Luke chapter 12, Jesus had
just told the disciples to be ready for the second advent, for it will
happen "at an hour when you think not".
Let's pick up the conversation in
Luke 12:41.
Luke
12:41
Then Peter said
unto Him, Lord, speakest thou this parable unto us, or even to all?
The answer in the next verse
is that the parable is to the faithful and wise servants!
Hello!
[42]
And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward,
whom his lord shall make ruler over his household, to give them their portion
of meat in due season?
The servant whom the Lord shall
make ruler over His household is FAITHFUL and WISE, in other words he or
she has both FAITH and WISDOM!
These are the very things James
is going to talk to us about.
[43]
Blessed
is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
That servant will be one Happy
Dude (HD) at the sound of the 7th Trump!
[44]
Of a truth I say unto you, that he will make him ruler over all that he
hath.
Yes, and he or she "shall reign
with him a thousand years" (Rev. 20:6).
Uh oh!
Here comes a word to the wise!
Hopefully it is sufficient!
Luke
12:45
But and
if
that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin
to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;
BUT and IF they run out of patience
and do not "Wait on the LORD" and begin to "err" and go astray and eat
and drink and become "spiritually" drunken as in the days of Noah, then
they are in big trouble!
[46]
The
lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him, and
at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint
him his portion with the unbelievers.
Now wake up Christian!
Jesus is not talking about the Biblically
illiterate!
He is talking about His servants
"which KNEW the Lord's will"!
Do you know His will?
Do you know the plan?
[47]
And
that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself,
neither
did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.
That servant who does not
1.) gain WISDOM, i.e. continue
to prepare himself with the Gospel Armor, and
2.) does not exercise FAITH (which
we will learn from James also means to have good works), shall get a whoppin'
to beat all whoppin's!
Christ goes on to say that those
who are Biblically illiterate, who don't know His will, will still get
whopped, but it will not be near so severe as to those who know better.
[48]
But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be
beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall
be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will
ask the more.
You see, if you are one of
God's servants and know His will then He expects you to be a doer and an
overcomer and exercise faith.
We will learn in this Book of James,
one of the earliest epistles and written by the brother of Jesus about
45 A.D., what true patience and faith is!
James instruction is specifically
written to the 12 tribes scattered abroad who would be awaiting the coming
of the Lord.
Let's see, Rev. 7 says there will
be 144,000 servants, 12,000 from each of these 12 tribes, who are to be
sealed before Christ's coming.
Am I saying that the Book of James
is specifically written to the 144,000?
I guess the question is, "Who is
it of the 12 tribes who is not blinded (Rom. 11) that can read it, understand
it, and take heed?"
Certainly those multitudes which
follow in Rev. 7, i.e. the elect out of all nations and races are able
also to read with understanding and heed the Book of James.
These two verses from the 5th chapter
pretty well sum it up for those who have eyes to see.
James
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.
[8] Be
ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth
nigh.
By the way, in his last chapter
James will also mention (to the brethren waiting unto the coming of the
Lord) the patience of Job, who was a type of God's elect, and Elijah's
3 1/2 years concerning the power over "the rain", just like the 1260 days
of two witnesses who have power over the rain as it is written in Rev.
11:3-6.
Yes, I'd say this is a very timely
book, wouldn't you?
Let's go for it!
To study the Bible is the noblest of all pursuits;
to understand it, the highest of all goals.
We pray that with the guidance of the Holy
Spirit, you accomplish both.
1 Corinthians
10:11 Now all these things happened unto them {the
ancient Israelites} for
ensamples, and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends
of the world are come.
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