The theme of James 5:7-12 is patience and James exhorts us to have patience in the face of persecution and difficulty. The outline on patience in James 5 is under the video. God bless!
Patience
James 5:7-12
Patient with what?
- Context is injustice – 5:1-6
- Keep the focus where it belongs, don’t take your hardships out on each other – v. 9
- God will make it right – v. 7, 8
Three illustrations….
- The farmer – Psalm 126:5-6
- Prophets – Jeremiah 38
- Job – Ezekiel 14:14-20
Do not swear….
- Paul – I Corinthians 15:31; I Thessalonians 5:27
- Jesus – Matthew 26:62-64
- The issue is truth-telling….