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1. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

   2.4 The Fourth Commandment cites James 1: 21

   …e word into meek and humble hearts, and that we may submit to it, and bring forth fruits. James 1: 21. Nor should we only pray for ourselves, but for others. Pray for him who dispenses the wo…

2. The Christian’s Secret of a Happy Life · Hannah Whitall Smith

   Concerning Temptation cites James 1:12

   …e test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him. ”(James 1:12) It urges us to "count it all joy when we fall into diverse temptations." Temptation, the…

3. A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections · Jonathan Edwards

   XII. Gracious and holy affections have their exercise and fruit in Christian practice cites James 1:2

   …, 16; Rev. 2:7, and 40:22; Col. 1:22, 23, Heb. 3:6, 12, 14, and 6:11, 12, and 10:35, &c.; James 1:25; Rev. 2:13, 26, and 2:10; 2 Tim 2:15; 2 Tim 4:4-8. But that perseverance in obedience, w…

4. The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit · R. A. Torrey

   The Regenerating Work of the Holy Spirit cites James 1:18

   …ishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God.” We read in James 1:18, “Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of f…

5. How to Succeed in the Christian Life · R. A. Torrey

   Guidance cites James 1: 5-7

   …y obey Him and thus have God’s favour at every turn of life? This question is answered in James 1: 5-7, R. V., “But if any of you lacketh wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all liberall…

6. The Mortification of Sin in Believers · John Owen

   The necessity of mortification: the duty of the best believers cites James i. 14

   …flesh lusteth against the Spirit,” Gal. v. 17; lust is still tempting and conceiving sin, James i. 14; in every moral action it is always either inclining to evil, or hindering from that whic…

7. The Mortification of Sin in Believers · John Owen

   The mortification of sin in particular described cites James i. 14

   …, rise up, conceive, tumultuate, provoke, entice, disquiet, as naturally it is apt to do, James i. 14, 15. I shall desire to give one caution or rule by the way, and it is this: Though every …

8. How to Succeed in the Christian Life · R. A. Torrey

   Bible Study cites James 1: 22

   …self. (4) Obedience. Be a doer of the Word and not a hearer only deceiving your own soul (James 1: 22). Nothing goes farther to help one understand the Bible than the purpose to obey it. Jesu…

9. The Life of Trust · George Müller

   Walking in Darkness cites James i. 17

   …down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.” James i. 17. As the increase of faith is a good gift, it must come from God, and therefore he ought t…

10. How to Succeed in the Christian Life · R. A. Torrey

    Prayer cites James 1: 5

    …ally pray. 1. For wisdom. “If any of you lack wisdom (and we all do) let him ask of God” (James 1: 5). 2. For strength. “For they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength” (Is. 40:…

11. Men and Women Who Gave Everything · Ochorus Originals

    Pandita Ramabai — The Scholar Who Gave Everything for India’s Daughters cites James 1:27

    …phans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world” (James 1:27, NIV). This was not, for Ramabai, a supplement to the gospel — it was its most visible ex…

12. Baptism with the Holy Spirit · R. A. Torrey

    The Baptism with the Holy Spirit: What it is and what it does cites James 1:18

    … said to the same men, “You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you." (James 1:18; 1 Peter 1:23) and in John 13:10 "And you are clean, though not every one of you," the on…

13. Baptism with the Holy Spirit · R. A. Torrey

    How the Baptism with the Holy Spirit can be obtained cites James 1:5

    …be yours." God's most positive and unqualified promises must be appropriated by faith. In James 1:5, we read: "If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all wi…

14. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

    The Means of Grace cites James 1:5

    …not, because ye ask not,” (James 4:2, ) “and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.” (James 1:5). If it be objected, “But this is no direction to unbelievers; to them who know not the p…

15. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

    The Great Privilege of those that are Born of God cites James 1:14

    …tion soon vanishes away: But if not, if we are exelkomenoi, (as the Apostle James speaks, James 1:14, ) drawn out of God by our own desire, and deleazomenoi, caught by the bait of present or…

16. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

    Discourse 6 cites James 1:12

    …tation; For when he is tried,” or approved of God, “he shall receive the crown of life.” (James 1:12, 13.) He immediately adds, taking the word in the latter sense, “Let no man say when he i…

17. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

    The Original, Nature, Property, and Use of the Law cites Jas. 1:27

    …t is transcribed into the life, as well as the soul, it is (as the same Apostle terms it, Jas. 1:27) threskeia kathara kai amiantos, pure religion and undefiled; or, the pure, clean, unpoll…

18. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

    On Patience cites James 1:4

    …“Let patience have its perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.” James 1:4. 1. “My brethren,” says the Apostle in the preceding verse, “count it all joy when ye fal…

19. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

    Free Grace cites James 1:5

    …of God, who giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not, and it shall be given him.” (James 1:5.) Thus St. Peter: (2 Pet. 3:9:) “The Lord is not willing that any should perish, but that…

20. The Inner Chamber · Andrew Murray

    The Blessings of the Doer cites James 1:22

    …errible delusion! “But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.” James 1:22. It is in the closet, in the morning watch, that this delusion must be fought and conquer…

21. Purity of Heart · William Booth

    How to Keep Pure cites James 1:12

    James 1:12 says, “Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the te…

22. How to Bring Men to Christ · R. A. Torrey

    Dealing with the Willful and the Deluded cites Jas. i. 18

    … arise is “How to be born again.” This question is answered in Jno. i. 12; 1 Peter i. 23; Jas. i. 18. Acts iii. 19, is a good text to use with Roman Catholics as it shows the necessity of re…

23. All Things for Good · Thomas Watson

    An exhortation to love God cites James i. 21

    …se? Will he love his plague sores? Sin is a pollution. The apostle calls it “filthiness” (James i. 21). It is compared to leprosy and to poison of asps. God’s heart rises against sinners. “My…

24. The Fundamental Doctrines of the Christian Faith · R. A. Torrey

    The New Birth cites James 1:18

    …hat this is not true. We are taught the second thing about how regeneration is wrought in James 1:18, "Of His own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of f…

25. Talks to the Farmer · Charles H. Spurgeon

    The Sheep Before the Shearers cites James 1:5

    …ing me all this shame and bloodshed.” But “God gives generously to all without reproach” (James 1:5, ESV). He opened the very fountain of his heart and did not rebuke us. He had counted the…

26. The God of All Comfort · Hannah Whitall Smith

    A Word to the Wavering Ones cites James 1:7

    …that gap. "For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord" (James 1:7). This isn't because God is angry; it is because the nature of things makes it impossible…

27. Rise Up, Men of God · Ochorus Originals

    By the Sweat of Your Brow cites James 1:27

    …the orphan, the disabled, the elderly, those truly unable to work. That is true religion (James 1:27). But for the able-bodied man who refuses to work, there is no Christian welfare. Get up.…

28. How to Bring Men to Christ · R. A. Torrey

    The Baptism of the Holy Spirit cites Jas. i. 6

    …wind and tossed. For let not that man think that he shall receive anything of the Lord.” (Jas. i. 6, 7.) The same principle, of course, holds in regard to the prayer for the Holy Spirit. It…

29. Watchman Nee · Watchman Nee

    Stand: Spiritual Warfare and Victory cites James 1:14

    …nterference depending on context. James says temptation is connected to one's own desire (James 1:14, ASV). Peter describes the devil as an adversary (1 Peter 5:8, ASV). Hebrews speaks of fa…

30. The Reality of Prayer · E. M. Bounds

    Prayer—A Privilege, Princely, Sacred cites James 1:5

    …ble to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared” (Hebrews 5:7). So elsewhere (James 1:5) we have “asking” set forth as prayer: “If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, wh…

31. Divine Healing · Andrew Murray

    God’s Prescription for the Sick cites James 1: 2

    …d, above all, to ask the patience which he considers to be the privilege of the believer (James 1: 2— 4, 12; 5: 7, 8). But in dealing with the words, “Is any sick among you?” James replies i…

32. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    1.2 Love cites James 1: 12

    …to him, and professed she loved him; but God gives a crown of life to them that love him. James 1: 12. (3) Love is the only grace that shall live with us in heaven. In heaven we shall need no…

33. Watchman Nee · Watchman Nee

    Learning to Walk by Faith cites James 1:4

    …t patience have its perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, lacking in nothing” (James 1:4, ASV). Patience is not passivity. It is the capacity to remain under God's formative work…

34. The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit · R. A. Torrey

    The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit as Revealed in His Names cites James 1:18

    …quickening power of the Spirit (or else of the cleansing Word, John 15:3, Ephesians 5:26, James 1:18, 1 Peter 1:23, and the quickening power of the Holy Spirit).” II. The Spirit of God The H…

35. Godliness · Catherine Booth

    Conditions of Effectual Prayer cites James 1:5

    … the wind. For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord." James 1:5- "Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we…

36. Men and Women Who Gave Everything · Ochorus Originals

    Scripture Appendix: God’s Word on the Missional Life cites James 1:27

    …ans 1:21 — “For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.” Chapter 5 — Pandita Ramabai James 1:27 — “Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orph…

37. The God of All Comfort · Hannah Whitall Smith

    Thanksgiving Versus Complaining cites James 1:17

    …t gives Him real pleasure, and our failure to thank Him for His "good and perfect gifts" (James 1:17) wounds His heart, just as ours are wounded when loved ones fail to appreciate what we be…

38. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    2.2 The Second Commandment cites James 1: 12

    …; but God has promised a ‘crown of life to them that love him,’ and a never-fading crown. James 1: 12. 1 Pet 5: 4. (4) By loving God we know that he loves us. ‘We love him because he first lo…

39. The Pilgrim's Progress · John Bunyan

    The Fifth Stage cites James 1:27

    …fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.” James 1:27; see also verses 22-26. This, Talkative is not aware of; he thinks that hearing and sayin…

40. The Cheque Book of the Bank of Faith · Charles H. Spurgeon

    The Month of June cites James 1:5

    …of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him." James 1:5 "If any of you lack wisdom." There is no "if" in the matter, for I am sure I lack it. Wha…

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