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JAMES

JAMES. Marks. of. Maturity. J ames: Marks of Maturity. James 1:2-4. Group Question: One person share about someone who has been a good example to you when it comes to handling trials with godly joy. J ames: Marks of Maturity. James 1:2-4.

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JAMES

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  1. JAMES Marks of Maturity

  2. James: Marks of Maturity James 1:2-4 Group Question: One person share about someone who has been a good example to you when it comes to handling trials with godly joy.

  3. James: Marks of Maturity James 1:2-4 Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

  4. James: Marks of Maturity James 1:2-4 • Questions we tend to ask: • Does God really test my faith? • How many tests are there in life? • What is the purpose of the tests?

  5. James: Marks of Maturity James 1:2-4 Why does James start out the letter with this?

  6. James: Marks of Maturity James 1:2-4 • Significant terms: • “Count it all joy” • Count = hēgeomai= to deem, consider • Joy = chara= cheerfulness, that is, calm delight: - gladness, greatly exceeding joy

  7. James: Marks of Maturity James 1:2-4 • Significant terms: • “When you meet trials” • Meet = peripiptō = to fall into something unavoidable, be surrounded with • Trials = peirasmos = a putting to proof; adversity; temptation

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  9. James: Marks of Maturity James 1:2-4

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  13. James: Marks of Maturity James 1:2-4 • Significant terms: • “Testing of your faith” • “Throughout the Bible are people who turned defeat into victory and trial into triumph. Instead of being victims, they became victors.” - Warren Wiersbe

  14. James: Marks of Maturity James 1:2-4 • Significant terms: • “Produces steadfastness” • Produce = katergazomai= accomplish; cause, perform, work (out). • Steadfastness = hupomonē = cheerful endurance, constancy: - patience

  15. James: Marks of Maturity James 1:2-4 • Significant terms: • “Perfect and complete, lacking nothing” • Perfect = teleios = completeness: - of full age, man, perfect. • Complete = holoklēros= complete in every part; perfectly sound; entire, whole.

  16. James: Marks of Maturity James 1:2-4 Does God really test my faith?

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  19. James: Marks of Maturity James 1:2-4 • How many tests are there in life? • Two ways to view life when it comes to enduring trials: • My trials will someday come to an end. • Trials will always come in this life.

  20. James: Marks of Maturity James 1:2-4 What is the purpose of the tests?

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  22. James: Marks of Maturity James 1:2-4 Who in the Bible endured the greatest of all trials?

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