WMER RadioBibleClass's Podcast

Waiting on God (James 5:7-12)

1. Be patient
2. The farmer’s patience
3. The prophets’ perseverance
4. Job’s endurance

Title: Planning without God (James 4:13-17)

1. Planning without God, our knowledge is limited (4:13)
2. Uncertainty of Life, life is short (4:14)
3. God’s Sovereignty (4:15)
4. Boasting & Arrogance, boasting is evil (4:16)
5. Sin of Neglect or Sin of omission (4:17)

Fleeing Worldliness (James 4:1-12)

1. What is Worldliness?
2. Signs of Worldliness
   1. Selfish Lust (4:1-3)
   2. Worldliness (4:4)
   3. Envy (4:5)
   4. Pride (4:6)
3. How to overcome Worldliness
   1. Submit to God (4:7)
   2. Draw near to God (4:8)
   3. Become clean (4:8)
   4. Be broken (4:9)
   5. Humble yourself (4:10)
   6. Guard your tongue (4:11)
   7. Guard against judging (4:11-12)

Wisdom from Above (James 3:13-18)
1. What is Wisdom?
2. Worldly Wisdom (3:14-16)   
   a. Bitter, Jealous, Selfish
   b. Unspiritual or demonic
   c. Disorder exists 
3. Wisdom from Above (3:17-18)
   a. Pure, Peaceable, Gentle
   b. Good fruits
   c. Peacemaker

Taming the Tongue (James 3:1-12)

1. Problem of the Tongue (3:1-2)
   1. Held accountable
   2. Applies to everyone’s influence
2. The Tongue Directs (3:3-5)
   1. Like a bit with a horse
   2. Like a rudder on a ship
3. The Tongue Destroys (3:5-8)
   1. Boastful words
   2. Blazing words
   3. Poison words
4. The Tongue Defines (3:9-12)
   1. Contradictive speech
   2. Change the root for different fruit

How Faith Works (James 2:14-26)
1. Faith without works (2:14)
2. What Faith without works looks like (2:15-16)
3. Dead Faith (2:17)
4. Response to a Critic (2:18-20)
5. Examples of Faith with Works (2:21-26)
   A. Abraham (2:21-24)
   B. Rahab (2:25)
6. Faith and Works (2:26)

All Lives Matter (James 2:1-13)

1. Showing favoritism (2:1-7)
   1. Show no favoritism (2:1)
   2. Rich vs Poor (2:2-4)
   3. Rich in faith (2:5)
   4. Remember who wronged you (2:6-7) 
2. Law of Love (2:8-11)
   1. Royal Law (2:8)
   2. Partiality (2:9)
   3. Guilty of all of it (2:10-11)
3. Law of Liberty (2:12-13)
   1. Law of Liberty (2:12)
   2. Mercy triumphs judging (2:13)

Applying the Word (James 1:19-27)

1. Be a hearer of the Word

     a. Be quick to hear

     b. Be slow to speak

     c. Be slow to anger

2. Be a doer not just a hearer

3. How do we apply the Word?

     a. Read it

     b. Study it

     c. Apply it

Where did I go wrong? (James 1:13-18)

1. Temptation or a Trial
2. God does not tempt
3. We own our sin
4. Temptation is a part of Life
5. Sin starts with a thought
6. We are God's first fruits