The Epistle of James
God is always looking to test our hearts. In the following verses, we find that testing is a fact of life for the believer:
- I know also, my God, that You test the heart and have pleasure in uprightness. [1 Chron. 29:17a]
- For the righteous God tests the hearts and minds. [Psa. 7:9b]
- The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold, but the Lord tests the hearts. [Prov. 17:3]
- I, the Lord, search the heart, I test the mind, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings. [Jere. 17:10]
- But as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, even so we speak, not as pleasing men, but God who tests our hearts. [1 Thes. 2:4]
It is through His testing of our faith that we become spiritually mature and complete.
Knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing. [Jam. 1:3-4]
In the Epistle of James, James writes about 14 different tests that the Christian can expect to face in his life. One of the purposes of these tests is so that we can take spiritual inventory of our lives and determine our spiritual maturity. Come join us each Sunday morning as study the Epistle of James and come to a better understanding of how and why God brings testing into our lives.
The Epistle of James Lessons:
Week 1 – Introduction to the Epistle of James
Week 2 – The Test of our Response to Trials – James 1:1-11
Week 3 – The Test of our Response to Temptations – James 1:12-20
Week 4 – The Test of our Response to the Word of God – James 1:21-27
Week 5 – The Test of our Showing Partiality – James 2:1-13
Week 6 – The Test of our Doing Righteous Works – James 2:14-26
Week 7 – The Test of the Proper Use of Our Tongue – James 3:1-12
Week 8 – The Test of the Use of Godly Wisdom – James 3:13-18
Week 9 – The Test of our Proper Interaction with the World – James 4:1-10
Week 10 – The Test of our Proper Interaction with our Brothers – James 4:11-12
Week 11 – The Test of our Dependence on God – James 4:13-17
Week 12 – The Test of our View of Wealth – James 5:1-6
Week 13 – The Test of our Patient Endurance – James 5:7-11
Week 14 – The Test of Honest Speech – James 5:12
Week 15 – The Test of our Commitment to Prayer – James 5:13-20
