Book of james chapter 5
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God will judge the enemies of righteousness. Patient endurance is needed in this life. Though James was speaking of different circumstances which would be dealt with in the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD, the message is still the same for us. God says that we need to patiently wait for God to act. When it does not come now, we have the tendency to simply give up on God. We would plant a seed in the ground, check it the next day, and since there was nothing we would give up on watering and caring for the seed. However, it would still be at least 20 years before these words were fulfilled (scholars believe that this letter was written around 48 AD or earlier).Īs a child, I didn’t have that farmer’s patience. The Judge was standing at the door ready to bring judgment against the Jewish nation. James is likely thinking about what would occur in 70 AD when the Roman armies attacked and destroyed the city of Jerusalem. However, the Lord was coming in judgment. These are the primary persecutors in the book of Acts. Specifically to this context, James is probably writing about the suffering and persecutions the Christians are enduring at the hands of the Jews.
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The seed is planted, but it takes time for the seed to blossom into the produce. The farmer must wait patiently for the precious fruit of the earth. We see this in the imagery used in verse 7. James does not say that tomorrow the persecutions would stop. However, James does not say that God would immediately strike down these enemies. They are experiencing trials, suffering, and persecution. James tells these Christians that judgment is coming. In verse 8 James says that the coming of the Lord is at hand and in verse 9 that the Judge is standing at the door. Notice that James places a couple of time markers on this hope for the Christians who read this letter.
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James is not talking about the final judgment in this text. These Christians are suffering and James directly gives them a message of hope. James is going to reveal to us how we can have this patient endurance.
#Book of james chapter 5 how to#
James is going to teach us how to deal with suffering. They are suffering for standing for righteousness. They are suffering for doing what is right. It is a compound word that means, “longsuffering.” We see this connection in verse 6, “You have condemned and murdered the righteous person.” The Christians are suffering because they are Christians. James is calling for patient endurance in the face of difficulties, suffering, and persecution for the name of Jesus. James is not talking about the need to be patient when you are running late and you are caught by a red light. James again is not calling for us to be patient when things do not go our way. In chapter 5 James returns to the theme of patient endurance. James continued by instructing us to know that the testing of our faith produces steadfastness, so that we can be mature and complete, lacking nothing. Recall that James began instructing us to, “Count it all joy when you meet trials of various kinds” (James 1:2 ESV). In the middle of the fifth chapter of James, we notice the author returning to the theme that started this letter.