JAMES 1:19:20
Christian behavior and attitude
Wherefore- know this
Everyman ought to listen intently, not speak rashly, not become angry
James elaborates on his thought for clarification
Because the “petty passions” (anger was seen as destructive and undesirable to Jews)
Work-not “Build up to or allow for”
The righteous of God:
The standard set by God
The righteousness given to us by God
Righteousness displayed before God by believers
Righteousness to come
Human anger does not produce:
Any of these types of righteousness
Lay apart- idea of taking off a piece of clothing and casting it aside.
We are to take off:
Dirt
Worldly filth
Moral uncleanness
ie: every trace of all wickedness
we must receive: vs.5:17
meekness is a requirement, in contrast to human anger
also a condition of the poor who have come to the end of
self and now wait on God, their last hope.
(Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.)
The implanted/engrafted word of God
Received and acted upon
The God who begat you (regenerated) with the word of truth
Has saved your eternal soul with the same word of truth you received at
Conversion.
