Preached at Prosper Fellowship Church Youth Service on Dec 4, 2022. Introduction (5 mins) Peace to you, my brothers and sisters in Christ. I thank God for giving me the opportunity to speak God’s Word to you today. Let me introduce myself to you. My name is Ken Yeo. I was born and raised in … Read more
Warning to the Rich (v1-6) v1: Notice James used “you rich people” instead of “dear brothers” as in the rest of the epistle. His stern tone has continued from chapter 4 to chapter 5. v2: All of our earthly material treasures will one day corrode and vanished. v3: James especially rebuke rich people that didn’t … Read more
Three Enemies that Prevent Us to be matured in Christ (v1-12) v5: This is a very difficult verse to understand, because it is not obvious whether James was referring to the “Holy Spirit” or our own “spirit”, and not obvious whether he was referring “envies” as in good envies, or bad envies. My take is … Read more
How to Use Our Mouth We can find out a lot about a believer’s maturity by just listening to his words. Words are powerful tools given by God to His children to teach the word of God, to praise Him, to encourage and edify others like spring with fresh water, and to product fruits. v1: … Read more
Favoritism Forbidden v1: If we shown favoritism to people base on social status, outward appearance, wealth or anything else, we are not worthy to be believer of the glorious Lord (v1), because that is no glory in favoritism. v2-4: do you look down to people based on their outward appearance? v5: Notice how James call … Read more
Author and Recipients (v1) There are many James in the NT, most of them were on the upper room praying after the ascession of the Lord Jesus (Acts 1:13). The author is the brother of Jesus. The recipients are Christians Jews that were scattered among the nations, those who live outside of Jerusalem. Trials and Temptations … Read more
