Prayer, Patience & Perseverance (James 5)

So we're starting with warning to the rich.

And just as a reminder to you guys, in case you are just joining, and I ...

You know what? I need the reminder too.

Maybe we all need the reminder.

The author is James, of course.

[laughs] We're reading James.

The author is James, which is Jesus' brother, okay? And at this time he was a leader in the Jerusalem church.

The purpose of this book was to expose a hypocritil pr- um, not a hypocritil, just hypocritical [laughs] practices.

Good morning.

Hypocritical practices, and teach how Christians should live.

The original audience was first-century Jewish Christians residing in Gentile communities outside Judea- Judea.

Cannot talk this morning.

Um, and the date written was AD49.

So Jesus had already died at this point, of course, and his brother is here to share some wisdom.

And that he has.

That he has.

The amount of notes I have in James is amazing.

I, I really, really am loving this book.

So anyways, we're gonna start here at the end, James 5, warning to the rich.

And again, this is James speaking.

"Look here, you rich people.

Weep and groan with anguish because of all the terrible troubles ahead of you.

Your wealth is rotting away, and your fine clothes are, um, moth-eaten rags." Wow.

Okay.

Thanks, James.