Paul then comes and says.we are to go to all the world. This came before the council of Jerusalem when the new sect was mainly Jews. The book of James was the 1st book wrote in the NT. At the council of Jerusalem, is where Paul and Peter decide if the Gentlies need to follow Jewish Law. This was before the council of Jerusalem forn in Acts. I believe James the Just wrote the book arond 46ad-59ad. I just got called by my wife So I need to cut this short. Yes in the beginning Christians we just viewed as a sect of Judaism. James, Peter, and John were the leaders of the new sect. James is called "james the just" and "the bishop of Jerusalem" by post-apostolic writers. Next to Peter who was the early Jewish Christian leader was James. What helps to understand James more then anything is the time which it was wrote. James was not wrote to Jews, but to Jewish believers. 22 What is it therefore?.Ĭlick to expand.I agree with all of this post. 20 And when they heard it, they glorified the Lord, and said unto him, Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are which believe and they are all zealous of the law: 21 And they are informed of thee, that thou teachest all the Jews which are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, saying that they ought not to circumcise their children, neither to walk after the customs. 19 And when he had saluted them, he declared particularly what things God had wrought among the Gentiles by his ministry. 18 And the day following Paul went in with us unto James and all the elders were present. In Acts 21, we learn that James was concerned when he heard that Paul was teaching Jewish believers abroad to forsake their Jewish culture:ġ7 And when we were come to Jerusalem, the brethren received us gladly. They had not yet "overcome" such things as the priviledged classes of Judaism (priest, Levite, Pharisee, Saducee) as opposed to the priesthood of all believers, our Liberty in Christ, as opposed to the mosaic Law, etc among many other dogmatic conlicts of law and grace, the Old Covenant vs the New.īesides referring to the elders of the church in chapter 5, in 1:3 James tells the brethren "that the trying of your faith worketh patience," and in 2:1 he refers to "the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ" in addressing them." It is my belief that they were Jewish believers in Jesus Christ.īut babes, carnal and not well instructed in the doctrine of grace and faith. I believe this is the general intent of the Book of James. "Is this how a Christian should behave?". When my children were at home and I was not pleased with something they did, I would often ask this rhetorical question Perhaps in a similar manner James is instructing the hearers in the "way of God more perfectly" or at least (humanly speaking) questioning their "faith" by observing their actions (testing the spirits if you will) and leaving the conclusion up to themselves per the individual. 24 And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man, and mighty in the scriptures, came to Ephesus.Ģ5 This man was instructed in the way of the Lord and being fervent in the spirit, he spake and taught diligently the things of the Lord, knowing only the baptism of John.Ģ6 And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue: whom when Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they took him unto them, and expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly.
0 kommentar(er)
