James Part 7
James 1:16-18 CSB
16 Don’t be deceived, my dear brothers and sisters. 17 Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. 18 By his own choice, he gave us birth by the word of truth so that we would be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
How do we overcome temptation and the cycle of sin?
How do we change our desires?
Psalm 145:9 ESV
The Lord is good to all, and his mercy is over all that he has made.
Psalm 31:19 ESV
Oh, how abundant is your goodness, which you have stored up for those who fear you and worked for those who take refuge in you, in the sight of the children of mankind!
Psalm 107:1 ESV
Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever!
Psalm 27:13 ESV
I believe that I shall look upon the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living!
What gift does James have in mind as he writes these words?
The Gift of the Son
Romans 8:32 CSB
He did not even spare his own Son but gave him up for us all. How will he not also with him grant us everything?
Ephesians 2:8-9 CSB
8 For you are saved by grace through faith, and this is not from yourselves; it is God’s gift— 9 not from works, so that no one can boast.
The Gift of The Spirit. Luke 11:9-13
2 Corinthians 6:19-20 CSB
19 Don’t you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, 20 for you were bought at a price. So glorify God with your body.
Romans 5:5 CSB
5 This hope will not disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
The Gift of The Father
1 John 3:1 CSB
See what great love the Father has given us that we should be called God’s children—and we are!
John 1:12 CSB
12 But to all who did receive him, he gave them the right to be children of God, to those who believe in his name, 13 who were born, not of natural descent, or of the will of the flesh, or of the will of man, but of God.