C.
The person who follows Christ and goes through trials
comes out a ____________!
1.
His ____________ will be “the crown of life
that God has promised to those who love him.”
JAMES – WALKING THE TALK
Lesson 1
”Walking in Trials”
James 1:1-10
I.
D.
We all experience trials, but God has something ______
in mind for us, and James is calling us to discover it.
1.
This is when and where we begin “walking the
talk.”
2.
This is where God’s ________ is fulfilled in us.
II.
INTRODUCTION:
A.
The main concern that prompted James to write this
letter is still relevant today: “If you say you believe in
Christ, why do you ________ as if you don’t?”
B.
James is writing to a group of primarily Jewish
believers who are going through ________________.
C.
The modern notion that becoming a Christian will make
life ____________ for us is a totally foreign concept in
the scriptures.
D.
Too many times we ask the question, “How can I
__________ these trials?”
WE ALL FACE DIFFICULT TIMES: (Verse 2)
A.
James is telling us that trials aren’t optional, they
are ________________.
B.
The word translated different or various means “many
colored or variegated, varied.”
1.
C.
James says, if you are faithfully following Christ, it will
be seen in how you ______________ to trials.
1.
Pastor Randy Foster 3-1-15
III.
It doesn’t mean that we are going to have many
troubles, it’s the idea that we are going to have
different __________ of them.
The genuineness of our faith is ____________
by how it stands up in times of trouble.
OUR OUTLOOK DETERMINES OUR OUTCOME:
A.
When we experience times of trial in our life the normal
human reaction is to ask, “________?"
B.
The word “consider” is an accounting term meaning “to
evaluate or to add up.”
1.
Here James is dealing with the _____________
that we need if we are to benefit from our trials.
2.
Believers aren’t called to passively endure a
time of testing, but to discover what God wants
us to learn from the experience.
3.
IV.
1.
V.
James isn’t saying that we should be joyous
__________our trials, but joyous ____ our trials.
WE NEVER GO THROUGH TRIALS ALONE:
A.
There is no trial or difficulty that we go through that
God isn’t going through ________ us.
Deuteronomy 31:6, Matthew 28:20
B.
It’s also important to remember that godly wisdom isn’t
given ________________________!
C.
Wisdom is ________________ knowledge; it is
knowledge put to use.
WE CAN KNOW THAT GOD HAS A PURPOSE:
A.
B.
Knowing that trials have a greater purpose can make a
big difference in how we ________ the difficult time
we’re going through. 1 Peter 1:6-9
According to James enduring these tests produces
certain characteristics in people who are being tested.
VI.
C.
D.
E.
First, they develop “________________”
2.
Second, they become “________________”
3.
Third, they’re “not ______________ anything.”
A believer is not a mature disciple of Christ unless his
faith is tested and ____________.
James doesn’t suggest that we ________________ trials
a joy, he’s commanding it.
The word "trial" implies that we not only will face
______________ difficulties, but more importantly,
inward trials.
1.
But how do we put that knowledge into
________________ when we’re going through
a time of testing?
2.
We need to ______ God!
GOD INTENDS TRIALS TO BE A BLESSING:
A.
1.
In all of these things that we face, we can know
that God has a greater ______________ for
them in our lives.
B.
“Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial..."
1.
This statement is much like the _____________
that Jesus gave his followers in Matthew 5.
2.
“Blessed” means “happy – fulfilled – ________
and filled with inner joy.” James 5:11
What is James teaching about being blessed through
trials?
1.
Believers who go through times of testing with
the right attitude realizing that God will be with
them and He has a greater purpose in the trial
will be blessed, happy, satisfied and fulfilled
with an inner sense of ________.