Chapter 1 Of The Epistle James

The writer of the epistle james refers to himself only as "James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ." ... Jesus had two apostles named James: James, the son of Zebedee and James, the son of Alphaeus, but it is unlikely that either of these wrote the letter. He was the leader of the Jewish Christian community in Jerusalem whom Paul acknowledged as one of the “pillars.” Paul, in his Epistle to the Galatians, speaks of James, the Lord's brother, as being the president of the church at Jerusalem. James represents a type of early Christianity that emphasized sound teaching and responsible moral behavior .He gives a few different kinds of admonition on how our speech should be. How we should not be boasting (3:5, 14), cursing (3:9),

In chapter one, James teaches all believers to test their faith and to “prove yourselves doers of the word” (1:22). James encourages that all believers should put their faith into action, and to be servants of Jesus Christ. Chapters two and three, James describes the relationship between faith and works. He teaches that a person of faith who does not have any works demonstrates a useless faith. There is no good is a person’s faith if they don’t present it to everyone in the world. A believer who demonstrates good works is the evidence of their faith in Jesus Christ. He also teaches that everyone is a sinner and that if one of the ten Commandments are broken, than that person is guilty of breaking every one of them, “For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles in one point, he has become guilty of all” (2:10). In Chapters four and five James gives wise instruction to the believers. He said, “Submit to God, resist the devil and he will flee from you” (4:7). A faithful believer will do anything that they can to follow hard after God in service, obedience, and prayer. In the last chapter of James, he stresses how important it is to pray for every believer. He uses the word “Prayer” for a total of seven times in the epistle, signifying its importance. In the final verse of his book, James expresses the importance of living faith in action saying: “My brethren, if any among you strays from the truth and one turns him back, let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.”