Book of James last
Notes
13 Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praise.
14 Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.
15 And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.
16 Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.
17 Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed fervently that it might not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain on the earth.
18 Then he prayed again, and heaven gave rain, and the earth bore its fruit.
19 My brothers, if anyone among you wanders from the truth and someone brings him back,
20 let him know that whoever brings back a sinner from his wandering will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.
- Five instructions applied via two questions: #1 Are we doing it? #2 What's the obstacle?
- 1 Pray when suffering v1-3
- Requires present suffering
- 2 Sing praise when cheerful v1-3
- 3 Call for elders to pray & anoint with oil when sick v14-15a
- Five primary obstacles: 1 It's weird, 2 It's unsafe, 3 It doesn't work, 4 I'm not an elder, 5 That was for a different time
- 4 Confess Sins & get prayer v15b-18
- Obstacle - we're afraid
- Requires risks to share with others
- 5 Bring back sinner from wandering v19-20