"There was never an angry man that thought his anger unjust" - Francis de Sales
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Everyone knows that wind is necessary for flying kites...so are trials to a Christian. Kites do not rise with the wind but rise against it...so it is with trials. The Christian cannot ascend to patience and maturity unless he ascends against trials. Would it surprise you to think that a Christian is defined by how faithfully the person faithfully and joyfully works through temptation or trial - not avoid it - read v.2 and v.3?
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The book of James is written by James, the brother of Jesus and one of the elders of the Jerusalem church along with Peter and John. The book compels and challenges us to demonstrate and give evidence to the true faith of which Paul writes about in his epistles. The book is essential to living out the fuller picture of what it means to follow Christ, thus proving the work done at the cross.
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The cross of Christ. The supreme display of love.
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Read Mark 14:1-11.
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And they discussed it among themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say to us, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’ But if we say, ‘From man,’ we are afraid of the crowd, for they all hold that John was a prophet.” So they answered Jesus, “We do not know.” And he said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things. Matthew 21:25-27
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As Jesus and the Twelve awoke the next day, gathering at their appointed meeting place in Bethany to make their short trek back to Jerusalem, Jesus’s agenda was the same as it remains today: to strip away misunderstandings of who he was and what he was going to accomplish so that our expectations could be confounded. This was not going to be a meek and mild Monday. (Your Sorrow Will Turn to Joy, p.22)
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