1:1 Ya'akov, bond-slave (doulos) Elohim (אלהים) and of Adonay Yehoshua (יהושע) Mashiach, to Shneym Asar haShevatim (Twelve Tribes) which are scattered among ha goyim, Rejoice!
Temptation - Trials - testing needs to be endure
1:2 My achim (Brethren), count it all joy when you fall into divers temptations;
1:3 Knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience.
1:4 But let patience have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
1:5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of Elohim (אלהים), that gives to all liberally, and without reproach and it shall be given to him.
1:6 But let him ask in faith, with no doubting. For he who doubts is like a wave the sea driven and tossed by the wind.
1:7 For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of Adonay.
1:8 A double-minded man is unstable in all his ways.
1:9 Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted:
1:10 But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
1:11
For the sun rises with its scorching heat and withers the grass; its flower falls, and its beauty perishes. So also will the rich man fade away in the midst of his pursuits.
1:12 Blessed [is] the man that endures temptation: for when he is dokimos (approved), he shall receive the crown of life, which Adonay has promised to them that love him.
Temptation - need to be resisted
sin; hear not doer, being partial
1:13 Let no one say when he is tempted,
"I am being tempted by Elohim (אלהים)":
For Elohim (אלהים) cannot be tempted with evil, neither he himself tempts no one.
1:14 But each one is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own ta'avah (lust), and enticed.
1:15 Then when ta'avah (lust) has conceived, it brings forth sin: and sin, when it is full-grown, brings forth death.
1:16 Do not be deceived, my beloved Achim (brothers).
1:17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Avi haohrot (Father of lights) with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change. .
1:18 Exercising His will He begat us by Dvar Emet (word of truth), that we might be a kind of Bikkurim (firstfruits) of His creatures.
1:19 Wherefore, my beloved achim (Brethren), let every man be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger:
1:20 For the anger of man works not the tzedakah Elohim (אלהים).
1:21 Therefore laying aside all filthiness and abundance of evil, in meekness receive the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
1:22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
1:23 For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror;
1:24 For he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was.
1:25 But he who looks into the perfect Torah hacherut (liberty) and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one will be blessed in what he does.
1:26 If anyone among you thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this one's religion is useless.
1:27 Pure religion and undefiled before Elohim (אלהים) and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, [and] to keep himself unspotted from the Olam Hazeh.
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Hard Times and Wisdom - James 1:1-8
Therre were 5 James in the Scripture:
Ya`akov, father of Judas (not Iscariot) Luke 6:16
Ya'akov Ben-Zavdai, brother of Yochanan (Matthew 4:21; 10:2; 17:1; Mark 1:19, 29; 3:17; 5:37; 9:2; 10:35, 41; 13:3; 14:33; Luke 5:10; 6:14; 8:51; 9:28, 54; Acts 1:13; 12:2 )
Ya`akov Bar-Halfai ( Matthew 10:3; Mark 3:18; Luke 6:15; Acts 1:13 )
Ya`akov the Less, Ben Miryam ( Matthew 27:56; Mark 15:40; 16:1; Luke 24:10 )
Ya`akov Ben Yosef and Miryam, half-brother of Jesus ( Matthew 13:55; Mark 6:3; Acts 1:14; 12:17; 15:13; 21:18; Galatians 1:19; 2:9, 12; 1 Corinthians 15:7; Jude 1:1 )
Before AD 44-49
(5th Decades)
Ya'akov served as the chief Rabbi of this early Messianic Jewish community centered in Yerusalayi.
He was a Torah teacher par excellence, spokesman for the entire community and chief halakhic judge and authority (halakhic refers to Jewish religious law, which means that Ya'akov interpreted and applied community practices based on his understanding of the Torah cf Acts 15)
Ya'akov belief that faith in HaShem and in his Messiah Yeshua is the basis for correctly fulfilling the biblical commandments.
Dangers of Misrepresentation 1:1-27
1)Trials vs 2-4
2)Requesting vs 5-8
3)Riches, vs 9-11
4)Temptations vs 1215
5)Receiving, vs 16-18
6)Reading HaShem’s Word vs 19-25
7)Religion vs 26-27
Yaakov is concerned with practical issues to encourage believers as they pass through various trials (health, financial, problems of family and conflict. Why HaShem allow suffering?
Trials test our faith and cultivate patience and endurance.
A faith that has faced challenges is stronger than one that hasn’t.
These experiences purify us and contribute to a fuller Messianic Believer's life. The beneficial effects of trials are achieved through a threefold process:
1) Prayer of wisdom to guide (vs 5-8);
2) The Providence of blessings (vs 9-11);
3) The Promise of reward (vs 12