The James Identity

The James Identity

What’s in a Name - James 1:1

James - Pastor, Brother, Witness

James - A Servant

Greetings to the 12 Tribes in Dispersion

Shout out to whom?

Shout out for what?

Build in Wisdom

Build - Matthew 7:24-27

By Living it - James 1:22, 23

Community Meditation Questions

Know

• How is James’ life a testimony to the deity of Jesus Christ?
• Jesus concludes his famous “sermon on the mount” with a discussion of house building. What does he teach us with his two houses?
• Read Jesus’ sermon on the mount out loud together. Does Jesus focus on believing or doing? How are the two related?

Feel

• James saw himself as a “servant/slave/bondservant” of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ. Would your heart have resisted making your 1/2 brother, your “Lord”? Discuss the strength of the word used here for servant and how this shapes our lives as followers of Jesus.

Live

• Building involves planning, intentionality and focus over time? Are you building a life or simply drifting along within your life?
• How are busyness, distraction and lack of life-examination enemies of building our lives upon the words of Jesus?