Book of James

Lesson Ten
James 5:1-12


Warning to the Rich

 

1 Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.

 

God tells us to lay up riches in heaven where moths can't eat them and thieves can't steal them. This would consist of our good works in the Lords name, good works that last.

 

2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.

 

3 Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.

 

4 Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.

 

5 Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.

 

6 Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you.

 

Patience in Suffering

 

7 Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.

 

8 Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.

 

9 Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.

 

10 Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience.

 

11 Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.

 

12  But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.

 

This portion of James is pretty much explanatory.  Earthly riches do not last forever.  Only what we store up in Heaven will last. Evil men store up riches on earth. Godly men store up riches in Heaven.  And, then, James encourages us to endure.  Don't  get upset when others may have more then us. They have their reward.  Ours is coming.

Answer the questions below.  If you miss a question, go back and study that portion of the class and then retake the test.  Once you have received a 100% you may proceed to the next class.  You DO NOT have to submit this test for grading.  Only the final test will be submitted.