Sermon Introduction –
Have you ever been angry? Truly angry? Or have you ever felt yourself feeling mad when you did not expect it? This Sunday, we will be looking at the Book of James. It teaches us how to handle difficult emotions and to live by faith. Christ calls us to live differently and to set a new kind of example!
Introduction to this week’s readings –
Jesus protests against human customs being given the weight of divine law, while the essence of God’s law is ignored. True uncleanness comes not from external things, but from the intentions of the human heart. Last week Jesus told us “the words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life” (John 6:63). Now James says God has given us birth by the word of truth. We who were washed in the word when we were born in the font return to it every Sunday to ask God to create in us clean hearts.
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