About This Message
Opening the book of James, Pastor Addison introduces James as a servant of Christ writing to scattered Jewish believers, then turns to James 1:2-4 to teach that trials should be counted as joy because they produce patience and spiritual maturity. He points to James's own testimony, once a skeptic of Jesus until the risen Christ appeared to him, as evidence worth believing.
Key Takeaways
- James calls himself a servant, or slave, of God and of Christ.
- Believers are told to count trials as joy, not merely endure them.
- Trials, faced rightly, produce patience that makes believers complete, lacking nothing.