James: Faith That Works: Brother's Keeper
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In James 5:19-20, the Epistle of James ends abruptly following a powerful exhortation to do everything we can to bring a wandering and backsliding brother back to God's true faith. This text, in part, answers Cain's question: "Am I my brother's keeper." The clear answer is YES!
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James: Faith That Works: Brother's Keeper
- 1. James: Faith that Works
- 2. Sermon Title Brother’s Keeper James 5:19-20
- 3. First Point A Brother’s Keeper is God’s Watchman.
- 4. Cain’s Question – Gen. 4 9 Then the LORD said to Cain, “Where is Abel your brother?” He said, “I do not know; am I my brother's keeper?”
- 5. Ezekiel 3 – God’s “Watchman” 18 If I say to the wicked, ‘You shall surely die,’ and you give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, in order to save his life, that wicked person shall die for his iniquity, but his blood I will require at your hand.
- 6. Ezekiel 3 – God’s “Watchman” 19 But if you warn the wicked, and he does not turn from his wickedness, or from his wicked way, he shall die for his iniquity, but you will have delivered your soul.
- 7. Matthew 18 15 “If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother.
- 8. Second Point A Brother’s Keeper knows the difference between Covering Sins and Covering-up Sins.
- 9. To Return/Turn Back To return to a point or area where one has been before, with probable emphasis on turning about—‘to return to, to go back to.’
- 10. Proverbs 10:12 Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offenses.
- 11. Prov. 28:13 He who conceals his transgressions will not prosper, But he who confesses and forsakes them will find compassion.
- 12. James: Faith that Works
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- Sermon Title: Brother’s Keeper James 5:19-20 19 My brothers, if anyone among you wanders from the truth and someone brings him back, 20 let him know that whoever brings back a sinner from his wandering will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.
- First Point A Brother’s Keeper is God’s Watchman.
- 8 Cain spoke to Abel his brother. And when they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him. 9 Then the Lord said to Cain, “Where is Abel your brother?” He said, “I do not know; am I my brother's keeper?” 10 And the Lord said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood is crying to me from the ground. 11 And now you are cursed from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand. 12 When you work the ground, it shall no longer yield to you its strength. You shall be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth.”
- Ezekiel 3
- Ezekiel 3
- Context in Jesus’ teaching 15 “If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother. 16 But if he does not listen, take one or two others along with you, that every charge may be established by the evidence of two or three witnesses. 17 If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector. 18 Truly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed[f] in heaven. 19 Again I say to you, if two of you agree on earth about anything they ask, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven. 20 For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them.”
- Second Point A Brother’s Keeper knows the difference between Covering Sins and Covering-up Sins.
- To Return/Turn Back ἐπιστρέφω is a compound verb. Στρέφω means to turn. But ἐπιστρέφω means to return to a point or area where one has been before, with probable emphasis on turning about – to return, to go back to. This is the word that is used to describe the way that a dog returns to its vomit. It is also used in several contexts to simply describe the radical turning of Christian conversion. James is using this word very precisely to describe the return of a backsliding Christian to proper Christian faith and commitment.
- Proverbs 10:12 Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offenses.
- Prov. 28:13 He who conceals his transgressions will not prosper, But he who confesses and forsakes them will find compassion.
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