All right, y'all, Peace and blessings, God bless you all. I'm

Jarvis Kingston, and I hope that y'all doing all ryan, staying strong and

solving these times. That wren. I pray that you have repented and that

you were baptized. I pray that you were safe, protected and prayed up.

And I just hope that whatever situation that you're going through, that the

Lord is with you, that he guides you, he protects you, he

looks out for you, he comforts you. I pray that your mental health

gets better. And I just prayed you keep on waiting for the Lord,

of trusting in him. Blesses the person whose hope isn't the Lord. Blesses

the person whose trust isn't the Lord. All right, So keep walking by

faith and not by sight. Stay on that narrow path, fight the good

fight of faith. Keep your eyes fixed on Jesus, keep your eyes fixed

on the Price, all right, and always start your treasures in heaven.

Y'all, Yes, yes, y'all. Let us thank the Lord for another

day. Let us think the Lord will baking us up today. Let us

thank the Lord forgiven us another day and of the breath and of the chance

to get closer to him and improving our other errors in our lives. Let

us thank the Lord for a food in our belly, closing our back,

u roof over our head. Let us think the Love for protecting us coming

in and coming out. And let us just think the Lord for just his

word, his creation, his mercy, his favor. His love is only

the gods to die for our sins, his promises as covenants. Letus think

the Lord for that, Amen, because that's very powerful. Amen. His

grace is very amazing, his favor, his love really is amazing. Okay,

So let's be more appreciative of that. Let us not misuse it or

abuse it. Let's not take it for granted. All right, let us

always be thankful and grateful, even through the highs and lows, the good,

bad ugly, through the trials and tribulations, the hardships, the test.

We still serve the Lord, we still love him, we worship him,

and we praise him. Amen. Yes, yes, y'all. Count

it all, joy, people, count it all, joy. Yes,

yes, y'all. Welcome everybody. Thank you all for listening and supporting.

It means a lot to me. I truly appreciate all of you. I

love you all, praying for you all. And we have to uplift one

another and Christ, we have to encourage each other in the Lord. All

right, So just I appreciate all of you, all four quarters of the

earth. Y'all. Yes, yes, greetings by your Christ alone family.

What is going on with you? All? Welcome? Welcome, welcome,

welcome. All people, all nations, all tribes, all tongues, all

languages, all racist, all faces, all four quarners of the earth.

Whether you are an Israelite or a gentile, it is all right, whether

you were chosen or adopted, it is all right. Let us gather,

let us praise the Lord, put aside differences, or let us gather for

the most high staying unity. Amen. We are all in this together.

Okay. You are not alone in this journey. Your brothers and sisters or

Christ are with you. We're scattered all four corners of the earth, but

we are all with each other in spirit and truth and harmony and piece of

love. Amen. Yes, yes, y'all. Let us love the Lord,

our golf of our mind, hearts, soul strength that might. Let

us love our neighbors as we love ourselves. Let us constantly, keep doing

father's business and Father's will for the rest of our lives until his son comes

back. All right. His son is coming back like a thief in the

night. He has come back hour nobody knows but the father. All right.

He has come back for people, for a church with no spot,

no blemish, no wrinkle. All right, So let us stay ready so

we don't have to get ready. Amen, Yes, yes, y'all.

So start off this week. Start after this day, we're gonna continue our

Biber reading series. All right. So the last episode of the biber Ready

series we left off at the Book of Hebrews, which which was a very

excellent read. All right. Now we are in the Book of James,

all right, looking very forward to reading the Book of James and sharing it

with you all that. From there, we will close out with a prayer.

We'll close out with the priestly blessing, and we'll also close out we're

giving all the praise, honor glory to the most High God of Abraham,

ersk and Jacob, and praise is only Begune son who died for our sins.

Amen, yes, yes, ye. Also let us go in the

Book of James. Now before we go into James Chapter one. I would

like to read the commentary introduction build up before chapter one. Okay, so

let us go through with the intro. The author James, the brother of

Jesus, the audience the early Jews Christians who scattered because of persecution, the

date about a d. Forty nine. The setting James encourages former members of

the Jerusalem Church, now dispersed throughout the Roman Empire. Essentials of James,

written by one of jesus earthly brothers. The letter from James conveys the pithy,

the pathi no nonsense tone of a sibler who wishes he had paid closer

touching when his older brother spoke. James expresses a passionate, heartfelt, and

common sense faith in Jesus. He seems to realize the folly of furvish claims

of faith not supported by the way people live. While James knows what While

James knows that people can fake the externals of faith, he expresses great concern

about the dangers of such a false life. Do not merely listen to the

word and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says one twenty two. He

pleads, as you read this letter. Notice james special ability to highlight players

where the rubber of faith meets the road of life. The ways the ways

you face hardships, perceive others needs, speak, and reach out all reflect

the quality of faith that guides you. What to look for in James,

the good that comes from trials and temptations. But we can learn from the

poor, the importance of controlling the tongue, how genuine faith finds a way

to express itself, the special challenges of riches, the art of practicing prayer.

All right, y'all, So let us now go into the Book of

James. Chapter one. Here we go James, a servant of God and

of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes scattered among the nations.

Greetings, trials and tribulations. Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever

you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your

faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work, so that you may be

but sure and complete, not lacking anything. If any of you lacks wisdom,

he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault,

and will be given to him. If any of you lacks wisdom, he

should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and will

be given to him but whenever. But when he asks, he must believe

and not doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea,

blown and tossed by the wind. That man should not think he would

receive anything from the Lord. He is a double minded man, unstable in

all his ways and all he does. The brother and humble circumstances ought to

take pride in his high position. But the one who is rich should take

pride in his low position, because he would pass away like a wild flower.

For the sun rises with scorching heat and withers the plant. It blossoms

fault, and its beauty is destroyed. In the same way, the rich

man will fade away even while he goes about his business. Blessed is the

man who perseveres under trial, because when he has to the test, he

would receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him.

When tempted, no one should say God is tempted me, For God

cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone but each one.

Each one is tempted when by his own evil desire he is dragged away and

enticed. Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin,

and sin, when it is full grown, gives birth to death. Don't

be deceived, my dear brothers. Every good and perfect gift is from above,

coming down from the father of the heavenly lights, the father of lights,

who does not change like shifting shadows. He chose to give us birth

through the Word of truth, that we might be a kind of first fruits

of all he created. Listening and doing, my dear brothers, take note

of this. Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, as

slow to become angry. For man's anger does not bring about the righteous life

that God desires. Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and the evil

that is so prevalent and humbles up the word planted in you, which can

save you. Do not merely listen to the words deceive yourselves, do what

it says. Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it

says. It's like a man who looks at his face in a mirror,

and after looking at himself, goes away, immediately forgets, and immediately forgets

what he looks like. But the man who looks intently into the perfect law

that gives freedom and colts to do this, not forgetting what he has heard,

but doing it. He will be blessed in what he does. If

anyone considers himself religious and yet does not keep a tight ring on his tongue,

he deceives himself and his religion is worthless. Religion that our God,

that the religion that God, our Father accepts as pure and faultless as this.

To look after orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep on

keep oneself from being polluted by the world. It's the Book of James chapter

one reading right there, right, be a doer of the word, not

just so the listener, be a doer of the word, effective doer any

man, Yes, yes, yo. So as we review the Book of

James chapter one, James just goes further to detail, expressing everything to the

twelve tribes, all right, because at this time period they were all scattered.

Furthermore so, James is discuss them to them about trials and tribulations and

how you know, testing trials they builds up patience and perseverance and character and

things of that nature, and how that God wants us to be mature and

complete and not lacking anything, And that if we lack wisdom, we should

ask God, who gives generously and openly and freely. All right. But

we can't ask with doubt, all right. We gotta be confident, bold

and full of faith when we're asking God for things. Okay. Can't be

timid or shaky or doubting or skeptical about it. Amen. He is the

father of lights, so he gives perfect gifts to us. Then gotta want

it and do and go after it. Okay, gotta keep seeking God's facing.

What have you? I would love to read this in commentary scripture within

the Book of James chapter one, where God gives wisdom. Just want to

repeat James Chapter one, verse five. If any one of you lacks wisdom,

he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault,

and it will be given to him, all right. Furthermore, James Chapter

one goes further to details, saying, blesses the man who perseveres under trial,

because when he has to detest, he will receive the crown of life

that God has promised to those who love him. All right, So the

crown of life. Paul talked about different crowns too within in the scriptures as

well. So there's five crowns in heaven. There's five crowns. Okay,

Yes, it's the crown of life, the incorruptible crown, the crown of

righteousness, the Crown of glory, and the Crown of rejoicing. All right,

So the crown of life is referred there's referenced within the Book of James,

all right. So make sure we get our crowns. People, Let's

make sure our lives reflect that. Let us go all the way to the

most high. Start our trust in heaven. Okay. Let us resist all

sensation down here. Okay, it's very easy for people to get caught up.

Us stand firm and be strong in the Lord in the world. Okay.

Furthermore, James goes more to detail discuss the temptation and things of that

nature, how it gives birth to sin and also to death as well.

All right. Furthermore, James goes into detail about how we are to be

first fruits that he created, all right, into that He gave us birth

through the Word of truth. All right. So it's so important how we

embrace his creation and why he created us in the first place, all right.

Furthermore, James says to you know, be slow to speak, slow

to anger, and to be quick to listen, all right. We got

to have better self control and discipline when it comes to our senses or what

have you, also saying how man's anger does not bring about the righteous life

that God desires, so you gotta keep your cool. People got to have

that composure and be cool, calm and collected a right and not let our

son go down on our wrath. Like you know, don't sin while we're

angry, all right. We all have different emotions at different times and stuff,

but that self control is what matters, okay, because I'm great.

Things don't happen out of anger. They just don't, all right. So

furthermore, James goes into detail about saying being a doer of the word and

not just a hearer, all right in this spiece for myself as well and

anybody who's listening. You know, I don't want to just keep recording these

episodes and not doing myself. So I'm I'm doing I've got to practice these

exercise these myself as well, all right. So as we hear the word,

they gotta do it too, all right, So we don't become a

hypocrite or contradict ourselves or what have you. All got to be consistent,

hey man. And furthermore, James just says that you know, whoever does

what the word says to do, you'll be blessing what you do, hey

man. It brings blessings, all right. And James goes into detail about

religion. But pure religion is, which is interesting, okay, says if

anyone considers herself religious and yet does not keep a tight rein on his tongue,

he deceives himself and his religion is worthless. Furthermore, he says,

religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless as this to look after

orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the

world. So we got to ask ourselves, like all these religions on earth,

do they really care for orphans and widows? And are we truly being

keeping ourselves polluted from this world? You know, it's like everybody's super worldly

people from all types of different religions or worldly too. You get what I'm

saying. And James just says right here that looking after widows and the orphans

is a real religion, pure religion, and that keeping yourself polluted from the

world. So basically being set apart, being holy, being consecrated, not

follow ways of the world. It's basically what James is getting at. We

got to ask ourselves, like, are we truly following God in his word?

Or are we doing the things of this world? You know what I

mean? Are we truly following pop culture, follow all these trends on social

media, or are we really following with the Lord selves? All right?

We got to evaluate our lives and ask ourselves that. All right. So

that is the Book of James chapter one reading. All right, So now

let us go into the Book of James chapter two. All right, James,

Chapter two. Here we go. Favoritism forbidden, my brothers, as

believers in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ, don't show favoritism. Suppose a man

comes into your meeting wearing a gold ring and fine clothes, and a poor

man in shabby clothes also comes in. If you show special attention to the

man wearing fine clothes and say here's a good seat for you, But say

to the poor man you stand there, or you sit on the floor by

my feet? Have you not discriminated among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts?

Listen, my dear brothers. Has not God chosen those who are poured

in the eyes of the world to be rich in faith and to inherit the

kingdom? He promised those who love him. But you haven't sold to the

poor. Is it not the rich who are exploiting you? Are they not

the ones who are dragging you into court? Are they not the ones who

are slandering the noble name of Him to whom you belong. If you really

keep the royal law found of scripture, love your neighbor as yourself, you

are doing right. But if you show favoritism, you sin and are convicted

by the law as lawbreakers. For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles

at just one point, it's guilty of breaking all of it. For he

who said do not commit adults, you also said do not murder. If

you do not commit adults, you but do commit murder, you have become

a lawbreaker. Speak and act as those who are going to be judged by

the law that gives freedom because judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who

has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment. Faith in deeds, What

good is it, my brothers, If a man claims to have faith but

has no deeds, can such faith save him? Suppose a brother or sisters

without clothes and daily food. If one of you says to him, go,

I wish you well, keep warm and well fed, but does nothing

about his physical needs, what good is it? In the same way,

faith by self, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.

Faith with thought works is dead. But someone will say you have faith,

I have deeds. Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show

you my faith by what I do. You believe that there is one God

good? Even the demons believe that, and shudder, you foolish man.

Do you want evidence that faith without deeds is useless? Was not our ancestor

Abraham considered righteous for what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the

altar. You see that his faith and his actions were working together, and

his faith was made complete by what he did, and the scripture was fulfilled.

That says Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,

and he was called God's friend. You see, a person is justified

by what he does and not by faith alone. In the same way,

was not even Rahab the prostitute, considered righteous for what she did when she

gave lodging to the spies and sent them off in a different direction. As

the body without the spirit is dead. So if faith without works is dead.

That's the Book of James chapter two reading right there, Yes, yes,

that right there. The word is a double less short does cut deep.

The word will have a way of humbling you. You could read the

word and the word will read you. Amen, it will read you.

All right. So as we review the Book of James chapter two, James

goes further to detail about how favoritism is forbidden and how we shouldn't show favoritism.

You know, a lot of times we tend to do that. Me

you will look at someone and on the outside and kind of go off on

that. But then we look at someone who may not have the most appeasing

appearance, we kind of look down on them or pre judge or kind of

you know, tree them a certain way. And and that's that we shouldn't

do that. If we're men and women are the most high. You know,

we're believes a guy. We shouldn't walk around with that mindset, that

approach. But all of us in our lives have struggled with this at some

point of our life. But we've grown a matured out of it. Okay,

some people still think like this, Some people still have that a coach

of how they go about certain things. And we're called not to do that,

all right. We should not show favorite toisom, all right, because

you know. Furthermore, Jancis goes into detail about how how the Kingdom of

Heaven is inherited by poor people. Basically, he and he goes James goes

friend and saying like, hey, you know, rich people are the ones

who send y'all the courts and persecute y'all and exploit y'all, slander the name

of the creator. You know, rich people are the most blasphemous people.

But you want to rich, You want to treat rich people and people to

status better than your own poor brother or our own poor sister. Ain't that

something? So that's what James just basically getting that. Furthermore, he goes

into detail about, you know, keeping the royal law found the scripture.

You know, love your neighbor as you love yourselves. You know, that's

you know, Jesus said that. Jesus said, you know, the two

most important commandments that sum everything up is to love the Lord your God,

all your mind hearts, so strength it might. And to love your neighbor

as you love yourselves. You know. So those those those laws are very

power fool all right, And those two things. You know, people struggle

with those two, believe it or not. So we have to be a

lot better with that. Man, get rid of and prejudice, spirits,

that favoritism, that indifference that races by a spirit. Get rid of that

in the name of Jesus. Get rid of that, because that's that's a

stumbling block for a lot of people. That's really within a lot of people,

all right, it's very obviously evident. Okay. Furthermore, James just

goes into detail about the law and people who stumble and break these things,

the law breakers and guilty of breaking all of it. Because what James is

saying is, hey, whoever keeps the whole law and yes, stumbles at

just one point, it's guilty of breaking all of it. You see.

So that accountability is important, all right, like every commandment matters. That

just shows you that because you can't pick and choose which commandments you want to

follow and deal you can't be nitpicky about it, you know, because he

brings up the examples of you know, do not murder, do not coming

adultery, and differ things like that. But you know that favorite that that

favoritism spirit, that's a very awful spirit to have. It's very awful.

Okay. Furthermore, James just goes into details, saying, speak and act

as those who are going to be judged by the lat of goods freedom because

judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy

triumphs over judgment. So be carefy you evaluate someone. Okay, you gotta

check yourself first, all right. Let us not be hypocrists and contradict ourselves.

You stand before the most High, when you stand before Jess and get

judge, you're gonna want that mercy. So you better have mercy on people

down here. You better not be misterating people and all that, because hey

man, everybody read what they saw. You know, God's to not be

mocked. So always keep that in mind. Furthermore, James just goes more

to detail about faith and works, faith and deeds. He just basically saying

how faith with that works is dead. You know. He brought the example

of Abraham and saying how Abraham had the faith and the works to go along

with it, and obedience and all of that because God told Abraham to what

to do, and Abraham went through without even hesitating to do it. God

told Abraham, hey, give up your son, and Abraham was right about

to do it, and the Lord said, all right, all right.

You see, that's the type of faith works we gotta have, okay,

because if we are having faith and no works back it up, it's useless.

You know. People be wanting all these things in life, but they

don't work for it. People wanting this and that, but their actions don't

reflect it, you know what I'm saying. And this goes for me too,

I'm you know, we got to improve it. All this stuff in

our lives, we have to improve in it, you know, Iris Sharpen's

iron because I'm not gonna sit like I got it all together and be doing

things out the park neither. That's the purpose of all this, you know,

as we read the word, we have to read ourselves and check ourselves,

and you know, look in the mirror and look at our personal lives

and look at how we're going about things like my faith in my work's really

adding up? Get what I'm saying, and not even just on the internet,

just in real life, you know, because God sees everything. God

sees everything and doing publicly privately. He sees it all. So he sees

who's really serving him all the way and who isn't. He sees who's really

getting ready for his son a return to who isn't. He sees who's trusting

in him and who's not. He sees who has the faith in him who

doesn't. He knows the hearts. Okay, he judges the hearts. So

we gotta be on point about our faith and works and our consistency in our

actions and our beliefs and things being aligned together. Can have one without the

other. Okay. The example James said was, you know what good is

if you have faith in no deeds? You know, can such faith save

him? You know, He's just like, hey, you know, suppose

a brother and sisters without closing daily food. If one of you said to

him go I wish you will keep warm and well fed, but does nothing

about his physical needs. What good is it? In the same way,

faith, by itself it is not accompanied by action, is dead. So

actions, people, actions, action, action. We need to be more

in action for God man. You know I speak for myself too. We

need to be more in action. Can't just be sitting on words alone.

The actions are more telling than words, always as always will be. You

know, we gotta remind ourselves for that. You know, you pray to

God for one of all these things or what have you, But you know,

for one is it really God's will? Do it? Then another thing,

it's like, are you even willing willing to work for it? You

know what I mean? Are your actions and plans towards what you want is

aligned? You know, a person could say, like, hey, they

want to lose weight, but they're not changing their diet or their habits or

their routines about their exercise or what have you. You see, faith that

that works is dead. So you have to be willing to put in the

work to back up that faith or a claim of what you want? All

right, and the works people works all right? And one thing every person

of God had all in common. They all had to work. They all

had it. Elijah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus, Disciples, Daniel,

Ezeki, Azaiah German. They always walking in faith. They was all obeying

God. They was all aligned. They would constantly obeying God constantly, constantly.

Of course, he has some people in the Bible who you know,

messed up out of their ways, but just in general, like Daniel,

he was always on point. And Bible said Daniel had an excellent spirit.

So Daniels is obedient. Samuel was obedient, obedient faith works, trusting the

Lord, walking intom obeying him. Boom. So that's how we gotta be

okay, because when the scripture says, love the Lord, I got far

from my heart is so strength that might you notice to say strength and might.

So it's an all out effort. It's our works. How it's an

all out thing, you see, because if you if you love the Lord

just verbally, you know what that scripture says. It says, hey,

with their lips they honored me, but the hearts are far from me.

You see what I'm saying. So if you just love God with your lips,

but you don't love him with your mind, your heart, your soul,

your actions, your where you live in you, you know your works.

See yeah, man, man, we gotta check ourselves. Man,

we gotta do better. I ain't sharp, desirn. People. I ain't

sharp, desirn. I speak for myself too, and anybody listening. Man,

we gotta be better people. We have to, right. So that

is the Book of James chapter two reading. Amen, Yes, yes,

y'all, so alright? So, and and also in James chapter two even

goes further to say how even rahab Rehab the prostitute, she was even considered

righteous for what she did. She gave lodging to the spies that sent them

off in a different direction as the body without the spirits dead. So faith

of thought works is dead. All right. Keep that in mind, people,

keeping in mind, all right. So what I love to do before

I read James chapter three, Before James chapter three, I would love to

read this commentary within James chapter two. Amen, all right, I write,

y'all, So here we go. Today's Bible reading James chapter two Versus

fourteen through twenty six. Recommended reading the Book of Genesis chapter fifteen, versus

one through six. The Book of Matthew chapter seven, Verses twelve through seven,

twenty seven, and also a book of Second Peter chapter one, Versus

five through nine. All right, the title of this commentary is walk the

talk. A few things annoy us as much as people who talk a good

game but can't back it up. The co worker who is aggerates his sales

prowess but can't pull off the big deal. The man who claims to shoot

like Michael Joan on the basketball court but can't sink even the easiest shot.

The Christian role model who condemns unrighteousness and sent in other people's lives then is

caught up in some illicit scandal. Our culture even has a cliche to describe

this principle. If you're going to talk to talk first, you need to

walk the walk. The apostle James uses a bit more formal expression. Faith

of thou works is dead verse twenty six. Works always an inevitably accompany true

faith. Our actions don't save us. Faith alone does, but faith can't

exist without accompanying action. Faith in works, faith indeeds work together. When

it comes to this combination, then we need to walk to talk as followers

of Jesus. When we struggle to act on our faith. We don't need

to beat ourselves up. Only one person in all of human history effectively merge

the perfect faith with a perfect life, Jesus. We can't solve the problem

of falling short by just trying harder to do right. Instead, our positive

actions must spring naturally from what's going on in our hearts. When your faith

indeeds don't seem to coincide, consider the following. Examine your heart. Does

it gravitate toward God or towards En? Perhaps scars from previous experiences are negatively

negatively affecting your openness to God. Ask Him to remove those wounds and heal

your emotions so you can serve Him more effectively. Take a thorough inventory of

your walk with Christ. Do you desire more of Jesus? If not,

pray that God will replace unhealthy desires with a deeper hunger for knowing Christ.

Live your life out in the open. Don't claim to be more spiritual than

you are. Be yourself, Confess your fears and shortcomings, share your victories.

You'll discover that you're not alone theologians. Theologians call the lifelong process of

merging faith and action sanctification. It's God's way of making us more like Christ.

Walking and talk doesn't come easily. But when we make sure that what's

going on in our hearts is pure, the appropriate actions will naturally float out

of them. Then with James, we can humbly and confidently say, I

will show you my faith by what I do Verse eighteen. Amen, Yes,

yes, y'all. Things to take away from the commentary, how well

do you walk to talk? What internal struggles or temptations prevent you from living

a life that reflects your faith? What steps can you take to build a

stronger faith? Very reflective commentary, right there. Okay, so let's walk

it, walk it, walk it, y'all. Walk in the power of

God, walking walking at faith, walk by faith, not by sight.

Do what he said to do. Preach the gospel, spread the word,

baptized of the nations due to Father's will. Works works works, bear fruit,

people, bear fruit. Jesus said, a tree that doesn't bear fruit

is getting thrown out into the fire. Bear fruit people. All right,

All right, So that's the Book of James chapter two. Reading with the

commentary. Now let us go into the Book of James chapter three. All

right, the Book of James chapter three. Here we go, taming the

tongue. Not many of you should presume to be teachers, my brothers,

because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly. We all

stumble in many ways. If anyone is never at fault in what he says,

he is a perfect man, able to keep his whole body. His

whole body in check. When we put bits into the mouths of horses to

make them obey, as we can turned the whole animal. Or take ships

as an example. Although they are so large and driven by strong winds,

they are steered by a very small rudder wherever the pilot wants to go.

Likewise, the tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes

great boast. Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small

spark. The tongue is also a fire, a world of evil among the

parts of the body. It corrupts the whole person, sets the whole course

of his life on fire, and it's itself set on fire by hell.

All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles, and creatures of the sea are

being tamed, and have been tamed by man. But no man contained the

tongue. It is a restless evil full of deadly poison. With the tongue

we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men who have

been made in God's likeness. Of the same mouth come praise and cursing.

My brothers, this should not be both fresh water and saltwater flow from the

same spring, My brothers, can a fig tree bear olives or grape vine

bear figs? Neither can a sault spring produce fresh water. Two kinds of

wisdom. Who is wise and understanding among you, let him show it by

its good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom.

But if you harbor bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not

boast it. Do not boast about it or deny the truth. Such wisdom

does not come down from heaven, but it's earthly. But it's earthly,

a spiritual of the devil. For where you have envy and selfish ambition,

there you find disorder in every evil practice. But the wisdom that comes from

heaven is first all of pure then peace loving. Consider it submissive, full

of mercy and good fruit, and partial and sincere Peacemakers who soul in peace

raise a harvest a harvest of righteousness. All right, that's the Book of

James chapter three reading right there, Taming the tongue. M wow, that

self control. See, self control is not just only like your physical body

has. It's the tongue. Self control thoughts, self control in the mind,

self control and your attitude, the way you see things, the way

you perceive things, self control in the heart, self control, what your

habits, routines, put that tongue. You know, James really went in

about taming the tongue. He says that we could praise God win the mouth

and the curse. I I'm in with it. I mean, man,

man, man, I mean you know, I mean you see, y'all

could go out and quote the scripture right now, and then if you're driving

on the road and somebody cut you off on her, you're gonna cuss up

a storm beat the horn, ain't you? So? Like James really went

in about that. You know what I'm saying. He was just basically saying,

like, it shouldn't be that way. We shouldn't be a hypocritic contradicting

ourselves, even just through our tongue. Because you know, when you read

the Book of Proverbs, it describes how life and death is in the power

of the tongue. You know, the things you say it literally makes your

life or breaks it literally does. You have to be careful what you speak

over your life or what you speak towards somebody. Words can heal or it

can hurt for real some people. Everybody's sensitivity levels are different. The way

people react and respond to things and receive stuff are always different. That's why

the Bible always tells us to be gentle, considerate, compassionate, calm,

understanding of what have you. Because the things you say, how you say

it, the tone, the mannerisms, all that matters. And all throughout

our lifetime we've dealt with all types of people who, you know, they

just got a nasty tongue. Man. You know when I say that,

I don't mean it from just like you know, they just say mean nasty

things man. Like you know, we know evil world, you know what

I mean, we know really messed up world. So there's people that really

just say hurtful things, man, very painful things, insults, bad words,

just very harsh things. Man. I think the Book of Proverbs it

says something about there's a generation whose tongue is like knives or who who Who's

whose teeth are like veins? I think in proverbs because it's saying like how

people are so mean and hurtful with their mouth and their tongues and the things

they say, how they say it. Of course, the way people blaspheme

God and mocked believers or what have you, obviously, and the way people

insult each other on social media, the way people say mean harsh things,

the way people verbally abuse others and bully one another. A person's bad words

can literally traumatize somebody. There's people out there who are tormented by what somebody

said to them years ago or probably just recently. I mean, I don't

know you guys lives. I don't know what you guys and dirt and went

through. But there's people out there in the world who are tormented by what

somebody said to them in elementary school or middle school, or high school,

or in college or you know, life after school. You know, or

someone says something bad at the job, like a customer custed out, somebody

or your co workers says something mean or heart to your supervisor, manager,

or your next door neighbor, or it could be any I'm telling you man,

that the tongue is dangerous. See James, he goes in about the

tongue man, because it's dangerous. You gotta understand all these profits, all

these our forefathers, the Disciples of Christ, they all dealt with ridicule,

They all dealt with mockery, insults, they all dealt with bad name man.

You got understand what they dealt with. Bro. You see Alicia Elisha

wasn't having he put them bears on them children. He was in front of

games. But you know, the profits to everybody else. We had to

always take the higher road. We had to always, you know, keep

it moving. You know what I'm saying, Because people say harsh things,

man, and words do hurt, all right. I don't care how tough

you are. I don't care how gangs do you think you was. I

don't care how mentally strong you think you are. If somebody say something really

hurtful, it's gonna trigger you. It's gonna really make sure they shoot.

It's gonna make you want to hurt them. I mean, even in the

Book of Proverbs, it says a person's mouth calls for blows, a fool's

mouth calls for blows. So people could say things that can literally instigate,

that could trigger you, that could make you want to fight them, that

could make you want to just really put hands on them, man, Because

because people just are disrespectful. People got no respect for themselves or others.

People have no moral morality or just any decency. Man. And and remember

Jesus said in the last days, the love will grow cold. You know,

people be offended. The spirit of offense is at all time high.

It ain't always just old people sensitive, and it's it's just you understand times

of people that's walking around this earth. Man. I mean the things people

just be saying to each other, you know, the insults, the disrespect,

the mannerisms. This is a classless generation. Man. We're wearing a

fallen world right now. We're in a really distasteful generation. You understand,

very distasteful, man. You know what I'm saying. I mean, heck,

you got little children cussing out man. You got these little children cussing

like sailors is. You've got children cussing like the forty fifty year olds out

here. Bro. You know what I'm saying, Like, man, I

mean, people just got a bad mouth man, and the little babies,

the youth, the teenagers, these young adults of course, middle age people

you are, know them them grumpy types. Oh gosh, you know sometimes

even a few older people man that they'll just say real messed up stuff,

you know, James just saying like, you know, it shouldn't be like

that, you know what I'm saying. And it says how the tongue is

also a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body.

It corrupts the whole person, sets the whole course on his of his life

on fire, and it's itself, it sets itself on fire by hell.

So people could say hell bound things. Man, like you be like you

ever was a round a person, just be like, how can you be

so messed up? Like the how can you be so evil and so dark?

It well make you say something like that just now, I'm telling you

that comes from a dark place, man, It comes from hell, man,

you know, like the you know, even when you read the Book

of Proverbs, it talks about how a good word makes the heart glad,

and how a good word and an obedient ears like golden apples, you know,

like like Solomon. The Proverbs it kept going on and on about how

you speak good words, how you speak good towards one another, How healthy

it is, how beautiful it is. How marryr heart makes the body,

does the body good like medicine. How married heart is a continual feast,

you know. But furthermore, like Solomon went on and on about how a

contentious woman, you know, it's like a rain that never stops. It

says, better to be on the corner of a rooftop than to be in

a house shared with a contentious woman. You know, a woman that can't

stop talking, a woman that just go ah, just nagging, nagging,

you know that just you know, vexing. You see that vexing spirit,

that annoying spirit that just won't shut up. Spirit, don't know when to

be quiet spirit, that contentious spirit. Proverbs goes on and on about the

heart and the tongue and mannerisms. Man, it's crazy, you know,

but also says, what's in the heart person, so is he? Whatever

a person thinks in their hearts, so is he. So when someone shows

you who they are, and I stay, man, that's who they are.

You know, we in the last days were in the days of Noah,

you know, we in perilous times when you know, you don't think

Noah got ridiculed when he was building that arc, when he was obeying God

and he was the only righteous one in that generation. You don't think them

people was badmouth and Noah and saying all types of crazy stuff towards him.

Jesus was dealing with insults and mockery for dying for our sins. You know

what I'm saying that the Pharisees, they kept going at him and insulting him

and blaspheming him and disrespect to him. But but Jesus handled it with loving

grace. Though See, Jesus could have easily sent them holy angels and you

know, and he could have really got real spiritual with and you know,

just Hylijah called fire from heaven. He Jesus could easily did that too.

He could have called him holy angels and everything. But he handled it with

love and grace. That's why Jesus told us to walk bol why she just

told us to be wiser service, be gentle as doves, because he's saying,

hey, I send you a sheep among wolves. Okay, So dang

there, every person you're dealing with, as you're saying out by the spirit

you're dealing with a wolf. The people are verbally just aggressive, verbally just

on edge, verbally rady to just tear you up. You know what I'm

saying, Like you don't bother nobody. You just be out the way,

and people just say crazy stuff to You'd be thinking like, man, what's

up with this person? What I did to you? This isn't so he

understanding satan. He understands how the tongue. He understands that. So his

age is his devices, wicked schemes like they all through the tongue, blasphemy,

hurtful things. That's why Jesus was saying, you know, what comes

out of a person's heart tells you if they're clean or not clean. You

see what I'm saying, because Jesus just saying, like sexual morality, malice,

hate, all that comes out the heart. Man. You know.

So man, you know, James, Chapter three is very powerful. I

know I'm kind of really going on about this, but I'm just like,

man, like you know, taming the tongue, I'm just like, wow,

man. And then with this social media, with these trolls and these

fake profiles and these hateful comments and mean messages, all this bullying and cyber

bulliant. I'm telling you, like, like dog people die by that stuff.

Man. People I heard like people come in suicide over verbal abuse man,

and and cyber bulliant. That's how crazy it is. Man. You

know so people just say mean heart stuff. Man, it's wild. Man.

Well, I'm telling you, like having self control and composure and this

era, boy, it's very challenging. I don't care the type person you

are, me and you whoever. Man, I'm telling you, like,

you may be peaceful and calm and loving or what have you. But most

environments you in and most people deal with ain't so like keeping your composure for

Christ, keeping your your cool for God. That's a challenge. Bro.

It's not easy. I'm telling you, it's not easy. You'd be really,

you'd be ready to put some hands on people, bo, you'd be

ready to I'm telling you. But hey, man, you know got to

have that self control. Man of self control. You know, vengeance belongs

to him, all right. And even when you read at Saiah, of

course it says no web performed against you, sean prosper and at any tongue

that rides up against you and judgment will be condemned, all right, so

you know what I'm saying as the heritage of the saints, So there will

be time, a time and place where you could put some money they place

verbally or what have you. And then you got that cool, cool calm,

collect self control. You know, God can handle that foolish, foolish

person. I've seen people verbally assault me, attack me, and I've seen

God punish them right on the spot, gave them instant judgment or or down

the road. Um you see them and they're in a real bad place in

their life. I've seen throughout my life through personal experiences. I remember going

to you know, elementary school and middle school, high school. People should

say harsh things to me and messed up stuff. And then you see them

down the road in life. They're looking crazy. They're in a bad spot.

And the thing is, you don't wish nothing to nobody, but you

just see how how how the Lord repays evil, How the Lord repays people

with bad mouths, bad tongues, mistreatment of others. You know, people

with that type of tongue and attitude, they really think they're not gonna get

judged for that or recompense for that. You gotta understand when you disrespect it

is a light or a gentile you really dispect the most high. You know,

if you talk to you, if you disrespect them, talking crazy to

a child of God, a man of God, a woman of God,

you you're basically going out their father who sent them or put them in that

environment. So that's why the Lord said vengeance is his because the whole thing

is like, Hey, anybody touched my children, they getting it. Anybody

by the my kids, they anybody by my children, They're gonna get it.

Ain'tbody harm my sheep physically, verbally, they gonna get it. So

you know you gotta count it all. Joy man. All the profits in

the Bible, they all dealt with name calling, assaults, ridicules, disrespect,

mockery. They've they've dealt with it all. And that's why, like

Jesus is the perfect example because he'd been there, done that, He suffered

it all. He bared it all for our sins. So my thing out

of this whole thing about people with bad mouths and bad tongues is like,

if Jesus can bear with all the mockery and insults and ridicule for our sins,

I believe that he handled it with love and grace too. I believe

we could get through this evil generation through love and grace. I believe so

all right with God, all things are possible. I know some of you

have been hurt really bad verbally, probably by your partner or your ex,

or a co worker or a friend whoever in your life. Hey, probably

some of your family members. Yeah. Some people come from abusive verbal,

abusive households, a tossic environment. Some people come from you know, just

crazy environment situations. And you know, it's it's like, hey, man,

you know, if Jesus can handle that with love and grace, we

can too. We just gotta stop being so like like, oh, I

ain't nobody from trying me dud. Like we saw an edge about that.

But it's like, that's not Jesus way of handling it. It's not it's

not always about being a bigger person and being a bigger man and all.

That's not even really about that. It's just like you on this neurow path.

You can't let some goofy person throw you off the trail, all right,

you can. You can't take debit. You gotta remember Satan. He

loves to use his agents and goofy people to do his work, his dirty

work. In the spiritual warfare, words are powerful, all right, whether

you're praising God or singing a song of him, worshiping praise and calling out

on the name of the Lord. Words are powerful no matter what word you

say out there is out there. Okay. So Satan and his devices is

falling angels them, demons and in spirits them. Torment and spirits. They

like to attack verbally, They like the verbally attack God's people, like to

vex them or use random people to do it. So Jesus, the prophets,

all of them, they were able to go through that with strength and

being and trusting the Lord through it. And these end times we're going to

experience it on a much more higher level. Like the hate for God's people

is going to intensify and get stronger. The disrespect towards God's people is gonna

get stronger. So we gotta get stronger than the spiritual warfare. We got

to be stronger than the Lord. Okay. We can't be emotionally unintelligent.

We can't be always losing self control and anger all the time. You know

what I mean? You know, So the tongue is powerful. Man.

I know I went in along about this James, but when I read James

three, this one really stood out to me. Man. I just said,

man, like the tongue, man, you know the way people will

just be talking. Man, I mean, man, you go to a

supermarket, somebody who was getting cussed out. Every time you go to the

gas station, the applies that still running air, somebody about to fight throw

down over words. Man, I'm telling you, the disrespect is at an

all time high. Man. James is saying, like, Yo, these

people they speak these evil words. Man, these people disrespectful out of here.

So all right, just make sure you're not doing that, all right.

Make sure you're always speaking the gospel, the good word, hope,

encouragement, love, peace, good tidings. Make sure you're always giving the

good news. Make sure your words ain't harmful like evil people's words aren't.

Mind for real. Gotta gotta gotta tame that tongue. People, gotta have

self control, all right, all right. Furthermore, when we review the

Book of James, chapter three, James goes further to detail about two types

of wisdom. He's talking about how you have heavenly spiritual wisdom and then you

have earthly, unspiritual wisdom of the devil. All right. He's basically saying

like, like, Hey, you know he said, who is wise and

understanding among you? Let him show up by as good life, by his

deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom. Basically saying like, but

if you harbor bitter envy, bitterness, envy and selfish ambition your hearts,

do not boast about it, or do not a you know, you said,

such wisdom does not come from down from heaven. But it's earthly,

unspiritual of the devil. For where you have envy and selfish ambition, there

you find disorder in every evil practice. But the wisdom that comes from heaven

is first of all pure, then peace loving. Consider it submissive, full

of mercy and good fruit, and partial and sincere. Peacemakers who sulk in

peace raise a harvest of righteousness. Amen. God is the God of peace,

most definitely, So let us keep it peaceful. Let our wisdom always

be heavenly, Let it be from heaven. All right. Don't be two

wise or two righteous. You ruin yourself and all this earthly wisdom. It's

unspiritual. Okay, Let make sure we always ask the love for wisdom.

Amen. Yes, yes, So that is the Book of James chapter three

reading. Okay, I just want to read this in commentary scripture of James

chapter four, verse seven. Even though they get to yes, as God

looks for submission, submit yourselves then to God. Resist the devil and he

will flee from you. Alrighty, alrighty, So always submit to God.

People always always always resist surrender, let it go. Let God always always

submit to the Lord. Amen. All right. So that's James chapter three

in a commentary scripture. Now let us go into the Book of James chapter

four. All right, James chapter four, Here we go. Submit yourselves

to God. James chapter four. What causes fights and quails among you?

Don't they come from your desires? That battle within you? You want something

but don't get it. You kill a cavette, but you cannot have what

you want. You quarrel and fight. You do not have because you do

not ask God. When you ask, you do not receive, because you

ask with wrong motives, wrong attention. Is that you may spend what you

get on your pleasures. You adulterous people. Don't you know that friendship with

the world is hatred towards God, and anyone who chooses to be a friend

of the world becomes an enemy of God. M Or do you think Scripture

says without reason that the spirit he calls to living us envies intensely, but

he gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says God opposes the proud,

but gives grace to the humble. Submit yourselves then to God. Resist

the devil and he will flee from you. Come near to God and he

will come near to you. Wash your hands your sinners, and purify your

hearts. You double minded, grieve mourning, wail. Change your laughter to

mourning and your joy to gloom. Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he

will lift you up. Brothers, do not slander one another. Anyone who

speaks against his brother or judges him, speaks against the law and judges it.

When you judge the law, you are not keeping it, but sitting

in judgment on it. There's only one lawgiver and judge the one who is

able to save him destroy. But you, who are you to judge your

neighbor? Okay, boasting about tomorrow? Now listen you who say today or

we would go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry

our business, make money. Why you do not even know what will happen?

Why you do not even know what will happen tomorrow? What is your

life? You are missed that appears for a little while and then vanishes a

vapor. Instead, you ought to say, if it is the Lord's will,

we will live and do this or that as it is you boasting,

brag all such boasting as evil? Anyone then who knows the good he ought

to do and doesn't do it. Since Book of James Shopter fore reading,

Man, I'll tell you James was going in man, Jay, James is

not playing with y'all. James was not playing, but he was talking to

the control tribes. Man. He would hey, man, you know he

will. James is not playing as definitely Jesus brother and man, it was

not playing with y'all, boy man. Book of James Shopter four. It's

like when I read these, it's like be just punching my It's like a

body blow. You know what I'm saying. It's a gut check, man,

really chin check you. You know what I'm saying. Because we just

go through our lives where we go through and then once you read that word,

it just be like, oh, okay, be hidden, you know.

But as we review James chapter four, James just goes more to detail

about what caused us fights and crawls among you, and it's like it all

comes from desires to battle within you, you know. And he says,

you know you don't guys, you don't have something, so you want to

killing Covetto over it. You know what I'm saying. But you can't have

what you want. It's basically saying like you know, you're crawling your fight.

And he says you do not have because you do not ask God.

He said, when you ask, you do not received because you ask what

the wrong motives or intentions, and you may spend what you get on your

pleasures. See, we be asking God for all these types of things that

we want out of life. But the reason why a lot of people's answers

don't get a lot of people's prayers don't get answered because people don't have right

intentions. All right, it's not just what you're praying for is why you're

praying for it? You see what I'm saying, Like the motives, the

intentions, what's the root of one and this desire. What's the root of

this request, submission, prayer, things given or what have you? Like,

why you're praying for this? Why do you want that? You know?

And when when you're really talking to God and like praying to ask them,

you know, it's like the things you should mostly be praying to God

about asking about is more about protection, answers, love, peace, you

know, things that really matter, like strength during this battle, you know,

was the not understanding your Holy Spirit guidance? You know, that's the

main type of stuff we should all be praying about. Those are the main

types of prayers the forefathers of provience all prayed about. They didn't just pray

for random materialistic stuff because they weren't lacking. You know, we we you

know, so we didn't always have our mind set on stuff like that we

fast for today. You know, people pray all these things that and they

don't even have the right intention in the first place. Like people be praying

for stuff just so they could bride the social media about it. They don't

even pray for like real things that matter. But we're not here to be

little anyone's requests or what have you. Now, if Presson has a need.

It's one thing, but like it's the intention, you know, Like

if you're saying, like, Lord, provide me with a job or this

or that, right, but it's like you get the job, are you

gonna really do the job right? Are you gonna spread His word in that

job? Are you going to carry yourself and upright matter in that work environment?

Are you going to save a soul in that job? Are you going

to be able to stay strong within that work environment that God blesses you with?

Right? Or you know, it's it's attentions that matter. Because God

will answer people's prayers when they ask for faith and alignment and all those different

things. But a lot of times the prayers don't get answered. People always

question themselves and wonder why. You know, we got to ask our intentions

in the first place. It's my heart, right, Do I still have

unforgiveness in my heart? And my seeking self and selfish ambition? Am I

seeking self pleasure? Am I seeking narcissism? Why am I really praying for

this stuff? Am I seeking validation from social media? Am I trying to

prove a point to somebody? See, that's the type of things you got

to ask yourself about your own intentions. A lot of people and they don't

want to look in that mirror. You gotta looking at mirror. You gotta

be like, well, why am I praying for us? So why do

I want this? Like you know what I'm saying. So, you know,

James just goes further to detail about your motives and pleasure. You know,

most people pray for pray out of wrong intentions and motives and for pleasure.

They don't even have good intentions when they're asking God for things. Okay,

so we got to be more mindful of that. Furthermore, James goes

into details, saying, you adulterous people. Don't you know that friendship with

the world is hatred towards God. Anyone who choose to be a friend of

the world becomes an enemy of God. Look at that. You know,

we are called to be set apart people anyway within this world, but not

of it. We're not supposed to be following the ways of this world and

trying to get along. We're not supposed to be going about it that way.

Honestly, gotta understand that a lot of times people get so caught up

in the world and so lost in it. They lose their way in that

stuff. Man. You know, like God calls us to be come back

to him, come back to his word, come back to his presence,

come back to obeying him, come back to living for him. He calls

us to do that because the ways of the world is against the most high.

And obviously you can see that vividly every day. You know what I'm

saying, So very interesting things James said, Very powerful, potent thing he

said. Furthermore, James goes into detail explaining how we should always submit ourselves

to God and resisting the devil so he could flee from us. Come near

to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, your

sinners, and parify your hearts. You double minded look at that. Yeah,

James was not playing with us, y'all, Hugh, James wasn't playing.

Yeah, That's why I love about these men are the most hide these

these people man like you know, Paul and James and Man the Elijah,

Isaiah, Ezekiel, Jeremiah. These these men could give that word, man,

they knew how to give it, and we have to give in that

same manner. See, it's you know that love, correction, edification right

sharp and iron. You have to be about that. It's the only way

press could grow and get better. Okay, if we're going around just giving

a bunch of feel good stuff, it's gonna keep people in sin, it's

gonna keep people comfortable, it's gonna keep people not fearing God. You see

what I'm saying. The purpose of this word is to make us fear the

Lord better more often than to get more closer and obedient towards him. So

we got to be better in these areas, man, all right. Furthermore,

James going to detail about, you know, saying, humble ourselves before

the Lord, and he will lift us up. That's very true, very

true. Jesus said, whoever exhausts himself will be humbled. Whoever humbles himself

with big exalted. So furthermore, James goes into details, saying brothers do

not slander one another. He says, anyone who speaks against his brother or

judge him, speaks against the law and judges it. When you judge the

law, you're not keeping it, but sitting in a judgment on it.

He says, there's only one lawgiver and judge, the one who is able

to save him destroy it. But you, who are you to judge your

neighbor? I love how James questions us. He questions our approach, our

attitude towards one another. You know, who are we to really judge?

Right, Because the same fault we could find is somebody, We could find

it more within ourselves. Honestly. See, you might find something that you

don't like as somebody to feel offended about it or what have you. But

you know, trust me, you look at deep in that mirror, you

look at yourself. There's a lot more then you can point out someone else.

Okay, So let us, you know, be on point and be

more evaluate ourselves better. Man, We gotta evaluate ourselves. And furthermore,

in the Book of James, chapter four, James going to detail about boasting

about tomorrow and you know it basically saying how tomorrow's not promised, you know,

and you never know what a day could bring forth. We know Jesus

said that, and we also know that's said also in the Book of Proverbs.

You know that's very true. Man, Life is very unpredictable. Things

are happening faster than ever. I mean, there's a whole lot of good,

bad and ugly going on. These last days, Like some people are

experienced some good things instantly randomly surprisedes, but a lot of people just getting

hit with all types of stuff, man, all types of shocks and traumas,

losing loved ones. You know, you just never know what they may

bring forth, you know, rejection, hurt, things just happening. You

know, you're planning a trip, you get God forbid any when this happens.

But just saying, this happens every day all over the world. Okay,

so you know someone out there, maybe you're planning a trip, then

you know next to you know, they hit the highway and an accident happens.

You see what I'm saying, Like, you never know what a day

could bring. That's why we have to always be like, if it's God's

will, if God has swollen, then I'll look forward to doing this,

this and that. That's why we gotta take it one day at a time.

We got to make each day full and effective, take it one day

at a time, all right. And that's basically James just getting up.

You know, he's just saying like, hey, you don't even know what

tomorrowic could bring. Man, you don't you don't know what could happen in

your life. And he's basically saying, like our life is a vapor,

it just vanishes. You know. You hear one moment and boom, it's

gone, just like that. You know, time is speeding up, man.

Things don't even feel the same, like an hour, don't even feel

like an hour, no more a day, don't even feel like a day.

Like things are just speeding up. There there's prophecy being fulfilled. When

you read the Book of Daniel, it says how God countrols the seasons he

couldtrols the times he could he did. He got a speeding things up,

y'all. He's speeding it up. You see all this stuff going on.

If he's speeding it up, man, I'm telling y'all, so we gotta

take it one day at a time. With this time that we do have.

Now we'll use it effectively daily getting closer to the Lord. We're living

out his word, practicing it, doing it, saving the soul as best

we can, or what have you, and seeking him and get closer to

him. And also just in our personal life with your day to day,

going to your career, your job will have you just take it one day

other time you never know that they could bring for it there. Maybe somebody

out there listened to us is probably going through a real harsh time or a

troubling time. You gotta hang in there. I mean, God can turn

that bad moment into something really good. He could surprise you just like that.

I'm telling you. There's people all types of testimonies and good tidings,

and they could tell you how much the good news, the good news,

the Gospel save them, how much the Lord delivered them or set them free,

how God changed their lives, how they woke up the good news,

how they you know, found out they got that good email, they got

that good you know. So always stay in the moment, people, always

trusting the Lord, all right, and take it one day at a time,

all right, because tomorrow it's not promised to anybody. Man. And

when we're looking around, Shoot, these young people they die more harsh and

faster than everybody else. Like this, these young kids, they live so

fast. He's chosen these young teenagers, these these young adults, theyre living

so fast. You know, when you're living like fast and reckless and lawless,

you know, it's just like dang. You know, people be shortening

their own days with their actions or what have you. Man, you know,

and the Bible does talk about hard days and number but you know,

you gotta churish this life. Man, You gotta embrace it, take it

one day at a time. People, whenever you're about to plan something or

go on a trip or whatever, just say, if God is willing,

I look forward to doing this. If it's God's will, then let us

will be done to leave me here or take me there. That's how we

should be talking. We should always just be going on on bragging and boasting.

Because furthermore, when you read James chapter four, you know, James

just declared, declares. He says, as it is. He says,

you know, you don't boasting, bragg and he says all such boasting is

evil. All boasting is evil. Okay, So he says anyone that who

knows the good but does not do it, it's a sin. All right.

So if you know better, you do better. All right. We

all grown, We don't know right from wrong, so let us do better

from that wana, all right. It's not time to play dumb or have

excuses. All right. You gotta sharpen up. You gotta sharpen up and

tighten up a man. Yes, yes, y'all. So that is the

Book of James chapter for reading. Now let us go into the Book of

James chapter five. All right, the Book of James Chapter five. Here

we go. Warning to the richel, Warning to rich oppressors. Now listen,

you're rich people, weep in well because of the misery that's coming upon

you. Your wealth has rotted, and moths have eaten your clothes. Your

gold and silver are accorded. They're correct. Will testify against you and eat

your flesh like fire. You have hoarded wealth in the last days. Look

the wages you failed to pay, the workmen who mold your fields, or

crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of

the Lord Almighty. You have lived on earth and luxury and self indulgence.

You have fatten yourselves in a day of slaughter. You have condemned and murdered

innocent men who are not opposing you. Patience and suffering. Be patient,

then, brothers, until the Lord's coming. See how the farmer waits for

the land to yield this valuable crop, and how patient he is for the

automnan and spring rains. You too, be patient and stand firm, because

the Lord's coming is near. Don't grumble against each other, brothers, or

you will be judged. The judge is standing at the door. M brothers,

as an example of patience in the faith of suffering, and take the

prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. As you know, we

consider blessed those who have been who have persevered. You have heard of Job's

perseverance and have seen what the Lord finally brought about. The Lord is full

of compassion and mercy. MM. Above all, my brothers, do not

swear, not by heaven or by earth, or by anything else. Let

your yes be yes, and your no be no, or you will be

condemned. The prayer of faith. Is any one of you in trouble,

he should pray. Is anyone happy, let up sing songs of praise.

Is any one of you sick, He should call the elders of the church

to pray over him and annoy him with oil in the name of the Lord.

And the prayer offered and faith will make the sick person well. The

Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he would be forgiven.

Therefore, confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so

that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and

effective. Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it

would not reign, and it did not reign on the land for three and

a half years. Again he prayed, and that heavens gave rain and the

earth produced its cry. My brothers, if one of you should wander from

the truth and someone should bring him back in bringing back, remember this,

whoever turns a center from the era of his way will save him from death

and cover a multitude of sins. Yes, yes, that's some gems right

there for you. You have it. That's a Book of James chapter five,

very very powerful read right there. So as we review the Book of

James chapter five, James just gives him warrant to all the rich oppressors.

Man, man, man, James is not playing. And when I read

this first part of James chapter five versus one, all the way through six,

like I'm thinking of all these oppressive rich people that still exists to this

day, Like all these owners of these billionaire companies, these super top people

in the world, you know, all the Bill Gates that Elon Musk is

the these billionaires Amazon, all these companies, you know, the way they

stay at the top. They oppress workers and they oppress people. And when

you read it like James went in on chapter five, he said, he

said, the misery is coming upon you. He said, your wealth has

rotted and eating your clothes and mosying your clothes. And he said, he

said, you have hoarded wealth in the last days. He said, the

wages you failed to pay the workmen who mowed your fields a cry out against

you. You know, if there's a lot of labor strikes, y'all see

that right, all these companies, these these workers are going on strike.

See James five, man, I'm telling you, the cries of the harvesters

have reached the ears of the Lord Almighty. You have lived on earth and

luxury and self indulgence, indulgence, you have fatten yourselves in a day of

slaughter. You have condemned and murdered innocent men who were out of post to

you, blood sacrifices. Huh mmm. I'm telling you James's not playing man.

And it's so crazy that he talks about rich oppressors, because these these

rich super companies, these superhist companies. They really oppressed the workers. They

don't pay them, no benefits, no pension. I just saw this,

like random video on Twitter. This dude. I don't know if he was

like a construction work or a factory work or something. Dude had flipped out

because he was having issues with his pension or something like that. I don't

think. I don't think the company. The company did some type of deal,

some crazy stuff, bro. You know how that get down that,

you know, and the worker was mad because he worked. He worked for

that company for like thirty years, like thirty plus years, and he wasn't

even able to get no benefits or changed due to that whole like transaction.

It's a wild crazy story. And I'm just thinking, like, wow,

man, the way these companies begin over on people and these workers man as

wild. So um yeah, man, Like you know, James went in

about that. Man. You know, everybody here got these different jobs and

careers and all this stuff, and they get oppressed, they get used up,

they get mistreated in the work environment, they go through all this stuff

in the workplaces, they don't they don't get appreciated for their work of their

honor, you know. And my, my thing is when I do these

like podcast messages or what have you. Or this is why I constantly tell

everybody who's listening to like, keep working for God. Man. God is

not oppressive man. God looks out man. God blesses, He comforts,

He provides man. God does not mistreat his workers. Man, he does

not. He values what we do for him. And we were singing praise

with worship. We call out to him and crow on him. We leave

people to him his word or he do his work and through his will do

father's business. Man, Like I'm telling you. You know, the scripture

says that He's a reward to those who diligently seek him. You know what

I mean. He really is a rewarder man, He truly is. And

I have just a superficial way and materialistic external fain way, just like his

protectors being protected by God. Man knowing you was loved, by the fact

that you're loved by him, He's protecting you. He has angels protecting you.

You know what I'm saying. His outstretched arm, his mighty hand,

his finger got just all over your life. The blood of Jesus pleaded all

in your life, all around you. You know, God look, look,

God looking out for you, even at your lowest points, God caring

for you. God is near to the Lord's near to the broken hearted.

God cares about his people, He cares about his children, He cares about

his workers. These jobs and these companies they don't care about you, They

don't care. But God cares about you. You crowd to the owner of

the company. The owner ain't gonna want to hear nothing you crown about you.

Crowd to the Lord. You call on his name, He'll show you

great mighty things. He will do amazing, great mighty things if you humble

yourself a calling his name. Amen. Yes, yes, y'all. These

these jobs, these companies, these these these supervisors, these higher ups,

you already know that corporate stuff. Man. So James really went in on

them and let them know what they said the later day of the Lord is

coming, so the you know the Lord's coming in near. So even you

know when Jesus, when Jesus was preaching and doing Father's business, you know,

he really went against those rich people because he made that parable by house.

It's harder for a camera to go in need of an eye than it

is for a rich man into the game. Of heaven, because these rich

people they're hard to very tainted. Man, they're hard to attention to,

messed up and then get over and ruthless and do whatever to stay on top.

But again judge for that, all right, all right. So furthermore

in the Book of James, Chapter five, James goes further to detail about

patience and suffering. He tells us to be patient and the Lord's coming,

and he says, how the farmer waits for the land to yield his valuable

crop, how patient is for the ottumn springs, and spring rains you to

be patient, stand firm because the Lord's coming is near. Don't grumble against

each other, brothers, or you would be judged. The judge is standing

at the door. Alright, he alright, he said, brothers. As

an example of patience in the face of suffering, take prophets who spoken the

name of the Lord. As you know, we consider bless those who have

persevered. You have heard of Job's perseverance, and how have seen what the

Lord finally brought about. The Lord is full of compassion and mercy, and

he says, above all, he told brothers to not swear by heaven or

earth. Okay, or anything that your yes. Lets let your y sps,

let you know b no, or you'll be condemned to send into what

Jesus said, you know, let your sps, let you know b no.

Anythink more than that's from the evil one. All right. And furthermore,

let's see what we have here. James just goes more to detail about

the prayer of faith. All right, and fame buys in trouble. Pray

anyone happy, let him six songs or praise anybody's sick, calling the elders

of the church and pray for him, Pray for her, anoint him,

annoy her with the oil and the name of the Lord. All right,

and the prayer offer the faith will make the sick person well. The Lord

will ray him up. If he has sin, he'll be forgiven. Therefore,

a confessior sins to each other and pray for each other so that you

may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.

So it's for that part of that. A righteous man prays for met each

other man for real, you know, because it's it's effective. God really

hears those, He hears his people, He hears it. You know what

I'm saying, because you know the prophets, they could pray, boy them

old this could pray and God hears them. Okay, I just want to

read this in commentary scripture within James five. God hears prayer the Book of

James, chapter five, verse sixteen. Yeah, I just want to reread

that. You know, therefore a confessor sins to each other and pray for

each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man

is powerful and effective, most definitely is y'all. Elijah was a man just

like us. He prayed earnestly that would not reign, and did not reign

on the land for three and a half years. And again he prayed,

and the heavens gave rain and the produced its crops. My brothers, if

one of you should wonder from the truth and someone should bring him back,

remember this. Whoever turns a center from the era of his way will save

him from death and cover a multitude of sins. Let us always correct each

other in turn brothers and sisters away from their sins. Y'all. That's why

we gotta spread this gospel, okay. Gotta save these souls, Gotta reach

to these people, to the Kingdom. Okay, gotta keep spreading the word,

ain'tmen. Yes, yes, y'all. So that you have it.

That is the book of James reading. All right, very excellent read,

very awesome, awesome read. Man. I mean that that book is just

five chapters, but it's full of gems. Man, James was not playing.

All right. We gotta be for real, for real about this is

how we go about this walk with God, our relationship, how we're going

about things. Okay, So let us always be doers of the word and

being a faith and you know, be patient and that's suffering. Be patient,

and them trials and test people. Okay. Crown of life, Crown

of life, Crown of life. Okay, all right, y'all. So

there you have him. What I would love to do is I close out,

is give all the praise, honor and glory to the most High God

of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and praise is only the Godson who died

for our sins. Amen. Yes, yes, y'all, So here we

go, Yes, yes, y'all. Hallelujah. He is the hope for

humanity, y'all. Praise him, glorify him, looks all his name,

lift his name on High. Yes, Yes, give him all the praise.

He is the Adam, the Second Adam, the Last Adam, the

Advocate, the Almighty, True Living God, the Alpha and Omega Amen,

the apostle of our profession, the arm of the Lord. The atonis sacrifice

for our sins, The author and finisher of our faith, the author and

perfector of our faith, the author of life, the author of salvation,

the beginning in the end, the beginning of creation of God, the beloved

Son, the blessing only, polton It, the blessing only, Ruler of

the branch, the Bread of God, the Bread of Life, the Bridechrome,

the Capstone, the Captain of Salvation, the chief Cornerstone, the chief

Shepherd, Christ, the Christ of God, the Consolation of Israel, the

Cornerstone, the counselor wonderful counsel Or, the Creator, the Dayspring, the

Deliverer, the Desired, the Nations, the Door, the elect of God,

Emmanuel, the eternal Life, the everlasting Father. Yes, yes,

y'all, the Everlasting Father. Most definitely, he is the faith of true

witness, faithful and true, the faithful Witness, the first and the Last,

the first Begotten, the first born from the dead, firstborn of all

creation, the Forerunner, the Gait, the Glory of the Lord God,

the Good Shepherd, the Great High Priest, the Great Shepherd, the Head

of the Church, the Heir of all things, the High Priest, Holy

and True, the Holy One, the Hope, the Hope of Glory,

the Horn of Salvation. That I Am, that I Am, that I

Am, the Image of God, Jehovah, Jehovah, Jira Jehovah, Shalom,

Jesus of Nazareth, Jesus, the Judge of Israel, the Judge,

King Eternal. He is a King of Israel, how Luyah. He is

a King of King's Amen. He is a King of kings and Lord of

Lords. Hosanna, Hosanna, the King of Saints, King of the Ages,

King of the Jews, the King. The Lamb, the Lamb of

God, the Lamb without blemish, the Last Adam, the law Giver,

the Leader and commander. The Life, the life of the world, the

line of the Tribe of Judah, the Living One, the Living Stone.

The Lord. The Lord is my portion. Of Lord is my rok.

The Lord's my salvation, The Lord's my refuge. The Lord is my salvation.

Lord is my strength. The Lord is my delivery. The Lord is

my redeemer. Yes, the Lord is my amazing. The Lords are everything.

The Lord our righteousness, Yes, the Lord our good refuge, the

Lord my high tower. Yes, yes, y'all. The Lord our God

is one. Most definitely yah Y'ahweh yahu wi yahawashah yahweh, but yaw yahiya

shah ya Shuwahama shiyak baraka tha shalahwa shalom. Yes, shua Elohim a hyashaya.

Yes, most definitely. The Lord is my strength, y'all. He

definitely is, y'all. He's so amazing, y'all. Yes, Yes to

consuming fire. The Father of Life is the father of the fatherless, the

father of widows, the Father of mercies, the God of heaven and Earth,

his sons sits at the right hand of him. The government rested on

his shoulders. He is the great physician, could heal everything he is.

He is the carpet that could fix all things. He is a sustainer,

He is a sufficient one. Amen, hallelujah. Is no other like that.

Father, Son are amazing. He is the Lord of All, the

Lord of Glory, the Lord of Lords, the Man from Heaven, the

Man of Sorrows, the Mediator of the New Covenant, the Mediator the Message

of the Covenant, The Messiah of the Mighty God, the Mighty One,

the morning Star, the Nazarene, the offspring of David, the only Begotten

Son of God, our Great God, is Savior, our Holiness, our

spiritual Husband, our passover, our protection, our redemption, our righteousness,

our sacrificed to pass over Lamb, the Power of God, the pressures cornerstone,

the Prince of Kings, the Prince of Life, the Prince of Peace,

the Prophet, the Redeemer of the Resurrection of Life, the resurrector their

resurrection, the Life, the Revelation, the Revelator, the Righteous Branch,

the Righteous One, the radiant One, the perfect Example, the Rock,

the Root of David, the Rose of Sharon, the ruler of God's creation.

He has the Lord my banner, the Lord my banner. He definitely

is the ruler of the kings of the Earth. The Savior, the Seat

of Woman, the Shepherd and Bishop of Souls, the Shiloh, the son

of Abraham, the son of David, the Son of God, the son

of Man, son of the Blessed, son of the Most High God,

the source of return, of salvation for all who obey him, The Son

of Righteousness, the just One, the one Mediator, the stone to builders

rejected, the true Bread, the true God, the true Life, the

true Vine. Yes, he is the Truth. Amen. He is the

Way. Hallelujah. He is the Way, truth of life, the wisdom

of God, the Witness, the wonderful counselor, the Word, the Word

of God, the word of Life, the word of Yahua, the word

of Elohim, the world of yr Shuahmahiyah, the whatever your whosha, Yahusha

Yeshua, the word of Yahwashai, the word of the Almighty, True Living

God, the word of the consumer, fire and men. He is the

word we touch and agree. Yes, yes, most definitely, y'all.

Yeah, yeah, there you have it all right. We serve for awesome

creating. The Son is amazing. For die for our sins, Yes,

y'all. Let everybody rejoice and praise him. Let the angels sing and rejoice

again the Lord, all the praise and glory. He made all of this

a man. Yes, yes, y'all. Boast and the Lord boast,

and the Lord boast and the Lord to everybody, how good the Lord is

and how much he's changed your life, how much he's worked on you and

done so much in your life. Declare and proclaim what the Lord has done.

Tired by how great he is, Amen boasting the Lord, most definitely,

his son is amazing, most definitely he is a seat of Abraham Promised,

the seat of Adam, humanity, the seat of David, Kingship,

the seat of God deity, the seat of Jacob, nationality, the seat

of Judah tribe, the seat of sham a race, the seat of sham

Race, the seat of woman prophecy. We touch and agree. Yes,

yes, y'all in the authority and the parademagies Christ, you are healed,

were newed, restored, We're d forgive and embraced it loved new, My

new heart and new soul, new heart of flesh, warm heart, new

hands to prosper, new work, ethic, more hands to the plow,

more busyness, more work ethic, more hard work, more vigilance, more

diligence. Yes, she has alert, sober, stability, faithfulness, loyalty,

steadfast, firm, consistent, wealth, abundance, joy, gladness,

spiritual riches, spiritual wealth. Yes, she has resource to help you and

those around you as well along the way. Amen. Yes, yes,

y'all, new new past, new journeys, new season, new beginnings,

new new, new open doors. Just knew everything is for the Lord in

Jesus name. Amen, speak those things over your life. Yes, yes,

y'all, we touch and agree. He is amazing. He is amazing.

Amen. All right, so that you have it all right, that

is the word for today. Just the book of James reading, very excellent

read, and I'm very happy to share with you all. All right,

let's do. Let's be doings the word and applying and practicing and do these

things. Okay, yes, yes, y'all. I just pray to God

that whoever listens mess I pet you apend of get baptized, start your life

up for the most high. I prayed. The Lord turns your life around.

He changes everything, and you stay in his will, You stay in

his presence, You keep hearing his voice, obeying his voice until we call

you to do. Amen. Yes, yes, y'all. So as I

close out, I would love to give y'all this priestly blessing on the way

out. The Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord make his face

shut upon you, and be gracious to you. The Lord lift up his

countenance upon your give you peace shalom. I'm Jarvis Kingston. I love you

all. God bless you all. Peace,