Bible Study

James 4:13-17 - A Humble Plan

Jay Carper
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⁣There's nothing wrong with making plans for the future. In fact, all of Scripture encourages planning ahead! However, the needs of the Kingdom must always come first. Make sure that your plans are aligned with God's and always be willing to pivot if it turns out that God has something different in mind.

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James 4:1-12 - Selfish Ambitions

Jay Carper
5 Views · 2 days ago

⁣Selfish ambitions create conflict within ourselves, within the body of Christ, and between us and God. The key to powerful prayers and spiritual victory is humility and putting the needs of the kingdom of God before our own.

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The Synergy of Covenants

Jay Carper
9 Views · 15 days ago

⁣Typical Christian doctrine treats covenants like a music playlist. When one song is done, the next one starts. But that's not how covenants are portrayed in the Bible. The Sinai Covenant didn't replace Abraham's, which didn't replace Noah's, which didn't replace Adam's. Instead, covenants are like a symphony in which one instrument after another is added to create a synergistic whole.

This is a conversation with Restoration Messianic Fellowship in Boulder, Colorado.

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Why God's Diet Matters

Chris Deweese
25 Views · 20 days ago

There's a really big reason for Christians to keep God's diet as outlined in Leviticus 23 that has nothing to do with health.

James 3:13-18 - Who among you is wise and understanding?

Jay Carper
26 Views · 25 days ago

⁣Wisdom doesn't come from isolation and philosophy. It comes from interacting with the world, meditating on the Word of God, and living out his commandments.

Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom. But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work. But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.
James 3:13-18 KJV

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Acts 23 - Paul's Connections

Jay Carper
80 Views · 2 months ago

⁣Throughout Paul's story in Acts and his letters, it seems that he was comfortable among people with power, both political and religious. Acts 22 and 23 show that his family had money or some other strong connection with the Roman authorities. His personal history and apparent influence of his nephew show a strong connection with the Jewish religious authorities. Paul was smart, educated, well-spoken, and a political force to be reckoned with, even with the whole Roman and Jewish worlds against him.

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Balak - Balaam's Heirs

Jay Carper
69 Views · 2 months ago

⁣Our churches and synagogues are still full of Balaams today, men and women calling themselves teachers, prophets, and apostles, but who teach God's people to sin. Beware of anyone who tells you what your flesh wants to hear, who prioritizes profit over Biblical truth, or who tells you that God didn't mean what he said when he said "Don't do that!"

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James 3:1-12 with CSBS

Jay Carper
86 Views · 2 months ago

⁣The Common Sense Bible Study crew discusses James 3:1-12. "The tongue is a fire." Guarding your speech is one of the most important skills to learn when you're part of a community. It's also one of the hardest. It's doubly important for Bible teachers.

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Faith without Works is DEAD?

Jay Carper
81 Views · 2 months ago

⁣When James says that Abraham and Rahab were justified by their faith and works, he isn't saying that you need to earn your salvation. He isn't even saying that salvation produces works (it does!). He's saying that faith that brings justification is a fully committed faith and can't be separated from works.

⁣From Jay Carper at Common Sense Bible Study (https://CommonSenseBibleStudy.com) and American Torah (https://www.AmericanTorah.com).

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Proverbs 7 with CSBS (full length)

Jay Carper
101 Views · 2 months ago

⁣Common Sense Bible Study's complete discussion of Proverbs 7.

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James 2:14-26 with CSBS

Jay Carper
92 Views · 2 months ago

⁣The Common Sense Bible Study crew discusses James 2:14-26. What is the real relationship between faith and works? What is faith? James' analogy of "the body apart from the spirit is dead" is key to understanding the apparent conflict between Paul's "justified apart from works" and James' "justified by works and not by faith alone".

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James 1:19-27 with CSBS

Jay Carper
109 Views · 2 months ago

⁣The Common Sense Bible Study crew discusses James 1:19-27. Humility, controlling your speech, perfect law, law of liberty, and perfect religion.

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James 2:1-13 with CSBS

Jay Carper
86 Views · 2 months ago

⁣Jay Carper discusses James 2:1-13. The Way (early Christianity) was different from all other religions of the Greco-Roman world in that it welcomed people of all social strata and wealth, putting them all on parity as equal members of the body of Christ. Plus the Torah as the Law of Liberty.

From Jay Carper at Common Sense Bible Study (https://CommonSenseBibleStudy.com) and American Torah (https://www.AmericanTorah.com).

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James 1:1-18 with CSBS

Jay Carper
96 Views · 2 months ago

⁣The Common Sense Bible Study crew discusses James 1:1-18, which sets the topic and tone for the rest of the book. Trials, troubles, riches, poverty, faith, and steadfastness.

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Introduction to the Epistle of James

Jay Carper
113 Views · 2 months ago

⁣Who wrote the letter of James to the Twelve Tribes in Dispersion? Why was it written? Where? When?

In this study, the Common Sense Bible Study crew discuss the authorship, audience, structure, and other "meta data" of the Epistle of James.

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Shlach Lecha - Humble Leadership

Jay Carper
111 Views · 3 months ago

⁣The people rejected Moses as their leader in Numbers 14, but Moses didn't respond with anger or jealousy. He humbled himself before both the people and God and interceded on their behalf. He wasn't a leader for his own sake, but of the sake of the Kingdom and Name of God.

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