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Originally Posted by Drake
Hi ZNP,
if you have a specific question about James I’ll do my best to answer.
Thx
Drake
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1. In “The Bible — the Word of God, Chapter 20, section 1 Witness Lee said “Many words recorded in the Scriptures are the words of Satan, evil men, God's opposers, and even the nonsensical talk of godly men. Furthermore, all the words of the Scriptures were breathed out by God and recorded for a particular purpose. In Genesis 3 the purpose is to expose the subtlety of the enemy. In Acts 21 and in the book of James the purpose is to show us the possibility that a godly person may lack the clear, heavenly view of God's New Testament economy.”
Do you agree that the purpose of the book of James is to show us the possibility that a godly person may lack the clear, heavenly view of God’s New Testament economy?
2. Here we see that James charges the believers to keep the perfect law of freedom in relation to three things: bridling the tongue, visiting orphans and widows, and keeping oneself unspotted from the world. None of these is a crucial item in God’s New Testament economy. By this we see that James does not tell us to keep the perfect law of freedom in the New Testament practice. Rather, by charging us to bridle our tongue, visit orphans and widows, and keep ourselves unspotted from the world, he is speaking of Old Testament practices. (Witness Lee, Life Study of James, Chapter 13, Sect 3)
would you agree that the Lord’s new commandment to us in John 13:34 is a crucial item of God’s New Testament Economy?
Would you agree that presenting our members as servants of righteousness unto sanctification is a crucial item of God’s New Testament economy? Romans 6:19
Would you agree that our baptism by which we are separated from the world is a crucial item of God’s New Testament economy?
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“For example in 2:9 and 10 he says, “But if you respect persons, you commit sin, being convicted by the law as transgressors. For whoever keeps the whole law, yet stumbles in one point, he has become guilty of all.” This word indicates that James still practiced the keeping of the Old Testament law.” (Witness Lee, Life Study of James, Chapter 13, sect 3)
Do you think that the Lord’s command to do unto others as you would have them do unto you is the Old Testament law?