James 5:1-20 KJV

Sermon Bible Commentary - James 5:7-8

James 5:7-8 The lesson of Advent is a twofold one. It is a lesson of watchfulness; it is also a lesson of patience. They are the two contrasted tones heard all through that solemn discourse upon the Mount of Olives from which, as "in a glass, darkly," through parable and figure, we have learned all that we can ever learn of that "Far-off Divine event To which the whole creation moves." I. Patience is a lesson which we all need. We need it in the heat and eagerness of youth; we need it in the... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - James 5:11

James 5:11 Note: I. The character here given to God: "The Lord is very pitiful and of tender mercy." (1) "Pitiful." Pity is a feeling for, a feeling with, the distressed. The pity of God is of high quality and eminent degree. (2) "Of tender mercy." It is kindness to the sinful, to the guilty and undeserving and ill-deserving. Tender mercy is mercy easily excited, not like a flow of water produced by machinery, but like a stream of water from a spring or well. The merciful Father is of tender... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - James 5:13

James 5:13 Religious Worship a Remedy for Excitements. St. James seems to imply in these words that there is that in religious worship which supplies all our spiritual need, which suits every mood of mind and every variety of circumstances, over and above the heavenly and supernatural assistance which we are allowed to expect from it. Prayer and praise seem in his view to be a universal remedy, a panacea, as it is called, which ought to be used at once, whatever it be that affects us.... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - James 5:13-16

James 5:13-16 The Visitation of the Sick. I. To understand the clause which refers to anointing with oil, it must be remembered that in those early and simple days, when little was known about the structure of the human frame, and the healing art resolved itself very much into a rude kind of surgery, oil was regarded as a great restorative as, indeed, it is now and as the best form of medicine. In the Old Testament, Isaiah speaks of wounds and bruises which have never been closed, neither bound... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - James 5:15

James 5:15 Among all the trials of life there is no occasion when we more deeply feel the need of God's helping hand than when brought low by sickness ourselves, or when we tremble for the life of some member of our household or a near and valued friend. Unwavering confidence in God inspires the belief that whatever is really for the best our gracious Father will be sure to grant. I. We should always be humble in our prayers. Doubtless many a petition is rejected by a higher tribunal for lack... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - James 5:16

James 5:16 The Strength of Working Prayer. I. The praying. It is not said "the prayer." And the difference is worth observing. If it were said "the prayer," it might seem as if the words of the prayer were like a charm, such as we read of in ancient fables, when some particular words repeated by any person are spoken of as able to produce some wonderful effect, so that, whoever uses them, they are regarded as equally powerful, the power, some mysterious imaginary power, being in the words... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - James 5:19-20

James 5:19-20 Means of Salvation. I. Let us see what character consists of, and then we may see where and in what way it may be changed. First of all, there is the character we bring with us into this world, which we call our nature; and then there is that second nature which education and habit impart. Christian divines in all times have taught that man comes into this world with a decided character, bent, or bias; they call it human depravity, and they account for it by original sin: and... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - James 5:7-8

DISCOURSE: 2374PATIENT PERSEVERANCE URGEDJames 5:7-8. Be patient, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain. Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.CHRISTIANITY, even in the apostolic age, was professed by multitudes who neither understood its doctrines nor obeyed its precepts. The great and fundamental doctrine of... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - James 5:9

DISCOURSE: 2375NEARNESS OF JUDGMENTJames 5:9. Behold! the Judge standeth before the door.OF the Day of Judgment there is frequent mention in the New Testament: and so strongly was the idea of it realized in the minds of the inspired writers, that they conveyed to the Church, unintentionally on their parts, an expectation of its speedy arrival. This arose indeed, in part, from our blessed Lord himself having blended his description of it with a prediction of the judgments which impended over... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - James 5:11

DISCOURSE: 2376THE PATIENCE OF JOBJames 5:11. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.ONE of the most singular ideas that can be suggested to a carnal mind, is that which occurs in the words immediately preceding the text; “We count them happy that endure.” An ungodly man sees, that it is better to bear afflictions patiently than to sink under them; but he can scarcely conceive how afflictions, under any... read more

Sermon Bible Commentary - James 5:7-8

Sermon Bible Commentary - James 5:11

Sermon Bible Commentary - James 5:13

Sermon Bible Commentary - James 5:13-16

Sermon Bible Commentary - James 5:15

Sermon Bible Commentary - James 5:16

Sermon Bible Commentary - James 5:19-20

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - James 5:7-8

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - James 5:9

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - James 5:11

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