Good morning. We like to
take our own revenge – getting even with someone. However: judgment will be
merciless to one who has shown no mercy; mercy triumphs over judgment. But you
don't know what he/she did to me. I know we think we will feel better if we
take revenge, but in actuality we won't. If we show mercy, we will heap coals
of fire upon their heads. Now for James' big question: what use is it, my
brethren, if a man says he has faith, but he has no works? Can that faith save
him? Of course we are not saved by works of the law. You remember that Paul
says that we are saved by grace and not by works. But if you are saved, you
should be doing good deeds daily. We should be able to judge by one's fruit.
Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead, being by itself. It's kind of like
the glue that needs two chemicals for it to work. One is no good without the
other. You have faith, and I have works; show me your faith without the works,
and I will show you my faith by my works. If someone says they have faith so as
to remove mountains, and you don't see it happening, you're going to be
extremely doubtful that he has that kind of faith. It's like when Jesus told
the man on the stretcher that his sins were forgiven. That was easy to say
because no one could prove Him wrong. Jesus might have had all the faith in the
world that what He said was true – the man's sins were forgiven, but He could
not prove it to those listening. But when He told the man to rise and walk, you
could see that what He was believing was true. Father thank You that the reader
has faith so as to remove mountains. He/she does good deeds daily.
So the other disciple who had first come to the tomb then also entered, and he saw and believed
Good morning. We left John at the entrance of the tomb, stooping and looking in. “Shy” Peter then arrives following John, and enters the tomb; and he saw the linen wrappings lying there. So the other disciple, John, who had first come to the tomb then also entered, and he saw and believed. It does not say whether or not Peter believed. For as yet they did not understand the scripture, that He must rise again from the dead. So the disciples went away again to their own homes. I’m not exactly sure what it means by their own homes. They were originally from Galilee and would not have had homes in Jerusalem. Perhaps it means the homes where they were staying while in Jerusalem. Apparently, they were not staying in the upper room, or it would have said so. But Mary was standing outside the tomb weeping; and so, as she wept, she stooped (just like John) and looked into the tomb. She saw two angels in white sitting, one at the head and one at the feet, where the body of Jesus had been l...
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