03/21/2021 – Day 308 – James 4 – 5// 4:4: “You adulterous people, don’t you know that friendship with the world is hatred toward God? Anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God.”
4:4 John Gill commentary – link below:
https://www.biblestudytools.com/commentaries/gills-exposition-of-the-bible/james-4-4.html
5:10-11 : “Brothers, as an example of patience in the face of suffering, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. As you know, we consider blessed those who have persevered. You have heard of Job’s perseverence and have seen what the Lord finally brought about. The Lord is full of compassion and mercy.
Matthew Henry commentary on 5: 10-11;
“When we think that the best men have had the hardest usage in this world, we should hereby be reconciled to affliction. Those who were the greatest examples of suffering affliction were also the greatest examples of patience. We count those happy who endure. (v. 11) . Job also is proposed as an example, v 11. Under all he could bless God and what came to him in the end? God accomplished those things for him which plainly prove that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy. The tender mercy of God is such that will make his people an abundant amends for all their sufferings and afflictions. Let us serve our God, and endure our trials, as those who believe the end will crown all.”
5: 15-16 – “And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned , he will 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.”
Soli Deo Gloria!