November 17, 2024 • Pastor Van Loomis • James 2:8–9
OBEDIENCE TO THE WORD OF GOD INCLUDES OUR MOTIVE
• James 2:5-7
• Matt. 5:44-45
• Lk. 6:27-28
• Lk. 6:35
• 1 Sam. 15:9-15
• Lk. 4:1-12
• Heb. 4:12
• Gal. 5:14
• Matt. 22:37-40
• Ps. 19:8
• James 2:12
Preferring Certain People
November 10, 2024 • Pastor Van Loomis • James 2:5–7
1 Sam. 16:7
James 2:1
1. Question #1: “Did not God choose the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him?" (v. 5)
1 Tim. 6:17-19
1 Cor. 1:26-31
Rev. 3:17-18
Lk. 12:20
2. Question #2: "Is it not the rich who oppress you and personally drag you into court?" (v. 6)
3. Question #3: "Do they not blaspheme the fair name by which you have been called?"
Ps. 15:1-4
Preferring Certain People
November 3, 2024 • Pastor Van Loomis • James 2:1–4
1. THE PROHIBITION
1 Thess. 5:12
1 Pt. 2:18
1 Tim. 5:1
2. THE ILLUSTRATION
James 1:21
James 2:9
James 1:21
3. THE CONNECTION
Matt. 22:16
Lk. 7:47
Acts 4:13
Acts 9:26-29
Jn. 1:46
Jn. 7:14
Lk. 9:58
Isa. 53:1-3
Pure & Undefiled Religion
October 13, 2024 • Pastor Van Loomis • James 1:26–27
1. THE CONCERN OF GENUINE RELIGION
Rom. 11:36
Heb. 12:28-29
1 Tim. 5:3
Rom. 14:17-18
2. THE CHARACTER OF GENUINE RELIGION
Lk. 1:68
Heb. 2:6
1 Jn. 3:18
James 2:1-4
Ps. 68:5
Ex. 22:22
Deut. 14:28-29
Jer. 7:5-7
Matt. 6:4, 6, 18
2 Cor. 5:14
1 Tim. 4:16
Rev. 14:1-5
Prov. 4:23
Rom. 12:2
2 Cor. 5:9-11
Pure & Undefiled Religion
October 6, 2024 • Pastor Van Loomis • James 1:26–27
1. THE SUBJECT DESCRIBED
2. THE SIN DEPICTED
Rom. 3:12-14
1 Tim. 3:8
1 Jn. 3:22
Matt. 12:33-37
Ps. 141:3
Ps. 39:1
Ps. 19:14
3. THE SENTENCE DECLARED
A Doer Of The Word
September 22, 2024 • Pastor Van Loomis • James 1:23–25
1. THE DANGER OF DECEPTION
2. THE DESIGN OF INSTRUCTION
John 14:15
Matt. 23:23
Ps. 119:105
1 Jn. 5:1-3
3. THE DESTINY OF THE DOER
Your Relationship To God’s Word
September 15, 2024 • Pastor Van Loomis • James 1:22
1. THE CONTRAST
1 Jn. 2:3-4
Jn. 8:31
Eph. 5:8-10
Phil. 4:13
Eph. 3:20
2. THE CHARACTER
3. THE COMMAND
Neh. 8:2-12
Neh. 10:28-30
Your Relationship To The Word Of God
September 8, 2024 • Pastor Van Loomis • James 1:18–20
1. THE RIGHT ATTITUDE
2. THE RIGHT ATMOSPHERE
Col. 3:8-11
Rom. 13:11-14
Heb. 12:1-3
1 Pt. 2:1-3
1 Pt. 5:5
Jn. 8:37
1 Cor. 2:14
1 Thess. 2:13
Ps. 1:2
Your Relationship To The Word Of God
September 1, 2024 • Pastor Van Loomis • James 1:18–20
James in 2:19
James 2:21-23
James 1:3
Ps. 119:97, 113, 163, 165, 111-112, 10-12, 14-15, 155, 33-34, 133, 136, 158
1 Pt. 1:23
1 Thess. 2:13
James 3:1
Gal. 1:6-10; 4:8-16
When God Brings The New Birth
August 25, 2024 • Pastor Van Loomis • James 1:18
1. WHO DOES IT?
Jn. 1:12-13
Jn. 3:5-8
Eph. 2:1
Matt. 16:13-17
2. WHAT IS IT?
1 Jn. 3:1-10
1 Jn 3:10-15
2 Cor. 5:17
1 Jn. 3:16-19
Jn. 17:1-3
Gal. 2:20
3. HOW WAS IT GIVEN?
1 Cor. 4:15
Philemon 10
4. WHY WAS IT GIVEN?
Deut. 26:1-11
Deut. 26:1-11
Rom. 12:1
The Strategy Of Sin
August 18, 2024 • Pastor Van Loomis • James 1:13–17
1. THE SOURCE
1 Jn. 1:5
1 Cor. 12:3
2. THE STEPS
Gal. 6:1
1 Cor. 10:13
Gen. 3:6
Prov. 7:8-21
1 Jn. 3:9
Prov. 7:14
Matt. 7:21
Prov. 7:15-23
3. THE SOLUTION
1 Cor. 10:12
Who's Fault Is It When We Sin
August 11, 2024 • Pastor Van Loomis • James 1:13
1. SIN HAS WARPED OUR VIEW OF RESPONSIBILITY IN GENERAL
Deut. 8:7-14, 17-18
Deut. 6:10-12
Ex. 14:12
Num. 14:3
2. SIN HAS WARPED OUR VIEW OF RESPONSIBILITY REGARDING SIN SIN
Gen. 3:12
Ex. 32:22-24
1 Sam. 15:13-15
Ps. 106:32-33
Matt. 15:14
Ezek. 3:18
1 Sam. 15:23
Gen. 3:12
Prov. 19:3
Ps. 50:21
Prov. 21:27
The Blessing That Comes With Trials
July 28, 2024 • Pastor Van Loomis • James 1:12
1. The Meaning of This Blessedness
2. The Measure of This Blessedness
3. The Means of This Blessedness
1 Pt. 1:6
Ps. 73:1-3, 14
Rom. 8:28
Prov. 30:9
James 5:11
Job 1:22
Job 2:10
3. The Manifestation of This Blessedness
Acts 13:50-52
Rom. 15:13
Rom. 15:30-32
2 Cor. 7:4
2 Cor. 1:24
Phil. 1:4
2 Cor. 8:1-2
Phil. 2:2
1 Thess. 2:19
Heb. 13:17
Jude 24
The Blessing That Comes From Trials
July 21, 2024 • Pastor Van Loomis • James 1:12
1. The Meaning of This Blessedness
2. The Measure of This Blessedness
1 Cor. 16:22
Jn. 14:23-24
Rom. 8:9
Rom. 5:5
1 Pt. 1:3-9
James 1:2
Rom. 8:28
1 Pt. 4:12
Col. 1:21-23
Lk. 8:11-15
Rom. 2:4-8
James 1:3
1 Jn. 5:4
1 Cor. 11:17-19
2 Tim. 2:15
2 Cor. 10:18
Rom. 8:16
Rom. 5:1-4
Rev. 2:10
Lk. 22:20-34
Jn. 15:16-17
We Must Glorify God
July 7, 2024 • Pastor Van Loomis • James 1:9–11
1. Our Circumstances Are Not Central To God's Purposes
2. Our Circumstances Are Used By God To Help Us Remember Things From God's Perspective
Prov. 18:11
3. Our Circumstances Present Certain Temptations We Have To Resist
Ps. 20:7
Prov. 21:31
4. Our Circumstances Are An Opportunity To Show We Are God's People
Prov. 30:8-9
5. Our Circumstances Are An Opportunity To Be Purified By God
Matt. 6:19-21
