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Faults, Failures and Forgiveness

February 5, 2020 Frank Thompson James James No comments

Part 13
James 5:13-20
Final message in the James series.

James 5:13-20

¹³ Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.

¹⁴ Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:

¹⁵ And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.

¹⁶ Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

¹⁷ Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months.

¹⁸ And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.

¹⁹ Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him;

²⁰ Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.

3 Descriptions Pictured 

1. Is any among you AFFLICTED?
2. Is any MERRY? 
3. Is any SICK among you?

3 Directions Provided 

1. He Directs the SUFFERING:         PRAY       
2. He Directs the STRESS-FREE:     PRAISE    let him sing psalms.
3. He Directs the SICK with a verse to PRACTICE let him call for the elders of the church;…

3 DETAILS Provided

1.To the Wayward: Confess your Faults 

Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed.

2. To the Elders: Console your Flock 

James 5:16-18
¹⁶ Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

¹⁷ Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months.

¹⁸ And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.

3. Elders: Confront the Fallen 

James 5:19-20

¹⁹ Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him;

²⁰ Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way…

…shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.