Lord Jesus Christ in James

Verses within this Study.

1:1, 1:7, 12; 2:1, 2:1-Lord; 4:10, 15; 5:4, 7, 8, 10, 11, 14, 15.

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Other than two verses that use Lord Jesus Christ , every reference that James makes is to the role of Lord. James is emphasizing the authority and judgment of our Lord and the consequences of ignoring what that Lord says. The consequences of ignoring a law, or Lord, are a lot more definite than the consequence of ignoring an order from a father. The consequences of ignoring God's Law, or an order from the Lord , are a lot more definite than the consequence of ignoring a request from Jesus or from Christ. This entire epistle from James is dealing with judgment in one way or another. In general, James tells us how our Lord judges and how we are to follow His example when judging things of this life.

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James 1:7, 12; 2:1; 4:10, 15; 5:4, 7, 8, 10, 11, 14, 15.

James uses Lord to tell us about most of the aspects of God the Son's role as Lord. Click here for all of the Verses, in the Bible, that use Lord and here for the Summary on the name / role of Lord.

In 1:7, James points out our Lord's constant authority and that He determines who and how He will reward obedience.
In 1:12, James tells us that permanent positions and rewards come from our Lord.
In 2:1 James tells us that our Lord will keep His position and everything related to it for all of eternity. This includes His right to receive worship.
In 4:10 James tells us that our Lord is our judge and provides rewards to those who recognize their place related to the Lord.
In 4:15 James tells us that our Lord has final say in every moment of our lives, including when we die.
In 5:4, and following verses, James tells us that our Lord provides for the needs of His people and judges them according to their works.
In 5:7-8 James makes reference to the 'Rapture', which will precedes the judgment of many.
In 5:10-11 James tells us that our Lord has the right to order us to endure suffering for His name on the basis that He will reward us for that suffering.
In 5:14-15 James tells us that our Lord providing the things we can't provide for ourselves, like healing.

In all of these we see differences in the details of judgment, but each is related to the role of Lord who judges those under Him and either rewards or punishes according to their obedience and service.

James 1:7 For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.

Verse 1:7 is a single sentence but the real thought here goes from 1:2 through 1:8 with a related thought started in 1:9, which is explained in the note for 1:12. Notice that this verse starts with For (Here's why ) which links it to the prior sentence, which starts with a But and all prior sentences are linked from just after the opening in 1:1. The thought here is how to get help from the Lord. When a government sends representatives (ambassadors) to foreign lands, the government is responsible for providing for their needs so that their allegiance remains with the home country and so that it does not switch to the host country. The Lord had scattered the Church of Jerusalem in order to get the gospel to foreign lands. So, spiritually, the Lord had sent these church members as His representatives to foreign (devil controlled) lands. As such, the Lord was responsible for providing for their needs. The first thing that James tells them is count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations (1:2). If they have sold out to the local devils then they would not fall into divers temptations. Also, James is talking to each personally (ye ) because some of their group might have sold out but God deals with us on a personal level. The only people who would into divers temptations are those who are personally still representing their Lord. As such, they have a right to expect Him to provide for their needs. The first thing that James tells them to do is to keep a spiritual perspective and to stay faithful (ask in faith, nothing wavering 1:6) and so long as they are faithfully representing their Lord spiritually, He will take care of their needs.

In this verse, where James says that man , he is referring to his prior verse where he says But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. This is the same thought as is found in Hebrews 11:16 which says But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. If anyone wants anything from God, they must first acknowledge that He exists, that He has authority over all of creation as Lord , and must approach Him in His required form. Cain brought a sacrifice which was rejected because it wasn't done God's way. Cain had a show of religious worship, but in his heart he rejected the authority of the Lord to tell him what to do and how to do it because He did not look at things spiritually. In (1Kings 18:21) the Bible says How long halt ye between two opinions? Sometimes these people served the devil, like Cain, and sometimes they served the Lord and ended up with God bringing a famine upon their land. Many claim that God shouldn't punish them because, while they aren't serving Him, they aren't sinning. However, in Matthew 12:30 and Luke 11:23 we read that Jesus said He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad. Again, James 4:17 tells us Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin. When we do not obey, we are rejecting the Lord's authority in our personal life, just like Cain did. Again, in Matthew 7 we read the parable where Jesus said that saved people (they heard His words) who do not obey are fools and will suffer destruction. We also read the same thing in verses that talk about children of wrath. Therefore, unless you are 100% for your Lord , and following Him in all that you do, the Lord determines that you are against Him and refuses to reward you (as said in this verse) and may even allow devils to punish you. Where James tells us, in the verses before this one, that those who aren't faithful can't expect thee Lord to provide for their needs, he then goes on in the next verses to tell us that those who are faithful not only can expect their needs in this world to be met but can also expect eternal rewards. Please see the note for 1:12.

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James 1:12 Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.

Both authority and position are given by God the Son only through His role as Lord. Many people make the mistake of thinking that we will only use these crowns to participate in a religious ceremony where we throw them at the feet of Jesus (Revelation 4:10). However, our position and authority in the kingdom (received for eternity at the judgment seat of Christ) is based upon receiving these crowns. Therefore, they are something to be highly regarded and sought for.

Our sentence has the promise of reward based upon how we love Him and not based upon anything else. Since this promise is given by the Lord, we know that it is given without respect to persons and is given at our judgment for what we do. Jesus said: If ye love me, keep my commandments. (John 14:15). We will be judged by works (Romans 8:1-LJC; Galatians C5-S6; Revelation 19:2-LJC), since they are the results and proof of our love for our Lord. In Luke 19:12-27 we see Jesus promise rewards in the kingdom which are proportional to the works produced. Thus we see a reward that He promise to them that love him, with that love proven by keeping His commandments which produce the works that are the basis of our judgment.

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James 2:1 My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons.

Please also see note on 2:1 under Lord Jesus Christ. Here, James uses Lord in a couple of ways. First, he tells us that our Lord Jesus Christ will still be Lord in glory (Heaven). Also, He will judge the amount of glory that we provide to God while we are in the flesh (please see the note on Colossians 1:27) for more details on this subject.) How much glory we will personally have for eternity is proportional to how much glory we personally provide to God while in this life.

Further, He is the Lord of glory (the is defined as: 'there is only one and here it is'). That means that any glory that we receive in this life should come from Him and not anyone else. He is a jealous Lord and does not want our loyalties divided, which is why we were already warned about being double minded in 1:8.

Finally, James uses Lord here because glory is related to worship and the Lord is the only role of God the Son that we are to worship. Yes, we do find some people worshiping Jesus in the gospels, but each time they had just received a personal miracle and were worshiping Him as God in human flesh , which means they were really worshiping Him in His role as Lord.

Going on, in this verse we are told that it is not the Father, but the Son, who determines who gets glory and how much. (Please see notes on Lord in this study where the because Lord is the role of the Son of God which is used for judgment in the New Testament.)

Going beyond those considerations, this verse is telling us to not base our expression of the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ (how much of it we exercise) with respect of persons. James goes on to explain that we are evil to change how we show our faith in the Lord based upon some attribute of anyone other than our Lord. This is the same thing as Jude says in Jude 1:16 and Jude warns us that the Lord will judge them when he says And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints, To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him (Jude 1:14-15).

James also says that it is not our faith but the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ that we are actually displaying. As explained in the note for Colossians 1:27 and elsewhere, When God saves us He is exercising His faith that he can change our lives and change how we act by convincing us to let Him live through us (Galatians 2:20). So the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ is His faith and He has no respect of persons (Acts 10:34). Therefore, we are not to change His judgments as Lord by putting our own judgments upon His judgment. James tells us to fulfil the royal law according to the scripture (2:8) and the royal law comes from our Lord and is given to us in the scripture. That means do what the Bible tells us to do and not what our flesh, the world or even some religion tells us to do. For example, if someone with a Doctorate in Theology tells you to practice your religion in a way that detracts from the glory of the Lord, don't listen to them. If this person disputes someone who is uneducated but has a testimony that they live following Jesus Christ (like the Apostles did in Acts 4:13), then follow the glory of God instead of man's religion. Look at 1Corinthians 2 (especially 2:8) which tells us that the wisdom of man is in conflict with the wisdom of God Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. The wisdom of man is with respect of persons and if we follow the wisdom of man we will do similar tragic erroneous deeds. That is only the main reason (not all reasons) that we are told have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons.

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James 4:10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.

This is the main verse in a section that goes from 4:1 through 4:12 and deals with Christians fighting amongst themselves. In 4:11-12 James talks about law and judging , which definitely belong to God the Son and to His role as Lord in particular. Basically, James is saying that any Christian that is fighting with another Christian has raised themselves up to take the position of their Lord and claiming that their personal (lustful 4:1) desires are a more valid basis of judgment than the Law of the Lord. Anyone with this attitude needs to humble themselves before their Lord humbles them. In addition, a pride filled person won't humble themselves until after they let go of their pride and realize their true position when compared to the Lord. So, their Lord won't raise up that pride filled person because they will continue to fight against Him and His judgments. However, if they humble themselves, and show that they are willing to have faith in their Lord that He will show what and who is right, then their Lord will lift them up because of their act of faith. All of this judging, law and lifting up (giving position) are limited to God the Son's role as Lord.

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James 4:15 For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.

This verse is in a section that goes from 4:13 through 4:17 and immediately follows the section in 4:1-12 where James told us about fighting with other saved people because of lust and pride. It is also because of pride that we make plans for our lives and never ask our Lord what he has planned for us. In the opening of this epistle James said that he was writing to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad and then told them how to get the Lord to provide for their needs on the basis that they (and we) were ambassadors for the Lord in a foreign (devil controlled) country. As ambassadors for our Lord , He has the right to tell us what He wants us to do. We aren't here on vacation but on a mission to represent Him. Therefore, in this section (4:13-17) James tells us that we need to start our plans with what the Lord wants us to do. In this verse, James doesn't just say If the Lord will, we shall do this, or that but he puts in the phrase we shall live, and. Also implied is If the Lord will, we shall die. God the Son determines when we die with His role as Lord. When we die, we will face judgment by Him in His role as Lord. Therefore, we should make all of our plans upon the basis that we can go suddenly, and unexpectedly, to facing our Lord and giving an answer for our actions in the flesh.

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James 5:4 Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.

The Lord of sabaoth only appears in this verse and in Romans 9:29-33 which says And as Esaias said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, we had been as Sodoma, and been made like unto Gomorrha. As explained in the note for that verse, it is a quote of Isaiah 1:9 which says Unless the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah.

Isaiah was translated directly from the Hebrew language. James and Paul, in Romans, used the Greek translation of Isaiah, which were then translated to English. All of this, and a lot more, explain why we have Lord of sabaoth in the New Testament and LORD of hosts in the Old Testament.

For more on this name, we can look at Fausset's Bible Dictionary which says: 'Hebrew tsebaot (not sabbath, an altogether different word), i.e. "of hosts", namely, of the Heavenly powers (1Ki 22:19; Ps 103:21; 148:2; Ro 9:29; Jas 5:4, reminding the rich who think the poor have no advocate that the Lord of the whole hosts in Heaven is their patron). Implying the boundless resources at His command for His people's good (Ps 59:5). The sabaoth included both the angelic and starry hosts. The latter were objects of the idolatry, hence called sabaism (2Ki 17:16). God is above even them (1Ch 16:26). The "groves" symbolized these starry hosts. In contrast, Jehovah is the Lord of them, therefore alone to be worshipped. The title does not occur in the Pentateuch, nor earlier than 1Sa 1:3, but in the singular Jos 5:14-15..

The notes for Romans explain more about this name. What we need to consider here is the usage in James where he uses this name in the middle of a section talking about saved people mistreating other people and putting their trust in the things of this world instead of in the most powerful being that exists. This title is emphasizing His power and later in this chapter (James 5:7) James says Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. That's when judgment will come.

Others may defraud us, but James tells us that the Lord will judge righteously and bring destruction on them and reward us properly. Therefore, we are to we are to walk by faith, trust the Lord of sabaoth to judge rightly and not worry about being defrauded. Since this is talking about judgment, God the Son's role as Lord is used.

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James 5:7 Be patient therefore, 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.

This is a part of an illustration based upon farming (husbandman ) that most people throughout history will understand. A farmer plants in hope in the spring and has to wait until the fall and have faith that God will protect him and his crop through all of the tragedies that can come (war, drought, floods, etc). He plants before the early rain and relies upon it to start the plants growing. The harvest comes after the latter rain. The farmer has to be patient and wait upon the Lord to reward his faith. James is telling us to do the same. Our reward will come after 'Rapture' or our death, but it will come when the Lord judges us according to our works. Please also see the next note as it continues this thought from James.

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James 5:8 Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.

This sentence has a colon in it which makes Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: equivalent to for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh. Stablish appears in the Old Testament in 2Samuel 7:13; 1Chronicles 17:12; 18:3; 2Chronicles 7:18; Esther 9:21 and Psalms 119:38. One verse (Psalms 119:38) is a prayer for God to Stablish thy word unto thy servant. One verse (Ester 9:21) is to stablish a sabboth. The other verses tell us that God will stablish a kingdom that is a type of the kingdom of the Lord of sabaoth. Stablish appears in the New Testament in Romans 16:25; 1Thessalonians 3:13; 2Thessalonians 2:17; 3:3; James 5:8 and 1Peter 5:10. In every case we are told that God will stablish us because of our relationship with our Lord Jesus Christ. In this verse, we are to stablish your hearts by trusting in the provision of our Lord and the knowledge the He is bringing righteous judgment (for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh).

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James 5:10 Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience.

This verse starts the conclusion of this section by James. If God moved at the snap of our fingers, then we would be Lord and not Him. While we are to suffer affliction with patience we can know that our Lord has the power to make things right. If we never suffered afflictions, then there would be no need for the Lord to work in our life and our life would not bring Him glory. It is only when He lets us get into the same circumstances as other people, and then gets us out of them, that we have proof of His power and His willingness to provide for people who belong to Him even while denying the same to people who deny Him.

He has the character that we can trust and know that He will make things right. We just need to have patience because He has the authority as Lord and, therefore, He decides when to make things right. The prophets are listed among those who suffered as reported in Hebrews 11. In 1Peter 1:1-16 we are told that the prophets suffered so that they could tell us prophecy that they didn't understand and that wasn't to them or their people but to us. James uses Lord here because judgment, power and authority all fit within the role of the Lord who tells His people what to do and expects them to obey without explanation.

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James 5:11 Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and oftender mercy.

This verse is part of a section that goes from James 5:1 through James 5:11 and assures us that the Lord will judge righteously. Please see all of the related notes for verses in this section. The note for 5:4 explains the general message of this section. The note above explains prophets suffering for our good even while they had no explanation. This verse continues that one and brings in the patience of Job and as far as we know, Job never did get an explanation this side of Heaven. When this verse says Ye...have seen the end of the Lord, it is saying that we saw the final answer from the Lord. God essentially answered Job by asking 'Who are you to question Me? Where were you during creation? What makes you think you have the power or ability to understand things well enough so that you can challenge your creator?'

As this verse concludes: Ye...have seen that the Lord is very pitiful, and oftender mercy. The Lord did not judge Job like His challenge deserved, but then Job was serving the Lord to the best of his knowledge and abilities. The men described in James 5:1-6 are not serving the Lord but are serving themselves and will be judged because of it. In this section James is warning us to not challenge the Lord but to wait for His reward for being faithful.

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James 5:14 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:

The second part of James 14 and all of James 15form a single sentence: that is divided by punctuation in the Book Study on James.

While the Son of God was on the Earth as Jesus , He healed the sick in His physical human form. Today, Jesus is in Heaven and we can not go to the physical man but must approach Him spiritually. Here, we are explicitly told to approach Him as Lord. Since every use of Lord in this epistle involves judgment, and since the Jews well understood that sickness was often a judgment for sin (John 9:1-5), we can be sure that this verse assumes a close examination of the life of the sick person. Any sin must be eliminated (John 5, especially 5:14). We can know that this is true because the last phrase says and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him in addition to the explanation given. Un-confessed and un-forsaken sin is not forgiven and will prevent divine healing. I've seen confusion in a number of churches over these verses because people are concentrating upon the physical / religious oil and prayer instead of concentrating upon the Spiritual significance of approaching the Lord for judgment and forgiveness.

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James 5:15 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.

Please see the note on James 5:14 above as this verse and 5:14 make a single sentence. It is explained in that note. As with every other use of Lord in this epistle, James uses Lord for the role of the Son of God that does judgment.

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Jesus Only

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Christ Only

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Jesus Christ

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Christ Jesus

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Lord Jesus

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Lord Christ

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Lord Jesus Christ

Lord Jesus Christ is used only twice in this book, once to tell us that James is a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ and once to tell us how to handle the faith that belongs to Him. Click here for all of the Verses, in the Bible, that use Lord Jesus Christ and here for the Summary on the name / role of Lord Jesus Christ.

James 1:1; 2:1

Most of what James says can be applied when a Christian is dealing with any man, lost or saved. However, when James introduces his letter as a Christian talking to other Christians, and when he is giving instructions specific to the interactions between Christians, he uses Lord Jesus Christ to emphasize that all three roles of God the Son are involved in these things.

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James 1:1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.

This greeting is similar, but still different from Paul's and Peter's standard openings. Paul often calls himself a servant or apostle of Jesus Christ and offers grace, peace and other things from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. James doesn't claim to be an apostle and doesn't offer grace or anything else because he does not have the positional (apostle) authority to do so. However, James still claims to represent God the Father and to represent the Lord Jesus Christ as a servant of both. We also should be able to do the same.

While the main message from James is about judgment by a Lord , James reminds us that the Lord who will judge us is Jesus Christ. James knows of the physical life of Jesus because this James is supposedly the half-brother of Jesus. However, he also know of the spiritual maturity that comes from a personal relationship with Christ after initial profession because he rose to prominence within the church above that of his other brothers. Our Lord knows the example of living in the flesh by the power of the Holy Ghost that he left us as Jesus. (Please see the paper called Jesus used the power of Holy Spirit ). He also knows all of the ongoing help that he provides to each of us personally through His role as Christ. When we each personally stand before our Lord and are judged, we will be facing a judge Who has all of the personal information about us.

We also see in this greetings that James is writing to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad. In Acts 12:17 we are told But he (Peter), beckoning unto them with the hand to hold their peace, declared unto them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said, Go shew these things unto James, and to the brethren. And he departed, and went into another place. This was after the Lord brought Peter out of prison by a miracle and this was part of the Lord scattering the church of Jerusalem in order to spread the gospel. Apparently, by this time, Peter was no longer leading the church of Jerusalem but James was (look at Peter's message in Acts 12:17). As the head of the church of Jerusalem, James is sending instructions to Jewish the twelve tribes church members which are scattered abroad. The first thing that he tells them is how to get help from the Lord. (Please see the note for 1:7 under Lord.)

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James 2:1 My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons.

Much of the advice from James is general in nature and can be applied to many circumstances. However, in chapter 2, James is speaking specifically about how Christians are to treat brothers and sisters of the faith and how they act in their personal life. When James is talking about things that could be applied to lost people or saved people, he uses Lord alone. However, here where he introduces the subjects related to dealing with fellow Christians, James uses Lord Jesus Christ because the roles of Jesus and Christ are used by the Son of God to deal with the saved in a personal way. Also, Jesus shows us how to deal with other men, especially other saved men and Christ teaches us how to deal with God and God in men which are saved people. Often, we have to deal with saved as representatives of God, and not as men, because they are not acting like the position (saved) that they have with God. The God the Son uses all three roles when dealing with saved people and the Lord Jesus Christ expects the interaction between saved people to be based upon how He demonstrates is proper interaction. Please also see the note on 2:1 under Lord.

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James 2:21.

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James 2:21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?

James uses son in the same way as all of the rest of the Bible does. That is, Isaac, as the son of Abraham showed the exact same character and spirit as his father Abraham. This verse is part of 2:21-24 which tells us how Abraham was justified by works in response to 2:17-20 which tells us Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works. Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble. But wilt thou know, of vain man, that faith without works is dead? Genesis 22:1-19 tells us the original story and we see applications of that story and about the faith of Abraham in Joshua 24:3; Isaiah 51:2; Matthew 3:9; 8:11; 22:23; Mark 12:16; Luke 1:73; 3:8; 13:28; 16:15-31; 19:1-10; 20:37-38; John 8:31-59; Acts 3:12-26; 7:1-34; Romans 4:1-25; 9:3-13; 3:1-29; Galatians 4:21-31; Hebrews 2:16-18; 7:1-10; 11:8-12, 14-22; and other places in the Bible. In particular, look at Hebrews 11:14-22 which tells us that Abraham was Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure. However, when we consider Isaac's true age (late teen) and Abraham's age (over 100) and their relative expected physical strengths, it becomes obvious that Isaac also was Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead. Therefore, we see the same faith, character and spirit of Abraham is Isaac. Further, the verses mentioned earlier in this not show that the Bible clearly denies the claim that Jews were the sons of Abraham simply by being his descendents. The Bible teaches that only those who have the faith, spirit and character of Abraham as accounted as his sons by God.

We also see in Genesis that Isaac acted in the same way as Abraham in things like building altars and the way he dealt with others. Isaac truly was the son of Abraham as seen by his life.

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