This is bible fellowship hour lesson on James 5:10-16. This passage has puzzling features to it: the meaning of the healing, and the significance of the oil for instance. Is this, or was this, a formula for healing in the early beginnings of the New Testament church? Our proposition is--This man in James 5:14-16 is in a serious spiritual crisis. This is not a fatal disease he has been diagnosed with--or in today's context a bad MRI revealing tumors and what not. He is suffering, most likely, a spiritual breakdown with physical consequences and needs among other things righteous discerning elders to intercede for him. Note the beginning of James where we are informed about the goal of God regarding His new-creature sons and daughters: 1:2-5,18. God's goal is maturity . God's means of bringing that about is divers trials in which we are to "count it all joy" as we endure testing out of single minded motives--"those who love Him." The "crown of life" is probably not talking about a crown in heaven, but rather as the appositional grammar indicates it is the crown "consisting of life" now. "A rebel" said jim Berg, "is someone who is trying to make life work his way instead of God's way." When people don't "count it all joy" and endure sound doctrine and providential trials the consequences are frequently depression, and very deep despondancy. Elders function like ventilators for you.
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Pastor Dave Nicholes came to know the Lord while he was in the US Navy. He went on to seek Christian training from Tennessee Temple University where he met his wife, Joy. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Tennessee Temple University, a master’s degree from Tennessee Temple...