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(Outlines from Romans to Hebrews by A.J. Higgins can be found on truthandtidings.com,
published from 2012 to 2015)
Focus Questions:

• What relevance can this epistle have on 21st-century western society and assembly
life?
• Why are some very common themes such as the death of Christ not mentioned?
• What is my relationship to the Law?
• Since James was not saved until after John 7, and therefore was not at the Sermon
on the Mount, how did he know it so well and make so many references to it?
Principles

• A Belief that Behaves
• A Faith that Follows
• Convictions that Control
• Creed and Conduct
• Works not Words
The Penman

• James the Lord’s brother (the best candidate of the four Jameses of the NT). See
Galatians 1:19; 2:6-9; John 7:5; Acts 1; 12:17; 15:13; 21:19-26.
• Tradition says that he was stoned to death in AD 62.
• James is actually “Jacob.” You can find Jacob’s 12 sons (Gen 49) in these chapters
(hint: the unstable man of ch.1 and Reuben).
• His style is crisp, concise and authoritative. He is pointed and personal.
• James a bondman – listening and uncompromising obedience, loyalty and uncon-
ditional fidelity, labor and unceasing activity.
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