Merely and Very Sincerely

Then came the Feast of Dedication at Jerusalem. It was winter, and Jesus was in the temple area walking in Solomon's Colonnade. The Jews gathered around him, saying, "How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly." Jesus answered, "I did tell you, but you do not believe. The miracles I do in my Father's name speak for me, but you do not believe because you are not my sheep. My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one can snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father's hand. I and the Father are one." Again the Jews picked up stones to stone him, but Jesus said to them, "I have shown you many great miracles from the Father. For which of these do you stone me?" We are not stoning you for any of these," replied the Jews, "but for blasphemy, because you, a mere man, claim to be God."-John 10:22-33(NIV)***In Cana in Galilee, Jesus the Christ, the Son of God, turned water into wine at a wedding feast and Jesus spoke words of healing for a royal official's ill son. In Jerusalem, at Bethesda,  Jesus healed a man who had been unable to walk for 38 years. After crossing the Sea of Galilee (Tiberias), Jesus performed a miracle of provision, feeding over 5,000 people from 5 loaves of bread and 2 fish. Afterwards, Jesus walked upon the body of water that his disciples were crossing by boat. Sometime earlier in Jerusalem, in Judea, the Israelites attempted to stone Jesus after Jesus told them that he existed before the birth of Abraham (Abram the Hebrew). Abraham was an ancestor of the Israelites and lived over 1,900 years before Jesus was conceived of the Holy Spirit in the womb of Mary, a virgin, and born into the tribe of Abraham's great-grandson Judah to Mary and her husband Joseph when Mary was a virgin. During the time of the Feast of Dedication (Hanukkah), some Israelites sought to stone Jesus again.-Genesis 11:26-35:29, 1 Chronicles 1:1-34, 2:1-17, 3:1-24, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts 1:1-26

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From the Epistle of James,

in the New Testament of the Holy Bible:

My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, for man's anger does not bring about the righteous life that God desires. Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save you. Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. But the man who looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues to do this, not forgetting what he has heard, but doing it - he will be blessed in what he does.-James 1:22-25(NIV) ***Two disciples and apostles of Jesus the Christ, the Son of God, were named James. One of the disciples and apostles named James was the brother of John, and the son of Zebedee, and was killed at the command of King Herod Agrippa I. The other disciple and apostle named James was the son of Alphaeus. One of the children who lived in the household in Nazareth, in Galilee, with Jesus and Joseph and Mary was named James. James the Less (Little) was the brother of Joses and the son of a different woman named Mary. The divinely inspired Scriptures of the Holy Bible reveal that Jesus was conceived of the Holy Spirit in the womb of Mary, a virgin, and Jesus was born into the tribe of Judah to Mary and her husband Joseph when Mary was a virgin. Approximately 30 years after Jesus was born to Joseph and Mary, Jesus was baptized in the Jordan River by Mary's relative John the Baptist, from the tribe of Levi. Jesus having prayed, the heavens tearing open, the Holy Spirit descended as a dove and lit upon Jesus. The Lord God in heaven audibly acknowledged his Son Jesus, and the Holy Spirit led Jesus into the desert wilderness. Jesus fasted for 40 days and nights and was tempted. Afterwards, Jesus was tended to by angels, and Jesus went to the area near John the Baptist, and John the Baptist proclaimed Jesus to be the Lamb of God taking away the sin of the world. In Galilee, Jesus told specific Israelite men, including Zebedee's sons James and John, to follow him, and Jesus began to preach, teach and perform miracles among the Israelites, the treasured and chosen people of the Lord God. Less than 3 1/2 years after Jesus was baptized, Jesus was betrayed, arrested, crucified, buried in a tomb, resurrected, seen by over 500 people, and returned to heaven. The Epistle of James in the Holy Bible is widely regarded to have been written by the James who lived in the family household in Nazareth in Galilee.-Genesis 11:26-35:29, 1 Chronicles 1:1-34, 2:1-17, 3:1-24, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts 1:1-12:25, 15:1-41, 21:1-40, 1 Corinthians 15:1-58, Galatians 1:1-2:21, James, Jude