But If You Do

From the Epistle of James,

in the New Testament of the Holy Bible:

Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded. Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up. Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge. There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another?-James 4:8-12***Approximately 30 years after Jesus the Christ, the Son of God, was conceived of the Holy Spirit in the womb of Mary, a virgin, and born into the tribe of

Judah to Mary and her husband Joseph when Mary was a virgin, 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 word. In Galilee, Jesus told specific Israelite men 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 by Judas Iscariot, the disciple and apostle, and Jesus was arrested, crucified, buried 

in a tomb, resurrected, seen by over 500 people, and returned to heaven. The divinely inspired writer of the Epistle of James in the Holy Bible is widely regarded to be the same James who lived with other children in the house in Nazareth in Galilee with Joseph, Mary and Jesus. Years before James wrote the letter, Jesus taught about the washing of hands, and the heart, mind, mourning, weeping, and the acts of humbleness and exalting. Jesus taught his listeners not to judge others in order that they themselves be not judged. Jesus taught that the greatest commandments in the law, the laws that the Lord God gave to Moses for the Israelites, are to love the Lord God with all one's heart, soul, mind, and strength and to love one's neighbor as one's self. In the Epistle to the Romans in the Holy Bible, the apostle Paul (Saul) revealed that love does no evil to a neighbor and thus love is the fulfillment of the law.-Genesis 11:26-35:29, 1 Chronicles 1:1-34, 2:1-17, 3:1-24, 6:1-81, 8:1-40, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts 1:1-26, 6:1-8:4, 9:1-31, 11:19-28:31, Romans, James

  

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