Epistle of James Bible Study (3)
Read James 3:1-6; 7-12
1. What is so dangerous about being a teacher?
2. Why do you think teachers are judged more strictly?
3. Who in our church would be considered a teacher?
4. If everyone stumbles in many ways,(verse 2) then surely stumbling is no big deal? Is this true?
5. What is the most difficult area in which to keep from stumbling?
6. Why is the tongue so difficult to tame? Indeed impossible according to James.
7. If anything, What has worked well for you when it comes to taming the tongue?
8. What do the words in verse 9 and 10 tell us about how we should relate to other people?
Read James 3:13-18
1a What is the world’s definition of “wisdom”? How does God define “wisdom”?
1b. What is the result of the world’s wisdom, which is really false wisdom?
1c. What is the result of true wisdom, God’s kind of wisdom? Why?
2. James’ list of the characteristics of wisdom, reads like a list of good people skills. Why is wisdom aimed so much at how we treat others?
3. How does one go about getting this wisdom? How do you know when you have it?
