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STUDY MATERIAL ON "INSTITUTIONAL" ISSUES
JAMES 1:27, IN ITS CONTEXT
- Where does the context begin and end in James chapter one?
- Sensibly, does the context of thought continue into chapter two? Why or why not?
- DEFINE KEY WORDS AND PHRASES IN V. 27
- Religion --
- To visit --
- Fatherless --
- Widows --
- In affliction --
- Oneself --
- To find some kind or resemblance of authority for congregations supporting orphans' homes, there
must be a transition from the wording in the text, which clearly addresses individual duties, to congregational
action. The common attempt on the part of institutional brethren is, "Whatever the individual may do the congregation
may do."
- NOTE: That is an admission, first of all, of an understanding of the individual nature
of the textual wording.
- Explain the fallacy of that argument.
- In replying to the argument that the wording of James 1:27 is individual, Guy N. Woods made
the following negative argument -- "such would require that each individual member of the church must, if
able, take at least two orphaned and at least two widows (the words are plural) into his own home and support them,
in order to engage in pure and undefiled religion," (Gospel Advocate Commentary on James). Explain the fallacy
of that argument.
- Answer the loaded question: "Can a church practice pure religion?"
["Institutional"
Issues Outline] [Introduction] [Lesson 1]
[Lesson 2] [Lesson 3] [Lesson
4] [Lesson 5] [Lesson 6]
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