Lesson Twelve

“Pure and Undefiled Religion”

(James 1:27)

The terms “pure” and “undefiled” are efforts to say that just being religious is not

enough. Our religion must be characterized by these two terms or else it is invalid Man needs to

fully realizes that he is estranged from God by his sinful rebellious spirit and needs to be

reconciled to God.

Lesson Eleven

“The Need to Bridle our Tongue”

(James 1:26; 3:1-12)

James briefly, but pointedly, shows the need for man to bridle his tongue. Then, in

chapter three he comes back to the subject with strong warnings and dangers of the tongue. He

is

dealing with a very practical problem among humans—the lack of control of one’s tongue!

James has a very forceful way of illustrating his subjects under consideration and his

conclusions

are very pointed, logical, and inescapable. It is as though he is saying that the way to evaluate a

person’s religion is by his use of his tongue.

Lesson Ten

“Doers of the Word”

(James 1:22-25)

The first emphasis of this lesson needs to be about the real dangers of not only being

deceived, but being self-deceived! The dangers of deception are all about us! God tells us that

there are many deceivers (2 John 7; Titus 1:10) who have gone out into the world.