02 - James 1:9-15
For the Audio Version on SoundCloud, click here - James 1:9-15 For the Audio Version on YouTube, click here - James 1:9-15 James 1:9-11 9 ”Let the lowly brother glory in his exaltation, 10 but the rich in his humiliation, because as a flower of the field he will pass away. 11 For no sooner has the sun risen with a burning heat than it withers the grass; its flower falls, and its beautiful appearance perishes. So the rich man also will fade away in his pursuits. After writing about wisdom, James then addresses another important aspect that the new believers need to get a new perspective on. It’s the perspective of riches. As is the case today, so it must have been back then, where riches were seen as a status symbol, and one’s identity stood or fell on it. The more you had the more you were, and the less you had, the less you were. James gives a different perspective here, and later on in his letter as well. He tells the believers that if someone has come from a financially de