Helping Others Come Back to the Truth (TMF:2194)

Thursday, October 05, 2023
Peace to Live By: Helping Others Come Back to the Truth (TMF:2194) - Daniel Litton
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       The point James is making is that the famous prophet Elijah from the Old Testament was a human being just like any other human being and he prayed, and big stuff happened. We know he was an obedient man to God, we could say that, but he was just like any other person. So, if Elijah’s prayers reached far and wide, so can ours. Just another reason it’s important for us to pray. Speaking of obedience, now we come to the our final instruction from James. Verse 19: "My brothers and sisters, if anyone among you wanders from the truth and someone brings him back, let him know that whoever brings back a sinner from his wandering will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.” Now we could debate over whether the person James is talking about here is a ‘born again’ ‘new creation’ Christian, or one who just ‘knew about’ the truth, was a part of the church, and then just one day left. From the reading of the rest of the verse, I think personally I tend to favor the second approach here because, otherwise, I guess you would be saying the Christian lost his or her salvation, or could in fact lose it.