James 4 Questions

4:1-17. Make a dramatic story out of this and act it, as a play. Your play might be in three acts: 4:1-10; 11-12; 13-17 The first act might have several sections.

4:1-3 What do you learn about fights and quarrels? Why do we want to fight? What would be a better way to get pleasure? Why do we not receive when we ask God?

4:4 Use your own words to say or write this word picture. What do you think about what James says here? What difference does this knowledge make to you?

4:5-6 Use your own words to tell ‘what the Scripture says’. What do you learn about the help that God gives? How does God help us?

4:7-8 What will you do? Why are those actions necessary? What will the results be? So, what are you going to do about what you have learned?

4:9 What could you do now? What could be your attitude to God? How will someone know that you are really sorry for your sins?

4:10 What will God do for you if you are ‘humble in front of’ him?

4:11-12 Use your own words to say or write this. Why is it bad to say bad things about other people? What do you think about that? Where does the law really come from?

4:13-14 Why should you not make a statement about what you will do? What do you learn to do when you make a plan for your future?

4:15-16 How ought we to speak when we plan for the future? Why is that?

4:17 What do you learn about sin?