Little Country Church on the edge of town

Do do do do do do

People coming every day from miles around

For meetings and for Sunday school

And it's very plain to see

It's not the way it used to be.

Welcome to the Word for today, featuring the Bible teaching ministry of Pastor Chuck Smith,

founder of the Calvary Chapel Movement.

This radio program is a chapter-by-ch by chapter verse by verse study through the entire Bible.

And on today's edition of the word for today, Pastor Chuck continues his message,

Introduction to James, as we pick up in Acts chapter 12, verse 17.

And now with today's study, here's Pastor Chuck. Introducing now to you, James, half-brothered to Jesus,

who will now begin to take a more dominant role in the early church. And so Peter says,

go show these things unto James and to the brethren,

and he departed and went into another place.

James, the brother or half-brother of Jesus, did not believe the claims of Jesus during his lifetime.

In fact, James thought that his brother Jesus was mad, and at one time

sought to rescue him from the crowds. He said he's beside himself, and they came down to rescue him.

It is said, according to the gospel, I think it is, according to the Hebrews, or the gospel of the

Hebrews, in one of the Apography of books, they have James saying, after the death of Jesus,

and reported resurrection, that he said, I will not believe unless I can see him myself. And interestingly enough, Jesus after his

resurrection, did appear unto James, as Paul tells us, in 1 Corinthians chapter 157. He made an

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