Shalom and welcome back to Scripture Central. Come follow me. I'm Lynn Hilton Wilson and I'm thrilled to

be able to talk about the epistle of James this week for our scripture study. We have finished

the Pauline Corpus, that largest author that we have in the New Testament epistles. And the next

largest book that we have is James. and that's why he got second.

This beautiful book has six chapters, and it applies the law of the gospel.

It connects faith and work and revelation, but it does so much more.

It also brings in Christ and testifies of Christ.

It is a gem.

It's a wonderful book.

And I hope that as you prayerfully study it throughout this week,

that you can feel Christ's presence. I also want to let you know that if you want my handouts,

I have all my sources and a lot more information in charts. It should be attached to my video,

or you go to Book of Mormon Central Archives, the New Testament,

to come follow me, and you'll be able to find my handout there.

The book of James is debated on authorship. Which James are we talking about? It appears to be

written in the early 60s, but this is not Peter, James, and John.

This is James, the brother of the Lord.

We know he loved the Old Testament.

We have lots of Old Testament citations.

Chapter 2 has four of them, verses 8, 11, and 23 are quoting all the Torah,

Leviticus, Exodus, Deuteronomy, and Genesis.

And then when we get to James 4, he quotes Proverbs. But the whole book is organized in a manner that is really trying to

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