Hey, church family, it is Devo Tom.

If you've got your Bible, we're going to be in the book of James.

A couple weeks ago, I talked about doubt and what do you do with doubts?

We were rooted in John chapter 6, and I said, when you've got your doubts, you just pick them up and follow after Jesus.

Well, James has a different word for us on doubts,

and I want to be able to distinguish what James is talking about

and what I was talking about in John Chapter 6.

I think we're on the same page.

And speaking of doubts, I've decided I'm going to wear football shirts all this week because some people have doubts

that there's going to be football season and I want my optimism and hope to cast a shadow

on the doubt. So I'm believing if the tomb is empty, anything is possible. So James, first of all,

before we dive into what James has to say,

just consider this, that James is the brother of Jesus. And part of the reason I think James

speaks in such a matter-of-fact way is, can you imagine growing up with Jesus? I mean, he knew

everything, right? And he was always perfect. And then as he got

older, maybe 30 years old, and he began his earthly ministry and claimed to be the son of God. At first,

James did not believe in him. We have evidence in the scriptures that James could have been part of the

crowd with Mary that went to try to get Jesus when he was teaching

in the synagogue because they thought he was crazy. And so the thing that convinced James that

his brother was the Lamb of God who came to take away the sins of the entire world is the resurrection

of his brother. He saw his brother crucified crucified, dead, buried, and then three days later,

resurrected from the grave, and that would convince you. Later, James becomes, like, one of the greatest

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