Ryan Shupe

The Baptism and Testing of Jesus

Mark 1:10-13 (NIV)
Just as Jesus was coming up out of the water, he saw heaven being torn open and the Spirit descending on him like a dove.

John the Baptist Prepares the way

Mark 1:2-3 (NIV)
as it is written in Isaiah the prophet: "I will send my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way"—

Mark 1:5 (NIV)
The whole Judean countryside and all the people of Jerusalem went out to him. Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River.

Mark 1:7-8 (NIV)
And this was his message: "After me comes the one more powerful than I, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie.

No Other Than The Lord

Isaiah 45:5-6 (NIV)
I am the lord, and there is no other; apart from me there is no God. I will strengthen you, though you have not acknowledged me,

The Prayer of Faith

James 5:13-16 (NIV)
Is anyone among you in trouble? Let them pray. Is anyone happy? Let them sing songs of praise.

James 5:20 (NIV)
remember this: Whoever turns a sinner from the error of their way will save them from death and cover over a multitude of sins.

Temptation

Romans 6:6-13 (NIV)
For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body ruled by sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin—

Patients In Suffering

James 5:8-9 (NIV)
You too, be patient and stand firm, because the Lord's coming is near.

James 5:11-12 (NIV)
As you know, we count as blessed those who have persevered. You have heard of Job's perseverance and have seen what the Lord finally brought about. The Lord is full of compassion and mercy.

Warning To Rich Oppressors

James 5:3 (NIV)
Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and eat your flesh like fire. You have hoarded wealth in the last days.

James 5:5-6 (NIV)
You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened yourselves in the day of slaughter.

Boasting About Tomarrow

James 4:13-17 (NIV)
Now listen, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money."

Submit Myself To God

James 4:2-3 (NIV)
You desire but do not have, so you kill. You covet but you cannot get what you want, so you quarrel and fight. You do not have because you do not ask God.

James 4:6-7 (NIV)
But he gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says: "God opposes the proud but shows favor to the humble."

James 4:10 (NIV)
Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.

James 4:12 (NIV)
There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the one who is able to save and destroy. But you—who are you to judge your neighbor?

Two Kinds of Wisdom

James 3:14-18 (NIV)
But if you harbor bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast about it or deny the truth.

Taming the Toungue

James 3:6 (NIV)
The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole body, sets the whole course of one's life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.

James 3:8-10 (NIV)
but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.

Faith

James 2:13-14 (NIV)
because judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

James 2:22 (NIV)
You see that his faith and his actions were working together, and his faith was made complete by what he did.

James 2:24 (NIV)
You see that a person is considered righteous by what they do and not by faith alone.

James 2:26 (NIV)
As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.

Favoratism

James 2:1 (NIV)
My brothers and sisters, believers in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ must not show favoritism.

James 2:4 (NIV)
have you not discriminated among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts?

James 2:8 (NIV)
If you really keep the royal law found in Scripture, "Love your neighbor as yourself," you are doing right.

James 2:10-12 (NIV)
For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it.

Listening and Doing

James 1:20 (NIV)
because human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires.

James 1:22-26 (NIV)
Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.

Temptation

James 1:7-8 (NIV)
That person should not expect to receive anything from the Lord.

James 1:10 (NIV)
But the rich should take pride in their humiliation—since they will pass away like a wild flower.

James 1:12 (NIV)
Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him.

James 1:15-16 (NIV)
Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.

Temptation

Luke 22:40 (NIV)
On reaching the place, he said to them, "Pray that you will not fall into temptation."