James 
We must ask the question, “Why is this person blessed?” James offers a couple of reasons why the person who endures is blessed

 He is blessed because he reached the end of the trial
 He is blessed because there is a reward at the end of the trial
 He is blessed because the reward is given by the Lord He loves.


is the beatitude of this little book. I call it the beatitude of James because it is akin to the beatitudes of Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount. Through Matthew 5:3-12, Jesus issued nine “Blessed are” statements. Jesus pronounced a blessing upon those that wouldn’t appear very blessed. Those statements are much like what James does here. He used the same exact word for blessed that Jesus did which speaks of being supremely blessed or happy.

108 - The Reason We Sin: James 1:13-15

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