Welcome to the Paul Tripp podcast, where pastor and bestselling author Paul David Tripp

connects the transforming power of Jesus Christ to everyday life. You could argue that the entire

book of James is about wandering away from the truths of the gospel. In today's episode, we'll

finish this sermon series from the book of James,

and in this final message,

Paul teaches that every Christian

has been called to rescue wandering brothers and sisters.

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Here's Paul from James 5.

Well, we come to the end of James,

and James has painted for us this portrait of a struggle.

The portrait of a struggle of living by this new paradigm,

no longer living a life that's driven by my wants, my needs, my feelings, now living a life that's driven by the call of the kingdom of

God. Think with me. If you had written the content of the book of James, how would you have

ended this letter? Maybe you would have ended it with words of encouragement. Maybe you would have

ended it with a benediction. Maybe you would have ended it with a very clear reminder of the rescuing

grace of the Lord Jesus Christ. But I would like to propose you this evening that there couldn't

possibly be a better ending than what we find in these two verses that we're going to look at.

In a real way, these two verses summarize very powerfully everything that James has said to us as he's painted this, this comprehensive,

multifaceted portrait of life as a believer in this broken and fallen world.

Look again with me in your bulletins at that passage that's there in the bold verses 19 and 20 of James 5. My brothers, if anyone among you wanders from the truth and someone brings him back, let him know that

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