The document discusses how wealth should not be hoarded but instead used to help others in need, as moths and rust will destroy material possessions. It references passages about judging the needy with righteousness and how prophets faced persecution for their faith, including being stoned, sawn in two, and killed by the sword. The summary concludes that God is patient and wants all people to repent, not wishing for anyone to perish.

1. JAMES
Faith Applied
Waiting Till Christ Returns
James 5: 1 – 12

3. James 5: 1 – 6

4. I have seen a grievous evil
under the sun: wealth hoarded
to the harm of its owner.
(Ecclesiastes 5: 13)

5. Do not store up for yourselves
treasures on earth, where moth
and rust destroy, and where
thieves break in and steal . . .
For where your treasure
is, there your heart will be also.
(Matthew 6: 19 – 21)

6. James 5: 7 – 9

7. But with righteousness he
will judge the needy, with
justice he will give decisions
for the poor of the earth.
(Isaiah 11: 4)

8. James 5: 10 – 12

9. Some faced jeers and
flogging, while still others were
chained and put in prison. They
were stoned ; they were sawed in
two; they were put to death by the
sword. They went about in
sheepskins and
goatskins, destitute, persecuted
and mistreated. . . .

10. The Lord is not slow in keeping
his promise, as some
understand slowness. He is
patient with you, not wanting
anyone to perish, but everyone
to come to repentance.
(2 Peter 3: 9)