This document provides biographical details about James, the brother of Jesus. It discusses the three possible relationships James could have had with Jesus, as well as James' initial disbelief in Jesus and transformation after witnessing Jesus' resurrection. James went on to become a leader in the early church in Jerusalem and was given the nickname "Pillar" due to his spiritual authority. He was ultimately martyred for his faith.

3. James 1:1
1 James, a servant of God and of the
Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve
tribes scattered among the nations:
Greetings.

4. MEETING
THEFAMILY

5. We want you to get to know the
author, this man named James,
because the truth is, if you want to
get to know somebody, you need to
get to know them, and their friends,
and especially their family.

6. What’s true for all of our
relationships is true for our
relationship with Jesus.

7. HISFAMILY
KNOWSHIM

8. Luke 2:42
42 When he was twelve years old,
they went up to the festival,
according to the custom.

9. His family’s testimony is incredibly
helpful and insightful as we learn
about this man, the most important
man in the history of the world, the
most significant man in the history
of the world, the most worshiped
man in the history of the world,
Jesus Christ.

10. JAMES
THE
BROTHER
1

11. JAMESTHE
TEACHER,
PREACHER&
WRITER

12. This is believed to be one of the
first books written in the New
Testament, and at that point, a lot
of the Christians were Jewish,
though later many Gentiles would
join.

13. So, his position for Jesus is Lord,
he’s high and exalted, ruling and
reigning in authority over all. Jesus,
he is the Savior come to save us
from our sins and Christ the
Anointed One of God. So, in those
three titles, he tells us who Jesus is.

14. He’s the Lord who saves us and was
chosen by God the Holy Spirit to be
empowered for a life that was
perfect and without sin, that we
might be saved through him.

15. JAMES
THESERVANT
OFJESUS

16. He didn’t need to.
There’s a lot of guys named James
in the New Testament.
To say he was Jesus’ brother could
give the impression that he was
proud, and here he wants to follow
in his brother’s example of humility.

17. 3POSITIONS
ONJAMES’
RELATIONSHIPTO
JESUS

18. THEY WERE
STEP-BROTHERS1

19. THEY WERE
COUSINS2

20. THEY WERE
HALF-BROTHERS3

21. JAMES
DISBELIEVED
JESUS

22. Mark 3:21
21 When his family heard about this,
they went to take charge of him, for
they said, “He is out of his mind.”

23. Mark 3:31-32
31 Then Jesus’ mother and brothers
arrived. Standing outside, they sent
someone in to call him.
32 A crowd was sitting around him,
and they told him, “Your mother and
brothers are outside looking for you.”

24. Here’s an indication of what they
thought: they thought he had lost
his mind because he kept saying
that he was God, that he was
Savior, that he was Creator, that he
was King, and his family was
concerned.

25. JAMES
DOUBTED
JESUS

26. James dishonored Jesus.

27. Mark 6:3–4
3 Isn’t this the carpenter? Isn’t this
Mary’s son and the brother of James,
Joseph, Judas and Simon? Aren’t his
sisters here with us?” And they took
offense at him.
4 Jesus said to them, “A prophet is
not without honor except in his own
town, among his relatives and in his
own home.”

28. How many of you felt hurt because
your family didn’t support you? How
many of you felt hurt because your
family wasn’t there for you? How
many of you felt hurt because your
family didn’t have a great dignity
toward you? This had to be lonely
for Jesus.

29. JESUSWAS
KILLEDBECAUSE
HECLAIMED
TOBEGOD

30. James represents the family of
Jesus, John and Peter

31. JAMESSAW
JESUSRISEN

32. Then three days later,
unprecedented in the history of the
world, vindicating everything Jesus
ever said or did, Jesus rises from
death. Jesus alone conquers death.

33. The wage for sin is death, and
because Jesus had no sin, death
could not contain him. This is the
most magnificent, unprecedented,
epic event in the history of the
world.

34. We want you to receive Jesus as
risen from death, and we want you
to change. We want you to come to
the place that James arrived.
“Jesus is God, he died for my sin,
he rose to conquer sin and death,
he’s my God and Savior.”

35. The only thing that accounts for
that kind of radical transformation
in thinking and commitment is the
resurrection of Jesus from death.

36. JAMES
THE
LEADER
2

37. JAMESJOINED
THEEARLY
CHURCH

38. They are all about doing it right,
following the rules, obeying the
Lord. Like, whatever their
understanding of God’s commands
is, they’re very devoted to it. Every
indication is that Jesus’ family was
like that.

39. Mary and Joseph, devout Jewish
people. They make their pilgrimage
to the temple. They offer the
sacrifice of those who are poor.
These are devout people.

40. JAMESANDJUDE
BECAMEPOWERFUL
PASTORS
(Jamesthebrother)

41. In addition, James and his brother
Jude, Jesus’ brothers, they become
very powerful pastors. Joseph never
wrote a book of the Bible; His sons
did. You can be humble, you could
be poor, you could be hard-working,
you could be blue collar, and very
effective if you raise your children
to love and serve the Lord.

42. We don’t know a lot about Joseph,
but everything we need to know,
we can know by looking at his
family. We know a little bit more
about Mary, but everything we need
to know, we know by looking at her
family.

43. The grace of God through the Holy
Spirit at work through this mother
and father led to servants of God
that are amazing.

44. This is a family that is worth modeling
ourselves after by the grace of God.

45. JAMESHAD
CONVENING
POWER

46. Acts 15:12
12 The whole assembly became
silent as they listened to Barnabas
and Paul telling about the signs and
wonders God had done among the
Gentiles through them.

47. Jerusalem was the mother church.
Jerusalem was headquarters. Well,
in that day, Jerusalem was the
trunk, and the resources, and the
training, and the authority went out
from Jerusalem and the people who
were spiritual leaders across the
various churches, they would come
into Jerusalem.

48. One of the ways that you know that
someone has significant spiritual
authority is they have convening
power. So, when a meeting is called
somewhere, not everybody’s going
to go, but if a meeting’s called in
Jerusalem, everybody’s going to
come.

49. Two guys stayed put in Jerusalem,
the trunk: Peter, the leader of
Jesus’ disciples, always named first
in the list of disciples because he is
the human leader appointed by
Jesus, and James, Jesus’ brother.
They stayed in Jerusalem, they
oversaw the trunk, and they
nourished the branches.

50. LEVELSOF
SPIRITUAL
LEADERSHIPAND
AUTHORITY

51. In the New Testament, there are
levels of spiritual leadership and
spiritual authority. Not everybody
goes to the meeting; it’s not a
congregational vote. They don’t,
you know, cast a ballot across all
the churches.

52. The senior leaders get together,
they open God’s Word, they study,
they pray, they seek the will of the
Holy Spirit. They try and figure out
what God’s will is for the Gentile
converts, and they’re doing so in
Jerusalem, which is overseen by
Peter and James.

53. If Peter is willing to sit, and Paul is
willing to sit, and Barnabas is willing
to sit, and they’re all willing to listen
to James, we need to be willing to
listen to James. If they’re willing to
sit under his spiritual authority—
these are men who wrote books of
the Bible and they’re under his
authority.

54. Paul submitted to the authority of
Peter and James. Paul wasn’t just in
authority; he was under authority.

55. JAMES
THE
APOSTLE
3

56. PAULSAT
DOWNWITH
JAMES

57. Those of you who feel called to
ministry, those of you feel called to
leadership, particularly those of you
who feel called to preaching or
church-planting, you are not above
Paul. You have no right to just say,
“Well, God told me and I’m going to
go do it.” No one had a more
magnificent calling than Paul.

58. Whatever calling you’ve received,
Jesus didn’t come down from
heaven to convert you and to call
you. And even Paul, receiving that
direct calling from Jesus himself,
submitted to the authority that
Jesus placed over him.

59. There is no spiritual ministry apart
from spiritual authority.

60. Your authority, my authority, is
nowhere near Paul’s authority, and he
submitted his authority to higher
authority, and so should we.
So should we.

61. The Bible talks about laying on of
hands. What this is saying is that
not only has God chosen this
person, but he’s confirmed their
calling through godly leadership in
authority over them. And placing a
hand on somebody is demonstrating
authority over somebody.

62. And when leaders are installed in the
Bible, oftentimes it’s through the
laying on of hands.

63. WHATTHE
HISTORICAL
RECORDSSAY
ABOUTJAMES

64. In addition to the nickname that
Paul gave him, the Pillar, church
history, the early church historians
say that he had two other
nicknames. “James the Just”—
what a name! And his other
nickname was “Camel Knees.”
James was on his knees so much
that his knees were hardened.

65. So, he’s known as being a pillar, a
righteous man, who has always on
his knees until they came to murder
him.

66. History records that they took him
to the top of the temple. This is
supposed to be God’s house, all
foreshadowing the coming of
Jesus, the presence of God, the
sacrifice, the priest. It’s all about
Jesus.

67. And they take James to the top of
the temple, the religious leaders do,
the same group-thinking team of
religious leaders who murdered
Jesus. Not everybody converts.

68. There was no fame, there was no
glory, there was no fortune. There
was death, and they endured it
because they no longer feared
death because they’d seen their
God-brother conquer it.

69. WHOEVERDOES
THEWILLOFGOD
HASJESUSFORA
BROTHER

70. Mark 3:35
35 Whoever does God’s will is my
brother and sister and mother.”

71. Jesus invites us into his family. You
may not have been born into his
family, but you can be born again
by the Spirit of God into the family
of God.

72. KAPAMILYA KA NA BA NI LORD?

73. FAITHWORKS CHRISTIAN CHURCH GLOBAL
Presented By:
Pastor Vetty Gutierrez
FCC San Mateo Worship Center,
Ampid, San Mateo, Rizal, PH
10AM Morning Service, March 6, 2016
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