Tide maanin, ina wi stodi chuu di Nyuu Testiment, wi kom tu di buk a Jiemz, an Jiemz ful op a so moch gud sitn dat mi fain it aad fi naro mi lesn dong tu jos wan tapik. Mi coulda easily preach 20 different sermons fram di book a James cause James is all bout putting wi faith into practice, not jus tell people yuh believe seh Jesus a di Christ, but showing seh yuh believe inna him by living like Jesus.
Inna di end, mi decide fi spen some time wid a passage weh James talk bout someting weh mi tink all a wi can relate to cause him a talk bout fussing an fighting.
If yuh grow up wid bredda or sista, mi guess is yuh probably have quite a bit a experience wid fights
An so, mi kyan apres di stuori bout di mada we did afi brok op wan fait bitwiin tuu breda. An im mada aks di likl wan, “A uu staat dis ya fait ya?” An im se, “Im staat it wen im lik mi bak.”
Fights neva a good ting, weda it’s bredda an sista a fait, or ozban an waif a fait, or konchri a fait,. But fights are especially painful wen dem tek place mongst God’s children.
As yuh read thru di book a James, yuh get di feeling seh a did a lot a fussing an fighting a gwaan inna dis ya church.
Jiemz se iina di fos chapta fi “evribadi mos kwik fi ier, an sluo fi taak, an sluo fi get beks, kaaz wen sumadi beks no mek Gad du wa rait.” (James 1:26). Inna chapter 3, James did a taak bout di Christians dem weh priez God wid dem tongue an curse man wid di same tongue.
Him talk inna chapter 4 bout dem who “speak bad bout dem bredda” an “judge dem bredda.” (James 4:11). Inna chapter 5, him a go warn dem bout “grumbling against each other” (James 5:9).
An, so, yuh get di impression seh dis was a church weh people did have issues. But it’s certainly not di only church weh did. Di Korintiyan choch did plit op iina gruup an uol iip a fait did a gwaan iina da choch de. Iina di Filipai choch, Paal did afi kaal out tuu uman bai dem niem we did a av prablem wid dem wan aneda. Paul seh di Christians dem inna Galatia did a “bite an devour each other” (Galatians 5:15). An mi guess is most a unu experience firsthand how it’s like fi deh inna a church weh a fussing an fighting a gwaan.
But, before wi si weh James did have fi seh bout how fi deal wid dis conflict inna di church, mek wi tek a look pon an overview a di entire book a James an den mi ago come back fi tek a look pon weh James have fi seh pan dis topic.
Bigin inna chapter 3, verse 13, James seh,
“Eni wan mongks unu waiz an av sens? Mek im du gud sitn dem we im du. Bot ef unu av bita jelos an a bita ambishan iina unu aat, no bada buos bout an tel se di chuut se dem no biliiv iina Gad. disorder an every vile practice.
“Bot di wisdom fram evn kliin fos, den piisful, jengkl, uopn tu sens, ful a morsi an gud fruut, no paashal an sins, An di piipl dem we mek piis plaant di rait-a-piis.” (James 3:13-18)
Aparently, deh did have some Christians inna dis church weh did proud a di fact seh dem was very wise people. An it also appear seh dem Christian yah was troublemakers inna di church, determined fi have dem own way radda dan seek di good a di whole body. An so James seh, “Yuh mait tink yuh wise, but if yuh wise, a di wrong kain a wisdom.” Bikaaz God wisdom nuh result inna bitterness, jealousy or selfish ambition. An God wisdom certainly nuh create strife; radda it lead to peace.
Bot Jiemz a rait tu wan gruup a Kristiyan we no iina piis. In fact, quite di opposite. A did a lot a fighting, a lot a quarreling a gwaan.
An so, Jiemz se ina chapta 4, “Wa mek unu fait an a fait mongks unu?
“Unu no get wa unu aks fa, kaaz unu a aks Gad fi di rang sitn dem, kaaz unu a sliip wid piipl we no marid tu. (James 4:1-4)
At di end a chapter 3, James seh dat God wisdom a peaceable an gentle.
