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There is a resounding call in Hebrews which we cannot forget without going astray: “Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach” (13:13). This is a summons to break with Judaism, i.e. the reigning, commanding culture of the Hebrews, and to serve Christ, the Redeemer-King, fully and faithfully, without compromise. In our time, it calls for a break, not only with the...

In the second section, vv. 9–11, James tells us that if we seek out stability in wealth we in effect seek it in sand. This may be an echo of Matthew 7:26–27, where the ruin of the man whose life has a false foundation is described. Wealth is transient; a true faith is not. The man who trusts in his wealth rather than God is “double-minded,” and his prayers will get him nothing from the Lord. The brevity of life, like the short duration of green grass, leaves the rich naked and dead before they know
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