[Cronos]

The book of James was written to a converted Jewish church

Are you saying that we need to read each book of the Bible differently according to whom it was written?

What about books like Genesis -- don't you believe like us in the young-earth and literal 7 days?

[CynicalBear]

>>What about books like Genesis -- don't you believe like us in the young-earth and literal 7 days?<<

Young earth? So do you believe the first act of God came out a mess?

Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. 2 And the earth was (Tohu Va Bohu) without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep.

God did nothing for all of eternity past, then created a mess to have to make it better?

[RnMomof7]

Are you saying that we need to read each book of the Bible differently according to whom it was written?

LOL....... YES
The NT letters were written to a specific audience for a specific purpose. .

Proper hermeneutics requires looking at the audience, the culture . the context , the circumstances ,the literary form etc..

No where in James does it say to be saved you must do ABC ... that is because the audience was already saved..

[American Constitutionalist]

" Are you saying that we need to read each book of the Bible differently according to whom it was written? "

Yes, and Yes, to get the proper context in which the writer was writing.
James is writing to the 12 tribes of Israel, those who have come to faith in Jesus Christ in his letter, so, he is writing to these Jewish converts to the christian faith.

So James is writing in a Jewish context, the way that the Jews would have thought.
James chapter 1:

James 1

1. James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.

[OrthodoxKirkPresbyterian]

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How can you believe such nonsense? We have folks debating it in our church but this is not related to our salvation and I believe God created the world over a longer period of time as the days do not have to be human like days, these are much longer, millions or billions of years.

[OrthodoxKirkPresbyterian]

'don't you believe like us in the young-earth and literal 7 days? '

How can you believe such nonsense? We have folks debating it in our church but this is not related to our salvation and I believe God created the world over a longer period of time as the days do not have to be human days, these are much longer, millions or billions of years.