![]() ![]() ![]() So it should come as no surprise to us that in all likelihood James’s own theology of divine healing was substantially shaped by what he saw and heard in the ministry of Jesus himself. We know that James drew heavily for much of what he says in this epistle from what Jesus said in the famous Sermon on the Mount. ![]() James would have personally witnessed many of the healing miracles performed by his half-brother, our Lord. James, on several occasions, must have engaged Jesus in conversation about his healing ministry. I mention this again in order to make an important connection between the healing ministry of Jesus and what James says to us here in James 5:13-18. Like his other siblings, he was initially opposed to the ministry of Jesus, but after the resurrection he became a committed and loyal disciple of his older half-brother (see Acts 12:17 15:13 21:18). That is to say, he was the natural born son of Joseph and Mary. In July of last year, when we began this series of studies in the epistle of James, I pointed out in the first message that most scholars agree that the “James” who wrote this letter was in fact the half-brother of Jesus (see Mark 6:3-6). ![]()
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