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James 5 ERV · ERV Bible Reading

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SPEAKER_00: James 5, a warning to rich and selfish people.
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SPEAKER_00: You rich people listen, cry and be very sad because much trouble will come to you.
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SPEAKER_00: Your riches will rot and be worth nothing.
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SPEAKER_00: Your clothes will be eaten by moths.
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SPEAKER_00: Your gold and silver will rest, and that rust will be proof that you are wrong.
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SPEAKER_00: That rust will eat your bodies like fire.
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SPEAKER_00: You saved your treasure in the last days.
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SPEAKER_00: People worked in your fields, but you did not pay them.
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SPEAKER_00: They are crying out against you.
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SPEAKER_00: They harvested your crops.
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SPEAKER_00: Now the Lord all powerful hears their cries.
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SPEAKER_00: Your life on earth was full of rich living.
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SPEAKER_00: You pleased yourselves with everything you wanted.
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SPEAKER_00: You made yourselves fat like an animal ready for the day of slaughter.
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SPEAKER_00: You showed no mercy to good people.
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SPEAKER_00: They were not against you, but you killed them.
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SPEAKER_00: Be patient.
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SPEAKER_00: Brothers and sisters, be patient.
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SPEAKER_00: The Lord will come, so be patient at that time.
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SPEAKER_00: Look at the farmers, they have to be patient.
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SPEAKER_00: They have to wait for their valuable crop to grow and produce a harvest.
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SPEAKER_00: They wait patiently for the first rain and the last rain.
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SPEAKER_00: You must be patient too.
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SPEAKER_00: Never stop hoping.
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SPEAKER_00: The Lord is coming soon, brothers and sisters, don't complain against each other.
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SPEAKER_00: If you don't stop complaining, you will be judged guilty, and the judge is ready to come.
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SPEAKER_00: Brothers and sisters, follow the example of the prophets who spoke for the Lord.
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SPEAKER_00: They suffered many bad things, but they were patient, and we say that those who accepted their troubles with patience now have God's blessing.
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SPEAKER_00: You have heard about Job's patience.
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SPEAKER_00: You know that after all his troubles the Lord helped him.
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SPEAKER_00: This shows that the Lord is full of mercy and is kind.
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SPEAKER_00: Be careful what you say.
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SPEAKER_00: My brothers and sisters, it is very important that you not use an oath when you make a promise.
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SPEAKER_00: Don't use the name of heaven, earth or anything else to prove what you say.
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SPEAKER_00: When you mean yes, say only yes.
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SPEAKER_00: When you mean no, say only no.
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SPEAKER_00: Do this so that you will not be judged guilty.
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SPEAKER_00: The power of prayer Are you having troubles?
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SPEAKER_00: You should pray.
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SPEAKER_00: Are you happy?
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SPEAKER_00: You should sing.
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SPEAKER_00: Are you sick?
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SPEAKER_00: Ask the elders of the church to come and rub oil on you in the name of the Lord and pray for you.
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SPEAKER_00: If such a prayer is offered in faith, it will heal anyone who is sick.
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SPEAKER_00: The Lord will heal them, and if they have sinned he will forgive them.
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SPEAKER_00: So always tell each other the wrong things you have done.
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SPEAKER_00: Then pray for each other.
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SPEAKER_00: Do this so God can heal you.
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SPEAKER_00: Anyone who lives the way God wants can pray, and great things will happen.
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SPEAKER_00: Elijah was a person just like us.
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SPEAKER_00: He prayed that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years.
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SPEAKER_00: Then Elijah prayed that it would rain, and the rain came down from the sky and the land grew crops again.
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SPEAKER_00: Helping people when they sin.
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SPEAKER_00: My brothers and sisters, if anyone wanders away from the truth and someone helps that person come back, remember this anyone who brings a sinner back from the wrong way will save that person from eternal death and cause many sins to be forgiven.