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The unit for February 2021 is “James,” and the theme is “Faith with Action.” Our lesson writer, Dr. Mark Scott, shares, “Some things just belong together love and marriage, horse and carriage, and faith and action. The ‘blue jeans Christianity’ of the Epistle of James makes that abundantly clear. Students will learn how deeds are evidence of genuine faith, how mercy trumps judgment, how the tongue can bless or curse, and how friendship with God is maintained by single-minded devotion to God.” ( .
In February we move from the wisdom literature of Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount (January’s lessons) to the wisdom literature of Jesus’ brother James in his Epistle to the “twelve tribes” (Christians scattered throughout the Roman Empire). It is correct and right to begin the year with our feet on the ground and our wheels on the road. ....
After Israel was “baptized” in the Red Sea, they wandered in the wilderness (1 Corinthians 10:1-5). During that time they received God’s law on a mountain (Acts 7:38). Jesus retraced old Israel’s steps. He was baptized and tested in the wilderness (Matthew 3-4). Now it was time to give the new Israel (Matthew 4:18-22) a new law (of sorts). The Sermon on the Mount was probably the greatest sermon ever preached. It was the first of five sermons of Jesus recorded in Matthew. The sermon was preached to the crowds and the disciples (5:1; 7:28). Jesus preached in typical rabbinical posture (sitting down) and did so from a ....