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| Lesson G15 |
Greek Word Study: James 5:14-17
Prayer and forgiveness
14 Is any sick among you? Let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray
over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:
15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he
have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
16 Confess your faults one to another, that ye may be healed. The effectual prayer of a
righteous man availeth much.
17 Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it
might not rain...
sick: astheneo (asthenei) (feeble in any sense)
elders: presbutereros (elder)
church: ekklasia (assembly or body of Christ)
pray: prosechue (intensely serious)
(proseuzasthosan-let them pray)
name: onoma, (onomati) (authority and character)
prayer: euche (petition)
sick: kamno (kamnata) (exhausted)
forgiven: aphiemi (aphethisetai) (to send forth, put away)
(words in parenthesis are as seen in the original Greek textus receptus: Stephanus 1550, Elzevir 1624, Wordsworth 1870 etc)
When we were born in sin and continued to sin, we received death as a payment for
our wages (Rom 6:23). In the Old testament the debt was paid with the blood of
goats and calves (Heb 9:12). When Jesus came he bought us with the price (1 Cor
6:19,20) of his blood so that we would have direct access to a relationship with him.
He broke down the middle wall of partition (Eph 2:14-16, 1 John 4:10) to reconcile
us.
Forgiveness is to stop feeling angry or harsh towards someone for making a mistake,
or error of judgement (Luke 17:3). We can only make a correct judgement when we
have enough information from the right side. When we learn God didn't come to
condemn us but to love us (John 3:17,Rev 3:20), we ask him to forgive us and come
in agreement with his word that he is faithful and just and desires to forgive,
separating our sins as far as the east is from the west, not dealing with us after our
sins and iniquities [mistakes and habits](Ps 103:12).
In the past, our own imagination mixed in with words from the devil, made us
cowards in our relationship towards God, blinding us (2 Cor 4:4) from His light (John
9:5). Because Jesus has made an everlasting pathway (John 14:6) of intercession for
us (Heb 7:25), this barrier is broken down.
The barriers (gates of hell) try to tell us we can't go back to God, that we are guilty,
and when we give him that access to us, he tries to make us recite to ourselves that
we can't live right, we can't pray right, we wont ever do miracles for God's kingdom,
you're not one of those people. He knows you cannot serve two masters (Matt 6:24)
at the same time. If he can make you focus on his words (the things in life that are
wrong) he causes you to forget (or forsake James 1:24) God's words and steals
your attention from the Lord (John 10:10), taking away precious moments of your life
especially if he sees that you have a divine appointment (Dan 10:13). It is his desire
to slowly devour (discourage, intimidate, torment, weaken) a soul (1 Pet 5:8) if one
allows it (2 Cor 2:11,Heb 2:15). He has attempted to punish us when we made bad
decisons from being in the flesh to make us have fear, worry or doubt about the
future, instead of God's promises for our future (Jer 29:11).
.When we receive the Word of God, which our spirit always has a belief in, every
time we hear his voice (recalled or meditated by ourself, a spoken or written word)
this truth Makes us free (John 8:32,James 1:25). We are rescued (saved) from the
unheavenly positions (prisons) of the enemy. The more Word we pour in our souls
and position ourselves to hear higher levels of spirituality, the easier it becomes (Matt
11:30) to find our way back if we step away momentarily (John 10:9) and awake
(resurrect) from our sleep (1 Cor 15:34) and break down the barrier.
When we break down our barrier(s) our obedience is fulfilled, and we are ready to
avenge disobedience (2 Cor 10:6, Matt 7:5). Greater is He that is (lives more than
visits) in you, then he that is in the world (pride and desires of the eyes and flesh 1
John 2:16). We take the keys (to unlock barriers of bondage) that Jesus gave us
(Matt 16:19) to free others by using the power of the Word and the guiding of the
Holy Spirit. This includes the manifestations of the Word of knowledge, wisdom and
prophecy. We will line up with Gods word to pray for unsaved and tormented souls
and take action with power.
Prayer and forgiveness
14 Is any sick among you? Let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray
over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:
15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he
have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
16 Confess your faults one to another, that ye may be healed. The effectual prayer of a
righteous man availeth much.
17 Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it
might not rain...
sick: astheneo (asthenei) (feeble in any sense)
elders: presbutereros (elder)
church: ekklasia (assembly or body of Christ)
pray: prosechue (intensely serious)
(proseuzasthosan-let them pray)
name: onoma, (onomati) (authority and character)
prayer: euche (petition)
sick: kamno (kamnata) (exhausted)
forgiven: aphiemi (aphethisetai) (to send forth, put away)
(words in parenthesis are as seen in the original Greek textus receptus: Stephanus 1550, Elzevir 1624, Wordsworth 1870 etc)
When we were born in sin and continued to sin, we received death as a payment for
our wages (Rom 6:23). In the Old testament the debt was paid with the blood of
goats and calves (Heb 9:12). When Jesus came he bought us with the price (1 Cor
6:19,20) of his blood so that we would have direct access to a relationship with him.
He broke down the middle wall of partition (Eph 2:14-16, 1 John 4:10) to reconcile
us.
Forgiveness is to stop feeling angry or harsh towards someone for making a mistake,
or error of judgement (Luke 17:3). We can only make a correct judgement when we
have enough information from the right side. When we learn God didn't come to
condemn us but to love us (John 3:17,Rev 3:20), we ask him to forgive us and come
in agreement with his word that he is faithful and just and desires to forgive,
separating our sins as far as the east is from the west, not dealing with us after our
sins and iniquities [mistakes and habits](Ps 103:12).
In the past, our own imagination mixed in with words from the devil, made us
cowards in our relationship towards God, blinding us (2 Cor 4:4) from His light (John
9:5). Because Jesus has made an everlasting pathway (John 14:6) of intercession for
us (Heb 7:25), this barrier is broken down.
The barriers (gates of hell) try to tell us we can't go back to God, that we are guilty,
and when we give him that access to us, he tries to make us recite to ourselves that
we can't live right, we can't pray right, we wont ever do miracles for God's kingdom,
you're not one of those people. He knows you cannot serve two masters (Matt 6:24)
at the same time. If he can make you focus on his words (the things in life that are
wrong) he causes you to forget (or forsake James 1:24) God's words and steals
your attention from the Lord (John 10:10), taking away precious moments of your life
especially if he sees that you have a divine appointment (Dan 10:13). It is his desire
to slowly devour (discourage, intimidate, torment, weaken) a soul (1 Pet 5:8) if one
allows it (2 Cor 2:11,Heb 2:15). He has attempted to punish us when we made bad
decisons from being in the flesh to make us have fear, worry or doubt about the
future, instead of God's promises for our future (Jer 29:11).
.When we receive the Word of God, which our spirit always has a belief in, every
time we hear his voice (recalled or meditated by ourself, a spoken or written word)
this truth Makes us free (John 8:32,James 1:25). We are rescued (saved) from the
unheavenly positions (prisons) of the enemy. The more Word we pour in our souls
and position ourselves to hear higher levels of spirituality, the easier it becomes (Matt
11:30) to find our way back if we step away momentarily (John 10:9) and awake
(resurrect) from our sleep (1 Cor 15:34) and break down the barrier.
When we break down our barrier(s) our obedience is fulfilled, and we are ready to
avenge disobedience (2 Cor 10:6, Matt 7:5). Greater is He that is (lives more than
visits) in you, then he that is in the world (pride and desires of the eyes and flesh 1
John 2:16). We take the keys (to unlock barriers of bondage) that Jesus gave us
(Matt 16:19) to free others by using the power of the Word and the guiding of the
Holy Spirit. This includes the manifestations of the Word of knowledge, wisdom and
prophecy. We will line up with Gods word to pray for unsaved and tormented souls
and take action with power.
| astheneo as-ten-eh'-o |
| presbutereros pres-boo'-ter-os) |
| ekklasia ek-klay-see'-ah |
| euche yoo-kay' |
| onoma on'-om-ah |
| prosechue pros-yoo-kay' |
| aphiemi af-ee'-ay-mee |
| kamno kam'-no |
