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SAVE A SOUL FROM DEATH
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 31
James 5:19-20

Daniel 12:2-4

 

“…they that turn many to righteousness,

as the stars for ever and ever.”

 

SAVE A SOUL FROM DEATH
 
In James 5:20, those with “error” refers to those who have been led astray, caused to wander or, figuratively, those who are misled, or caused to be mistaken.
 
Convert him: The persecuted believers must be kept from embracing error or falling into sinful practices. The phrase “err from the truth” (James 5:19) shows that they are contrary to what the Bible teaches and require correction. The apostle knows such a case may occur. James’ conclusion of the epistle is meant to call their attention to the importance of endeavouring to save an erring brother if such an instance should happen. The appeal addresses any church or any congregation. If one converts him, this does not mean to convert him from being a sinner but to turn him from the error of his way. That means bringing him back from his wanderings or re-establishing him in the truth and the practice of virtue and religion. So far as the word used here is concerned, he who had erred from the truth and who was to be converted may have been a faithful Christian before. The word means to turn, from his way of error.
 
Hide his sins: Nothing is better or more desirable than to deliver a soul from eternal death, and this is what he does who restores an erring brother to the right way: therefore, a work so excellent ought by no means to be neglected. When we consider giving food to the hungry and drink to the thirsty, we see how much Christ values such acts, but the soul’s salvation is esteemed by Him to be much more precious than the life of the body. Therefore, we must take heed lest souls perish through our sloth. Not that we can bestow salvation on them, but that God by our ministry delivers and saves those who seem otherwise to be near destruction.
 
Dear reader, have you considered looking around you to see who may need your help? Let us be mindful that we are saved not to enjoy the filthiness of this world, but to keep others away from this filthiness. May the Lord grant us a blessed time of recovering the truth to become as the salt and light of this world. Press on!
 
THOUGHT: Am I a worthy vessel to transport God’s blessing to others?
PRAYER: Father, grant me the boldness to share Thy Word with others until the coming of Thy Son, the Lord Jesus Christ.

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