You also, be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand.
The delay seems long only because we grow soft and weak in hope. Strengthen your hearts against this tenderness; the Lord draws near, and patience sustained by a living sense of His approach will harden us for perseverance.
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The apostle is here addressing first sinners and then saints. I. Let us consider the address to sinners; and here we find James seconding what his great Master had said: Woe unto you that are rich; for you have received your consolation, Luk 6:24.
Commenting on James 5:1-11
Your hearts are unstable and need establishing through the word and ordinances; take heart and be of good courage under your pressures. The Lord's coming draws nigh to render judgment on your oppressors and free you from all your sorrows.
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