James 4, ⚓︎ verse 7 - Submit, Resist & Draw Near
Who wrote it?The letter says only, “James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ” (James 1:1). The man almost everyone in church history has meant is James the Just, the brother of Jesus (Matthew 13:55). He did not believe in Jesus at first (John 7:5). After the resurrection, Jesus appeared to him (1 Corinthians 15:7). He became the lead pastor of the church in Jerusalem—a “pillar” alongside Peter and John (Galatians 2:9). He chaired the Jerusalem Council in Acts 15. Early writers said he prayed so much his knees were like a camel’s. Josephus says he was killed in Jerusalem around AD 62.