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Only he who has joy can count it. This person pulls joy from the soul and applies it to the situation. This
is a result of faith, which is based on what you know God has done for you in the past, knowing He will do
the same for you again. You know He will deliver you because of the promises of the Word, not because
of feelings or circumstances.

. . . when (on occasion of) ye fall (peripipto: to fall into a hole) into divers (poikils: many categories,
various types) temptations (peirosmos: testing to determine the quality of something; pressures).

Temptations come to all of us simply because we are believers and even more as we mature. What we
do when confronted with temptations is determined by what information is in our soul and how we act
on it. The mature believer uses the Word in his soul and counts the situation as “joy,” knowing God will
deliver him and bring him new strength in the middle of the trial. The key to all deliverance is knowledge.

KNOWLEDGE: THE KEY TO ALL DELIVERANCE AND SUCCESS

Jas 1:3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. knowing

(ginosko). . .

Knowledge is the key to all success in times of pressure. Knowledge is always the route to deliverance
from any and all of Satan’s pressures in the world (Philippians 4:11‐12; 2 Corinthians 5:6). What you learn
is the basis for counting or concluding joy in trials.
. . . that the trying (dokimion: testing for the purpose of approval) of your faith (pistis) worketh
(katergozomai: working from the inside out) patience.

Patience is stability in the crisis. Stability is the theme of the upcoming verses, which holds us through
trials and diversity and brings us deliverance. The opposite is true for the doubleminded and unstable
man who receives nothing. God desires patience to be produced in trials. It glorifies God and frustrates
Satan’s plans to destroy our faith. Romans 5:3 teaches the principle of patience being worked out through
trials and testings. Patience is the product of the application of the Word of God to experience. This is
not gritting teeth or endurance to the end. Patience is the outward expression of trust in God’s Word and
rest in His promises.

Pressure and the Development of Patience

Jas 1:4 But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.
But let patience have her perfect (telios: mature, complete, self‐sustaining, without deficiency) work
(production) . . .

If patience is allowed to run its course during persecution, it will produce something in the believer’s life.

. . . that (ina) ye may be perfect (telios) and entire (olokleros: intact, undamaged) . . .

This means we will not only come through the problem with more maturity but with each part of our lives
intact and undamaged.
. . . wanting (leipo: being deficient in) nothing (no area).