What is Patience?

I. The Source of Patience
A. Christ - 2 Thess. 3:5; Rev. 1:9
B. God - Rom. 15:5
C. Scripture - Rom. 15:4
D. Love - 1 Cor. 13:4
E. Supplied by the Spirit - Gal. 5:20-23
F. Infused by His glory - Col. 1:11
II. The Significance of Patience
A. It reveals our source - James 1:2-4
B. It is dispositional - Gal. 5:22
C. Possessing our soul - Luke 21:19; 1 Thess. 4:4
1. Acquiring it; obtaining it; finding it - Matt. 16:26
D. The perfect work of patience - James 1:3-4
E. God's heart and purpose in His delays - 2 Pet. 3:9, 15
III. Aspects of Patience
A. Toward all kinds of persons (makrothumia) - 1 Thess. 5:14; 1 Tim. 1:16
B. Towards all kinds of things (hupomone) - James 1:2; Rom. 5:3-5; 1 Pet. 1:6-8
C. It waits - 1 Pet. 3:20
D. Toward the promises of God - Heb. 6:12-15
E. Toward the Lord's coming - James 5:7-9
F. In mistreatment - James 5:4-5
G. Lord of Sabaoth (hosts; armies); a cry when defenseless - James 5:4
IV. The Relationships of Patience
A. Related to kindness
1. With God - Rom. 2:4
2. With us - 2 Cor. 6:6; Gal. 5:22
B. Related to the oneness of the Body - Eph. 4:2-3
C. Related to the expression of the one new man - Col. 1:9-11; 3:10-13
D. Related to what is necessary to carry out God's purpose in faith - 2 Tim. 3:10; Heb. 6:12
E. Its what faith produces - James 1:3
F. Its what trials produce - James 1:3
G. It has a perfect work - James 1:4
H. Its what we pass through trials with - James 1:12
I. It goes with suffering - James 5:10
J. It has an end/result - James 5:11
V. Outline of James 5
A. The coming judgment - James 5:1-6
B. The coming Lord - James 5:7-8
C. The coming Judge
VI. The Anatomy of Experiencing/Participating in Christ as Patience
A. Inward murmuring and groaning
1. Groans as replacements of Christ - James 5:9
2. Murmurings and reasonings - Phil. 2:13-14
3. Murmurings, complaints, and blaming - Acts 6:1
4. Groaning over inconvenience - 1 Pet. 4:9
5. Legitimate complaints - Col. 3:12-15
B. Over mistreatment - James 5:1-6
C. Over inward frustration and complaint - James 5:9
D. Over being wrongfully treated - James 5:10
1. Moses - Exo. 17:4; Num. 12:1-2
2. Elijah - 1 Kings 19:4
3. Jeremiah - Jer. 15:17-18; 20:7-10
4. Jonah - Jonah 4:1-11
E. Over self-trust and self-vindication - James 5:11
F. Over appealing to God with a wrong disposition - James 5:12; 1:19-21
1. Trying to give weight to our words (name dropping; big statements)
G. Over our frail nature - James 5:17-18
VII. How to Handle Our Impatient Disposition
A. Pray - James 5:13a
B. Sing - James 5:13b
C. Involve yourself with the Church or go to the Body - James 5:14
D. Faith is in the Body - James 5:15a
E. Light is in the Body - James 5:15b
F. Open to the members and get to God in a corporate way - James 5:15-16
G. The members are turning the saints - James 5:19-20