Prayer Requires Righteousness

Hi, this is Justin.

Today on Theocast, we are recording the second of at least two episodes from the latter portion of James 5.

Today we're going to tackle in particular, what James says in verse 16 of chapter 5: that the prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.

The prayer of a righteous person is effective.

And then he gives the example of Elijah.

So, how are we to understand that example?

How are we to understand the prayer of a righteous person?

Is righteousness required for prayer?

And if so, what kind of righteousness are we talking about?

There's a lot of confusion around this passage.

John and I hope to shed some light and bring some clarity into the conversation.

And then, over in Sipper Reformanda today, we're going to talk about positional versus personal righteousness and how pietism and revivalism have really collapsed those categories and have damaged and harmed our ability to be able to rest in our

positional righteousness when it comes to prayer or pretty much anything else in the Christian life.

So, again, we hope it's helpful.

Stay tuned.

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