In James 5:19-20, the Epistle of James ends abruptly following a powerful exhortation to do everything we can to bring a wandering and backsliding brother back to God's true faith. This text, in part, answers Cain's question: "Am I my brother's keeper." The clear answer is YES!

1. James: Faith that Works

2. Sermon Title
Brother’s Keeper
James 5:19-20

3. First Point
A Brother’s Keeper
is God’s
Watchman.

4. Cain’s Question – Gen. 4
9 Then the LORD said to Cain,
“Where is Abel your brother?” He
said, “I do not know; am I my
brother's keeper?”

5. Ezekiel 3 – God’s “Watchman”
18 If I say to the wicked, ‘You shall surely
die,’ and you give him no warning, nor
speak to warn the wicked from his wicked
way, in order to save his life, that wicked
person shall die for his iniquity, but his
blood I will require at your hand.

6. Ezekiel 3 – God’s “Watchman”
19 But if you warn the wicked, and
he does not turn from his
wickedness, or from his wicked
way, he shall die for his iniquity,
but you will have delivered your
soul.

7. Matthew 18
15 “If your brother sins against
you, go and tell him his fault,
between you and him alone. If
he listens to you, you
have gained your brother.

8. Second Point
A Brother’s Keeper
knows the difference
between Covering Sins
and Covering-up Sins.

9. To Return/Turn Back
To return to a point or area where
one has been before, with
probable emphasis on turning
about—‘to return to, to go back
to.’

10. Proverbs 10:12
Hatred stirs up strife, but
love covers all offenses.

11. Prov. 28:13
He who conceals his
transgressions will not prosper,
But he who confesses and
forsakes them will find
compassion.

12. James: Faith that Works