THE BOOK OF JAMES

JAMES 4:13-17 – 5:1-6

JAMES 4:13 

JAMES 4:14

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LIFE IS LIKE

1.     A VAPOR/MIST (JAMES 4:14) 

2.     A PASSING BREATH/BREEZE (PSALM 78:39)

3.     WITHERING GRASS (1 PETER 1:24) 

JAMES 4:15

PSALM 37:7 Rest in the Lord and wait patiently for Him

PSALM 130:5 I wait for the Lord, my soul does wait,

And in His word do I hope

JAMES 4:16- 17

THERE ARE SINS OF COMMISSION AND SINS OF OMISSION

JAMES 5:1-6

DEUT. 8:18 But you shall remember the Lord your God, for it is He who is giving you power to make wealth

JAMES 5:2-3 

   IN THOSE DAYS, A PERSON COULD DISPLAY HIS OR HER WEALTH THROUGH 3 WAYS. 

-             1. FEASTING LAVISHLY

-             2. DRESSING EXTRAVAGANTLY

-             3. SPENDING WILDLY. 

JAMES 5:4  

JAMES 5:5 

-             Wanton pleasure – worldly desires and pleasures to the point of spiritual death.

JAMES 5:6 

MATTHEW 19:23-24 23 And Jesus said to His disciples, “Truly I say to you, it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven.24 Again I say to you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”

PROVERBS 30:8-9 give me neither poverty nor riches,

    but give me only my daily bread.

9 Otherwise, I may have too much and disown you

    and say, ‘Who is the Lord?’

Or I may become poor and steal,

    and so dishonor the name of my God.

PHIL. 4:11-13 11 I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. 12 I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. 13 I can do all this through him who gives me strength

Whose will are you really living for—yours or God’s?

Are you building a kingdom on earth that will rot, or investing in the kingdom that lasts forever?