April 18th 2011 James 4 CBS Temple/Belton Evening Class Community Bible Study templebeltonevecbs.org CBS FAITH ALIVE Symptom: Abdominal Pain Differential Diagnosis Stomach Ulcer Gallstones Esophageal Reflux Pancreatitis logo Covetousness James 4:1-3 Worldliness James 4:4-10 Slander James 4:11-12 Pride James 4:13-17 Symptom= Differential Diagnosis The Church Romans 7:8 But sin, seizing the opportunity afforded by the commandment, produced in me every kind of covetous desire. For apart from law, sin is dead. Paul James 4:1-3 What causes fights and quarrels among you? your desires that battle within you You want something but don't get it You kill and covet, but you cannot have what you want You don’t ask God If you ask, you have the wrong motives Oh Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz? My friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends. Worked hard all my lifetime, no help from my friends, So Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz? Oh Lord, won't you buy me a color TV? Dialing For Dollars is trying to find me. I wait for delivery each day until three, So oh Lord, won't you buy me a color TV? Oh Lord, won't you buy me a night on the town? I'm counting on you, Lord, please don't let me down. Prove that you love me and buy the next round, Oh Lord, won't you buy me a night on the town? logo Romans 7:24 What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death? Thanks be to God--through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself in my mind am a slave to God's law, but in the sinful nature a slave to the law of sin. Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, Romans 7:25,8:1 Is the world inherently evil? You adulterous people, don't you know that friendship with the world is hatred toward God? Anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God. James 4:4 Worldliness God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning--the sixth day. Genesis 1:31 No, but its people are! As is their ruler Or do you think Scripture says without reason that the spirit he caused to live in us envies intensely? James 4:5 The Holy Spirit DOES NOT want to share you with the World logo Satan is REAL Spiritual Warfare is REAL You cannot love both the World and God Ephesians 6:12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Solutions to Worldliness James 4:6-10 Don’t be proud Submit to God Resist the Devil Come near to God Purify your hearts Don’t be double minded Mourn over sin Humble yourself logo belt of truth breastplate of righteousness gospel of peace shield of faith, helmet of salvation sword of the Spirit Prayers of the Saints Ephesians 6:13-18 It is a DANGEROUS WORLD but we are called to be IN IT, but not OF IT! James 4:11 Brothers, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against his brother or judges him speaks against the law and judges it. When you judge the law, you are not keeping it, but sitting in judgment on it. logo James 4:12 There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the one who is able to save and destroy. But you--who are you to judge your neighbor? Leave the judging to Jesus! Matthew 7:4,5 How can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye. James 4:13 Now listen, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money." As it is, you boast and brag. All such boasting is evil. James 4:16 I am the greatest show on earth! logo James 4:14 Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. Have a correct assessment of our earthly significance! Instead, you ought to say, "If it is the Lord's will, we will live and do this or that." James 4:15 Anyone, then, who knows the good he ought to do and doesn't do it, sins. James 4:17 Covetousness Worldliness Slander Pride CONFLICT logo