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We’re going to *pick up* right were *left off last time*.
So if you have your bibles with you turn with me to *James 4:10*.
*I) *Turn back to *James 4:10*.
*A) **Notice that James says* *when you do humble yourselves* *the Lord will lift you up*.
*He will exalt you* *and bless you*.
*II) **James 4:11-12*.
*A) **Right off the bat*, *James says that we should not be speaking evil of one another*.
*1) **That would include gossip*, *backbiting*, *and* *criticism*.
*2) **Speaking evil and criticizing another* *is actually placing you as their judge*.
And *by doing that* *you’re in danger of being judged*.
*B) **(Luke 6:37)* *Says*, *“Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven: (V 38) give in shall be given.”*
*1) **(Galatians 6:7)* *Says, “For whatsoever a man soweth that shall he also reap.”*
*a) **If you sow judgement* *than that is what you’re going to reap*.
*C) **But in* *(Galatians 6:8 and 9)* *it says, “He that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
9 And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.”*
*1) *So *let us sow to the Spirit* *so that we can reap that everlasting life,* *and as Jesus said* *in (JOHN 10:10)* *not only will we have everlasting life* *but we’ll have the abundant life* *here and now*.
*III) **James 4:13*.
*A) *When *James uses the phrase*, *“Go to now”* *that phrase* *is a literal word for Word translation*, but it is a *colloquial phrase*.
*1) *A *colloquial phrase* *or* a *colloquialism* *is a phrase that* *may only be understood* *by the people of that time or place*.
*2) *But *the meaning to that phrase*, *“Go to now”* *is either* *“Come on now”* *or* *“Now listen.”*
*a) *What *James* is *referring to* *in the rest of this verse* is *a businessman* *who makes his plans apart from God*.
*(i) *He *makes his own plans* *and* *goes from one city to the next*.
He *makes his own time schedule*, which is *evident* by him saying, *“I’ll continue there a year.”*
*(ii) *And then *his goal is for self-alone*.
*“He buys and sells* *to get gain* *or make money.”*
*b) **There’s nothing wrong with making money*, *but* *his sole purpose* *is to do it his way*, which *may not* necessarily *be God’s way*.
*(i) **He plans to get rich apart from God*.
*c) **(Proverbs 10:22)* says, *“The blessing of the Lord, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.”*
*(i) **That* verse *tells me* that *financial gain apart from God* *comes with sorrow*.
*But when you to it the Lord’s way* *no sorrow or trouble* *will accompany it*.
*B) **James 4:14*.
*1) *In the *1st* *part of verse 14* James says*, “You don’t even know what will happen tomorrow.”*
*2) **Things* always *change* and *as James said* *you don’t know what’s going to happen tomorrow*.
*a) **The plans we make today* *may change tomorrow*.
*3) *James goes on to *add in verse 14*, *“For what is your life?”*
*a) **The answer is, “It is a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away.”*
*C) **In the next verse* James *begins* to *give* us the *correction*.
In other words, *what we should be doing*.
*1) *So let’s read it *James 4:15*.
*2) *The way *to avoid boasting* *about your plans* *and what you’re going to do* *is to say* *“If the Lord leads or if it’s his will then will do certain things.”*
*a) *The *point* that *James is trying to make* is to *seek the Lord* *1st* and *find out what His plans are*.
*D) *Let’s go on to *James 4:16*.
*1) **James reiterates* that *to boast and brag* *about what you’ve done* *and your plans* *is EVIL*.
*2) *The *cure* *for such self-boasting* *is to* *trust God* *and* *follow His leadings*.
*E) *All right *James 4:17*.
*1) *In this *last verse of James chapter 4*, *James basically sums up everything* that he has *written so far*.
*a) *He’s *not just talking about boasting*, *but all the advice *he’s *given so far*.
*2) *The word “*THEREFORE*” in this verse *was put therefore reason*.
*a) *It *means*, *everything that was said before hinges on* *what is to come next*.
*3) **In the next part* *of that verse* he says, *“Now that you’ve been told, you know to do good, and if you don’t do it, to him it is sin.”*
*a) **For the believer* *to attain spiritual maturity* *he has to do the good he knows to do*.
*IV) *Now *what are some* of the *good things* that *James* has *brought out* in this letter that we *should be doing?*
*1) **1st* we need to *STAND CONFIDENTLY ON GOD’S WORD **even when going through test*, *trials* *and temptations*.
*2) **2nd*, he must *compassionately serve his brother* in the Lord *without favoritism*.
*a) **Let me add something here*.
*Fairly often you’ll come across* *Christians* who *try to take advantage* *over other Christians*.
*b) **They’ll say* *you have to help me* because, *that’s what another Christian does*.
*They try to make you feel* *that if you don’t help them* *you’re not to good Christian*.
*(i) *That *person* *that takes advantage* *over* *another* Christian’s compassion and good works is the *prime example* *of what James is talking about here*.
*(ii) *In other words, *you know to do good*, *so trust God and not man*.
And *don’t maliciously use someone for your own gain*, and *usually it’s money*.
*(iii) *Is someone has a *genuine need* *it’s great to help them* out.
*But if* they’re *always coming to you* with a financial need *they’re trusting in you* to meet that need *and not God*.
*3) *The *3rd* thing that James says that we need to do *to attain spiritual maturity* is to *CONTROL THE TONGUE*.
*4) **No.
4*, we need to *be in submission to God with a humble spirit*.
*5) **No.
5*, *trust God* and *have faith in him*.
*6) **No.
6*, *be what God wants you to be*, *do what he wants you to do*, *speak what he wants you to speak*.
*a) *Put God 1st.
*7) **And* *No.
7*, *follow the leadings of the Lord*.
*B) *If we were to put the *title on* the entire *book of James* we would have to call it *THE MATURING OF THE SAINTS*.
That’s exactly what we’ve been talking about.
*1) *If we *follow the points* that *James brings out* in this book, which we just listed, you’re on a *good start* *to becoming mature in the Lord*.
W. O. L. C. C. Thursday, May 28, 1998
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