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Reading: James 5:1-6 \\ /Your gold and silver are corroded.
Their corrosion will testify against you and eat your flesh like fire.
You have hoarded wealth in the last days.
/ James 5:3 (NIV)
!! I. The rich await Misery
A.
It’s time for Repentance (v.[[1|bible: James 5:1]]a)
1.
Who is James talking about?
a.
Those who get rich by exploitation.
b.
/Not/ those who are “richer” than some.
c.
Probably not even those wealthier people who are in the Church.
2.
We are warned.
a.
James talks to “them” but the message is for us: don’t be like them!
b.
The rich oppressors will be judged!
c.
In the ways we are like them, change!
3.
The time for change is now!
a.
Weep and wail: recognize our hopeless situation
b.
We who know God must not only see our sin, but also seek forgiveness.
B.
Misery is Coming
1.
The rich live in comfort
a.
Isn’t that the whole point of being rich?
b.
While others suffer and sweat for them, they sit and sip cocktails on the beach.
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Their very comfort will guarantee misery
a.
Their comfort at others’ expense testifies against them.
b.
God is recording a kind of video record
3.
The coming misery is their judgement
a.
The result of comfort built on injustice is misery–the thing they were avoiding!
b.
The misery is God’s just judgement.
c.
Still, there is forgiveness for all who turn
C.
Are you thing rich and Love poor?
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These rich had things, but no compassion
a.
Stuff, is only stuff after a while.
b.
Even comfortableness gets empty
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They were rich only in a narrow sense
a.
This is one-dimensional wealth.
b.
Don’t measure life by the wrong ruler!
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Get rich with love~/compassion
a.
To give up stuff for love is a great trade!
b.
You can’t buy love, but you can invest yourself in people rather than things.
c.
The wealth of fulfillment and happiness awaits those who give of themselves.
!! II.
Things Rot
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Moth and rust consume Earthly treasures
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Earthly treasures are deceptive
a.
They promise what they can’t deliver.
b.
Like ads on TV, they tell us happiness is only a purchase away.
c.
These are all lies.
2.
Don’t invest in doomed stock
a.
The DOW is going to take a significant down turn on Judgement day!
b.
The value of all things are about to drop
3.
/Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.
But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal.
/Matthew 6:19-20 (NIV)
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This corrosion is Evidence against you
1.
You have spent yourself on impermanence
a.
One whiff of the milk tells you, your spouse forgot to check the date!
b.
The break-down of the things you love tell God you lived for the wrong things.
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You have neglected what is permanent
a.
3 things remain: Faith, Hope and Love
b.
Not the tangible but the intangible lasts
c.
What God gives as our first task is our best and most permanent investment
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The corrosion will corrode you too.
a.
James says this corrosion will eat us up like flames consume paper.
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