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Father of Lights
We bask in the glow of the “Father of Lights”
St
Are you Eclipse Ready?
Entice: Are you Eclipse Ready?
Got your spot picked out?
God your spot picked out?
Entice:
Appropriate snacks?
Appropriate snacks?
Appropriate snacks?
Moon Pies!
Moon Pies!
Believe it or not the upcoming eclipse, and Other Astronomical Phenomena, is actually helpful for understanding this mornings text.
And Other Astronomical Phenomena
Other Astronomical Phenomena
Is helpful for understanding this mornings text.
Engage: The God who calls us
Engage:
The God who calls us does not
Does not
Change
Does not change
Shift
Shift
Get Eclipsed
Get Eclipsed
Instead He
The phrase No shadow of turning (which you may have sung” indicates the shadows cast by the heavenly bodies because of their revolution and movement across the skies.
The ancients understood how eclipses worked.
James realized that for the simple or uninformed the changes of the heavenly bodies might indicate similar malleability in God
Instead James says He is stable and decisive.
He
Gives
Gives
Gives
Instructs
Instructs
Provides
and
Nurtures
Provides
Protects
Engages
And Engages
His own nature should motivate us to love Him, live for Him and pursue the kind of growth and maturity He desires for His children.
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There are many reasons and motivations for following and serving God.
Excite:
The best reasons of all are founded in a simple faithful reaction to who He is and what He has done to save us.
There is no better motivation for focused Christian Living that a Great, Giving God.
Explore: There is no better motivation for focused Christian Living that a Great, Giving God.
• Explore: There is no better motivation for focused Christian Living that a Great, Giving God.
Explain: The essence of this passage is distilled into three admonitions.
Explain: The essence of this passage is distilled into three admonitions.
1 Be Careful.
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1 Be Careful.
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▾ 1 Be Careful.
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Two statements one negative and one seemingly insignificant provide insight as to how we can guard our lives; emotionally, physically, and spiritually from the risks of the world.
Two statements one negative and one merely in passing provide insight as to how we can guard our lives; emotionally, physically, and spiritually from the risks of the world.
1.1 Vigilance.
1.1 Vigilance.
Do not be deceived
1.2 Community.
1.2 Community.
My dear brothers
2 Be Thankful.
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2 Be Thankful.
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2.1 Quality of His Gifts
2.1 Quality of His Gifts
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Good Gifts.
2.1.1
Good Gift
2.1.2
Perfect Presents.
2.1.2
Perfect Presents.
2.2 Source of His Gifts=come down from above.
2.2 Source of His Gifts=come down from above.
2.3 Character of His Gifts.
▾ 2.3 Character of His Gifts.
2.3 Character of His Gifts.
The Character of God’s gifts is derived from His character as the gracious giver
The Character of God’s gifts is derived from His character as the gracious giver
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He is the "Father of Lights."
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He is the "Father of Lights."
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He is the unchanging One.
2.3.2
He is the unchanging One.
2.3.2
He is the unchanging One.
3 Be Fruitful.
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3 Be Fruitful.
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3.1 It is His Desire for us.
3.1 It is His Desire for us.
3.2 It is His Design for us.
3.2 It is His Design for us.
3.2.1 Brought us forth...
3.2.1 Brought us forth...
3.2.2
By the Word of Truth.
3.2.2
By the Word of Truth.
3.3 It is His Destiny for us.
3.3 It is His Destiny for us.
No Shadow of Turning...
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