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Application and Precautions
In our series “Living Together” we have looked at many things thus far.
We are called to live to fellowship together
We are an intimate family
There is no life outside of the body and that every body counts
We looked at some of our worship together
Giving
Supper
Singing and prayers
We are to be an accepting family
A freeing family and that leads to today an enriching family!
Tonight we will start looking at the application section of this series.
We have some application and some warnings or things to avoid, be careful of.
When you have a product, first you had to buy it right?
Then, if smart, you read the instructions for the application don’t you?
But in the instructions, in the small print are the warnings too.
Up to now we have looked at all the areas mentioned before how we are to be an intimate family that is interdependent on one another.
Tonight as we start into the application there are some warnings we need to look at along the way too.
But when applied properly the application will enrich our living together.
So the questions arise
What can we do to enrich our lives, our living together
What things should we avoid in our living together so not to cause division or to interrupt our fellowship together
We will be using the Book of James as our focal point.
You know the book of Proverbs in the N.T.
So buckle in and lets get started.
THe book of James written to the 12 tribes, not that were together, but spread abroad
In our world, in our society today we are diversified, we are mobile and oftentimes are not firmly planted in one place so the words from James to them then are applicable to us and our society today too.
So let’s look together at the application and the warnings as seen in book of James, first the warnings, the things to avoid.
I. Warning labels (things to avoid)
Don’t touch that, don’t do that, don’t go there, we have heard it all before, but in the scripture we are told things for our good and God’s glory as a family things we should avoid like
All filthiness and wickedness (Jam1:21; Eph5:3-5)
who needs to put these things aside?
We do!
How much of it should we put aside?
All of it
Replace the ways of the world, our old ways with God’s ways.
This was not anything new Solomon addressed it as the wisest man who ever lived (see Pro6:27-35)
This was not anything new Solomon addressed it as the wisest man who ever lived
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Pro6:33-
We cannot touch what is hot and be unscathed (v.27-28)
we cannot commit adultery and not be caught (v.29, 32-33)
We cannot steal and not be held accountable (v.30-31)
Our living together, fellowship together, our being a family can be destroyed if we let filthiness, wickedness or any of the other things mentioned stay in the body.
While we may not be perfect we may not be sinless, we cannot allow sin to dwell in our family, so we need to be diligent to lay it aside (Jam1:21)
Avoid partiality (Jam2:1-9)
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We are to be an accepting fellowship as we had previously discussed and this passage just emphasis that.
We are to show respect to one another, regardless of place or position for when we do not we are sinning (v.9)
where impartiality brings us together, partiality divides us!
Avoid misuse of the tongue (Jam3:1-12)
Tongue can destroy, it has great power in it (vv.5-7)
The tongue when misused reveals our shallow nature and the shallowness of our relationship with God (vv.9-12)
Avoid selfishness (Jam4:1; Jam3:16)
(Expand on that some; briefly)
Don’t let disorder or evil come in because of jealousy and selfishness
Avoid speaking evil of one another (Jam4:11-12; Jn7:24; 1COr5:9-11)
That tongue, that mouth can get us in all sorts of trouble can’t it?
We need to avoid, as this scripture says, speaking against one another for that is judgment.
And there is only One who has the power and authority to judge.
His judgment is righteous and it will start with us
Judgment that we may use needs to be righteous
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And not condemnation for it starts with us, within the family, within the body
We can all to easily judge one another in according to our own personal beliefs and personal standards and hence divide and destroy that which the scripture says to forgive.
When we speak evil of one another we destroy our fellowship, our family, we need to be careful not do devour one another
These things to avoid we have just covered can prevent us from enjoying, enriching our life, our living together.
So now having looked at these things, may we now turn our focus to the positive things we can do to enrich our living together
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Things to enhance our Living Together
May we view challenges as opportunities (Jam1:2-4)
To get perfect results takes endurance and you will be lacking nothing!
Having the right perspective, God’s perspective is not only good for you, it is good for the family, that together we can make it through trying times
As a family we will go through growing pains that could disrupt our unity, can try to derail our peace and our harmony, but let the family work together through these things
The family can grow together and grow stronger when we work together
May we pray for wisdom (Jam1:5-8)
We need wisdom, God’s wisdom by God’s Word and empowered by God’s Spirit so we can grow together.
We need to pray personally, but we need to pray corporately (as family) for God’s wisdom and direction.
May we try to maintain proper perspective (Jam1:9-11)
Don’t let pride destroy or disrupt family life; keep the right perspective we are all in this together and are all brothers in Christ!
Try to see one another as God’s see’s us! and this will help eliminate pride within the body
May we be swift to hear, slow to speak (Jam1:19-20)
Be careful to act and not react, be willing to truly listen and respond in the glory to God!
May we apply these Christian graces to our fellowship, to our family, slow to hear, quick to listen, slow to wrath.
By doing such we will be able to gracefully handle problems when they arise and they will.
May we practice pure, undefiled religion (Jam1:22-27)
Being doers of the word not just hearers
Letting our actions speak louder than our words
Taking care of the needs of others, especially the poor the widow and the orphan
As trying to be a respecter of time, and there is still much that can be said about application from here tonight, just want to give one more before we wrap up
May we demonstrate our godly wisdom through our Christian conduct (Jam3:13, 17-18)
good behavior, in good deeds in gentleness of wisdom and we know all wisdom comes from above
Wisdom from above is pure, peaceable, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy, full of good fruits, it is unwavering, it is free of hypocrisy and it is seed bearing!
Seeds of righteousness and peace
I encourage you to continue to look at Epistle of James for more things like
Praying for one another (Jam5:13-160
Restoring one another (Jam5:19-20)
(Conclusion/Invitation)
Life in the body, in our living together we are able to enrich our living with some simple application of these principles tonight
It starts with being a family, or becoming part of the family
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