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Summary: Is it good to be rich? What’s good about it? What’s bad about it? James is addressing an extreme here. But extremes start with non-extremes. Who is James writing about here? James has addressed wealth before, primarily to believers ( James 1:9–11 ; James 2:1–7 ; James 4:13-17 ). Here James seems…

Christ does for poor what they can't do for themselves and the wealthy often refuse to do.

You can’t be healthy or wealthy without being wise It’s better to be healthy and wealthy spiritually than physically 2 Beloved, I pray that in all respects you may prosper and be in good health, just as your soul prospers. 11 “Therefore if you have not been faithful in the use of unrighteous wealth,…

You likely won’t be healthy or wealthy unless you use wisdom Two different teachings in the body of Christ Prosperity teaching Poverty teaching 2 Beloved, I pray that in all respects you may prosper and be in good health, just as your soul prospers. It’s better to be healthy and wealthy spiritually than…

Come now, you rich, weep and howl for the miseries that are coming upon you. Your riches have rotted and your garments are moth-eaten. Your gold and silver have corroded, and their corrosion will be evidence against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have laid up treasure in the last days. Behold,…

Ephesians 3:14–21 For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; That Christ may dwell in your hearts…

Introduction We are in our study of the book of James. We have seen that James has placed an emphasis on the poor in this letter. In fact, we are going to see he saves his harshest language in today’s passage. Last week, we saw in James 4:13-17 the arrogance and pride involved in planning life without…

What do you hate? What you hate says a lot about you. Do you hate being cut off on the freeway? Do you hate filling and paying taxes? Do you hate family gatherings? Do you hate election years? What is it that you hate? In Amos 6 we find out one thing that God hates. Amos 6:8 (ESV) The Lord God has sworn…

In Amos 6 we find out one thing that God hates. Amos 6:8 (ESV) The Lord God has sworn by himself, declares the Lord , the God of hosts: “I abhor the pride of Jacob …” This verb has the idea of finding something repugnant, repulsive, or that which one loathes. This particular verb is a Piel participle…

Introduction We just finished a section that dealt with people saying what they will do in the future. This is what a mind set on material things and worldly passions will do. Now, James is rebuking this living even more than in the last section. He zero’s in on worldly desires and passion for wealth.…

Introduction It is true that people are not ice cream. If we were we would not last a second in this Texas heat. Even though people are not ice cream we tend to have a preference we go to over the others. We walk in the ice cream shop and look at the options, knowing exactly what we are going to get…

Introduction 1 Samuel 25:2-13 2 A certain man in Maon, who had property there at Carmel, was very wealthy. He had a thousand goats and three thousand sheep, which he was shearing in Carmel. 3 His name was Nabal and his wife’s name was Abigail. She was an intelligent and beautiful woman, but her husband…

And Jesus, looking around, said to His disciples, “How hard it will be for those who are wealthy to enter the kingdom of God!” And the disciples were amazed at His words. But Jesus answered again and said to them, “Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God! “It is easier for a camel to go…

Jesus offers mercy to the broadest scope of sinners.

Introduction Genesis - Creation Account / Completed with man. And it was all good. 18 Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.” Loneliness is not good. A theme Solomon picks up on in Ecclesiastes - The very word indicates he is leading…

Reading Ecc 2:4-10 Good morning everyone and thank you for being here today. I hope you have prepared yourself to receive something this morning. That you come expectantly to be engaged in the message this morning. Announcements Tom 80th Bday Janitorial Position Prayer We come to the 5th chapter of James…

Moving forward in our exploration of becoming more Christ-like by growing in the Fruit of the Spirit, we come to the virtue of faithfulness. Our first thought about faithfulness is usually related to our faithfulness to God, and that is good. But God also calls us to faithfully carry out our relationships…

Welcome Prayer Engage / Tension Before we begin reading James, it’s important to look at some of the details about the book like authorship, who it was written to, and the reason it was written in the first place. If you can guess, the book of James was most likely written by James, the half brother…

MLK Video That speech was given on Easter in 1963 and today, 59 years later, our society is still fighting racism. But it’s more that just black and white. It’s ethnicity of every kind It’s culture versus culture. It’s rich versus poor, the haves and have nots. It’s conservative versus progressive. And…

As James comes to the end of his letter, he presents in stark contrast, two ways to live. We can be like wealthy landowners who exploit others so that they might live a life of luxury. But they will soon suffer the consequences of their greed. Or we can be patient and endure as we wait for Christ's return, caring for one another. We have to choose one or the other, we cannot be a double-minded person who vacilates between both, because they are so opposed.

Today you are going to hear the greatest sermon from the greatest preacher in all the world. I know what you are thinking. When is he going to get here? We are jumping back into the footsteps of Jesus today and we will spend quite some time looking at the sermon on the mount. As we have walked through…

Power in Philppi Introduction Acts 15:36–41 (ESV) 36 And after some days Paul said to Barnabas, “Let us return and visit the brothers in every city where we proclaimed the word of the Lord, and see how they are.” 37 Now Barnabas wanted to take with them John called Mark. 38 But Paul thought best not…

Whether someone is in a wellness program or in athletic training, there eventually comes a moment in which all progress seems to come to a halt: the dreaded plateau. The plateau is that situation you arrive in where whatever you were doing no longer produces the same results. The diet only gets you to…

Introduction Anything but joy. Stress and hardships. Grief and suffering. Uncertainty and division. Particular difficulties this year. On top of the typical stress of the holidays of parties and gifts and extra responsibilities. To consider the situation of Mary. A poor family and betrothed to a man…