SELFISH PLEASURE A SOURCE OF TROUBLE _Text 4:1-3_ James 4:1 Whence come wars, and whence come fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your pleasures that war in your members? James 4:12. Ye lust, and have not: ye kill and covet, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war; ye have not, becaus... [ Continue Reading ]
CHAPTER VIII _CAUSE AND REMEDY OF STRIFE_ James 4:1-12 _Introduction_ Can it be possible that the church of Jesus Christ could descend to the sins mentioned here so soon after Pentecost? In less than half a century could there be war in the kingdom of God on earth? Lusting, killing (at least in... [ Continue Reading ]
DEDICATION TO GOD ALONE IS THE ONLY ANSWER _Text 4:4-8a_ James 4:4. Ye adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? Whosoever therefore would be a friend of the world, maketh himself an enemy of God. James 4:5. Or think ye that the Scripture speaketh in vain? D... [ Continue Reading ]
FROM WHERE WE ARE TO WHERE WE SHOULD BE _Text 4:8b-10_ James 4:8 b. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners: and purify your hearts, ye doubleminded. James 4:9. Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy _to_ heaviness. James 4:10. Humble yourselves in the... [ Continue Reading ]
JUDGING OUR BRETHREN _Text 4:11-12_ 11. Speak not one against another, brethren. He that speaketh against a brother or judgeth his brother, speaketh against the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judgest the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge. 12. One _only_ is the lawgiver and... [ Continue Reading ]
THE PRESUMPTION OF PLANNING WITHOUT GOD _Text 4:13-17_ James 4:13. Come now ye that say, to-day or to-morrow we will go into this city, and spend a year there, and trade and get gain: 14. whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. What is your life? For ye are a vapor that appeareth for a... [ Continue Reading ]