James 5:1-6 – Warnings for the Wealthy
Warnings for the Wealthy
(James 5:1–6)
Central Idea: Warnings for the wealthy encourage the needy.
Purpose: To encourage Christians to find contentment, knowing that God cares about economic justice.
- The warning against hoarding encourages the needy (5:1-3)
- The warning against stealing encourages the needy (5:4).
- The warning against indulging encourages the needy (5:5).
- The warning against killing encourages the needy (5:6).
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- May 9, 2024James 5:1-6 – Warnings for the Wealthy
James 5:1-6 – Warnings for the WealthyWarnings for the Wealthy(James 5:1–6)Central Idea: Warnings for the wealthy encourage the needy.Purpose: To encourage Christians to find contentment, knowing that God cares about economic justice.If you ever feel the sting of economic injustice, then James is writing to you. God cares about economic injustice, and He will not let it last forever. In this episode, James raises four warnings for the wealthy which are intended to encourage the poor and the oppressed. Now available on our website, YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Amazon Music.
- The warning against hoarding encourages the needy (5:1-3)
- The warning against stealing encourages the needy (5:4).
- The warning against indulging encourages the needy (5:5).
- The warning against killing encourages the needy (5:6).
- May 2, 2024James 4:11-17 – Attitude Analysis
James 4:11-17 – Attitude AnalysisAttitude Analysis(James 4:11–17)Central Idea: Our attitudes demonstrate our arrogance.Purpose: To challenge believers to submit to God’s will.
- A critical attitude demonstrates arrogance (4:11–12).
- A presumptuous attitude demonstrates arrogance (4:13–16).
- An apathetic attitude demonstrates arrogance (v.17).
Frank Sinatra’s song, I Did It My Way, seems to be the theme song of our culture today. That same pride infiltrates the church. As we continue this study, James tells us this arrogance shows itself in three sinful attitudes: a critical spirit, a presumptuous attitude, and an apathetic attitude.These are not Christlike attitudes, and Christ enables us to eliminate these kinds of attitudes from our lives by the grace of Christ, changing our hearts to be less critical of people. Now available on our website, YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Amazon Music. - Apr 25, 2024James 4:4-10 – Antidotes to Antagonism
James 4:4-10 – Antidotes to AntagonismAntidotes to Antagonism(James 4:4-10)Central Idea: Personal antagonism requires powerful antidotes.Purpose: To challenge Christians to repent of sin that leads to strife.
- Reject divided loyalties (4:4–6).
- Surrender to God’s authority (4:7–8).
- Grieve over sin (4:9).
- Behave with humility (v.10).
Personal antagonism is a poison that can destroy a church. So, it needs some powerful antidotes to counteract the poison before it is too late.In this episode James identifies four powerful antidotes to antagonism. - Apr 19, 2024James 4:1-3 – Great Church Fights!
James 4:1-3 – Great Church Fights!Great Church Fights!(James 4:1–3)Central Idea: The pursuit of pleasure is a source of strife.Purpose: To challenge believers to pursue peace with each other.
- The pursuit of pleasure produces selfishness (3:2).
- The pursuit of pleasure produces frustration (4:2).
- The pursuit of pleasure produces hostility (4:2).
- The pursuit of pleasure produces poverty (4:2–3).
Is the desire for what we want causing us to fight with those we love? In James 4:1-3 we learn that the pursuit of worldly pleasure produces selfishness, frustration, hostility, and poverty. So how can we minimize such conflict in our relationships today?In this episode we will learn how to pursue peace with others and resolve conflict in a healthy way.Now available on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Amazon Music. - Apr 11, 2024James 3:13-18 – Wise or Wimpy?
James 3:13-18 – Wise or Wimpy?Wise or Wimpy?(James 3:13–18)Central Idea: People’s actions test wisdom’s way.Purpose: To challenge believers to be peacemakers.James writes in James 3:13, Who among you is wise and understanding? Let him show by his good behavior, his deeds in the gentleness of wisdom. When the boss is unreasonable, when someone insults us, when others put us down or treat us like dirt, how do we respond? In this episode we learn about two kinds of wisdom, worldly wisdom, and heavenly wisdom.
- Worldly wisdom produces pugnacious actions (3:14–16).
- Heavenly wisdom produces peaceful actions (3:17–18).
