Remember, we will be looking at James 4:1-12 this week, which was actually suppose to be last week, but God lead me to call an audible and preach part 5 in place of part 3. SO, this week part 3 will actually be part 4… now that you are completely confused, just check this out…
The essentials about Motives
Essentials part 4
James 4:1-12 – What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you? 2You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do not have, because you do not ask. 3You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions. 4You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. 5Or do you suppose it is to no purpose that the Scripture says, “He yearns jealously over the spirit that he has made to dwell in us”? 6But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.” 7Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. 9Be wretched and mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom. 10Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.11Do not speak evil against one another, brothers. The one who speaks against a brother or judges his brother, speaks evil against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge. 12There is only one lawgiver and judge, he who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you to judge your neighbor? [ESV]
We all have motives for doing what we do, lets be honest, we do what we want to do, because we want to do it, it serves self! James is writing to the church about more than their behavior, he is writing to them about their motives behind why they are doing what they do. He is, here, calling them to stop fighting for a moment, and take a look at their motives, even to ask what their motivation is, in being a part of the church! – Of course they are not acting like the church, here, and it seems their motives for fighting would be for position in the church. SO, Sunday, WE are going to take a look into this passage and write down some essentials for having pure motives.
SEE YOU SUNDAY @ 9:29 or 11:09






