Title: Greater Grace 3/James 4:8-10
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Greater grace 3/James 4:8-10
To be saved through faith is the core of the gospel and the foundation of Paul's theology. but James
The message of the book emphasizes that faith is perfected by works.
In other words, the truth of faith is revealed by its actions. Is it good or bad, believe it well
Whether he believes or not, whether he believes or not, can be confirmed by his actions.
will be
So, if you say you believe in Jesus, especially if you believe in him, his actions are unethical and immoral.
If it is antisocial, then the message of James is that the faith is dead.
Right faith and right life are established by God's greater grace, so we
It is necessary to remove the negative factors that hinder or block that grace.
There are things we must do to receive greater grace.
1. Hands must be clean
Verse 8 says, “Cleanse your hands.” All parts are important, but especially the hands.
work is varied. Most of the work is done by hand, such as making tools, exercising, playing, and transporting objects.
All.
In 2 Kings 11:12, they welcomed them, and when they were happy, they clapped their hands and sang for hurrah, 2 Kings 10:15.
If you look, they hold hands when they agree with each other. According to Genesis 47:29, put your hand under the hip bone
I swore. The hand represents the person's actions. Show your refusal with your hand,
They beat and steal things with their hands. And hugging, hugging, stroking
also give.
Because your hands touch and come into contact with fifty thousand different objects, they become channels for all kinds of bacterial infections. so hand
should be washed frequently.
In Matthew 27, there is an account of the governor Pilate condemning Jesus to death because of public opinion
became. No matter how many times the investigation was repeated, there was no crime worthy of the death penalty. but Jesus
Pushed by the public opinion to nail him, he sentenced him to death, poured water into a basin and washed his hands, saying, “I
You are innocent of human blood."
I was washing my hands.
King David's lifelong wish was to build a temple for God. For that work, he built
We have prepared all the necessary materials and construction costs.
But Nathan the Prophet said, "You are a warrior and you have shed blood through many wars. The blood is on your hands.
I can't build my temple with bloody hands because of it."
David could not build the temple because of his bloody hands.
The text says, "Cleanse your hands."
Hands, when used rightly, are used as instruments to do good and to do God's work.
sin, do evil, and hide the glory of God.
Reader's Digest has created 1,100 wallets. In the wallet there is a value of 50 US dollars.
They put money in it, put the wallet owner's name and phone number, and dropped it on the streets of big cities around the world.
It was to test how many lost wallets returned to their owners.
Drop your wallet in a phone booth, in a supermarket, in a parking lot, restaurant, office hallway, or church.
I opened it. Surprisingly, 44% of lost wallets never returned to their owners. only 56%
just came back.
The ranking of lost wallets returned by country is as follows.
Norway 100%, Singapore 90%, Australia 70%, Korea, Japan 70%, USA 67%, UK 65%, France
60%, Netherlands 50%, Germany 45%, Russia 43%, Philippines 40%, Italy 35%, China 30%, Mexico
The nose was 21%.
What is important is the background of those who returned the wallet. Some people returned the wallet
There are two main reasons for this. It is home education and God
It was Ang.
People who have been taught honesty at home from an early age and grew up can't put someone else's wallet in their own pocket.
Even people with faith cannot steal or spy on others.
Believers must be honest.
When Columbus discovered the New World in America, there was a small tree with cotyledons in Colorado.
is. 400 years later, the tree became a giant tree, and in 400 years it was planted fourteen times.
got locked. And countless landslides and storms swept through, but the tree was too big to use.
didn't crash. Other trees have been knocked down and uprooted, but the tree has survived for 400 years.
He stood proudly.
But one day, it slowly began to wither and eventually became a dead tree.
The reason is that many beetles rushed and burrowed into the shell. A 400-year-old giant is insignificant
was killed by beetles.
A small lie knocks down a giant tree like a beetle. Small lies turn into big lies.
And a big lie is to knock down a big tree.
A mother is shocked to learn that her preschool son was lying. how lie
I was thinking about changing my habit of doing this, and I decided to use shock therapy.
mother said to her son “If you lie again, the two-horned devil will set fire to
They come at night, sticking out their tongues, and catch liars and take them to Mars. And
They make me work for 50 years in a dark valley.”
Hearing this, the little boy looked terrified, and his mother was satisfied with it. so did you ask
All. "Son, you won't lie again, will you?"
Then the kid replied, "Mom, you lied even bigger."
Lies deceive God, deceive our neighbors, deceive ourselves.
Revelation 22:15 says, "Everyone who loves lies and makes up lies is outside the city."
All. Outside the city here refers to those who have not been saved.
To keep your hands clean, be honest, live right, do not lie, and live reverently.
will be So, in verse 8, “Cleanse your hands, sanctify your heart, you double-minded.
do it," he said.
The behavior of features and limbs follows the direction and control of brain functions. And the brain is that person's brain
It is ruled by the negative.
In other words, it is not that the hand itself is bad and evil to steal and hit others. hand or
Feet and mouth are subject to the control of the mind. If your heart is evil, your hands are also evil.
If it is rotten, the words that come out of your mouth are rotten and smelly.
You can wash your hands and feet with water, but your heart is washed with the word, washed with the blood of Jesus, and burned with the fire of the Holy Spirit.
it is crying When the mind is clean, politics will be clean, society, education, and culture will be clean.
is. Let's keep our hands and our hearts clean. So let's create a clean society and a country.
2. You must humble yourself before the Lord
What specifically does humble yourself mean? In verse 9 we read, “Weep and mourn and weep.
Let all your laughter be turned into mourning and your joy into sorrow."
This is to repent right away. Repentance is established when we admit our mistakes. one's own fault
A person who acknowledges becomes compliant, docile, and humble. "I was wrong, it's my fault
Anyone who says "everything" cannot be arrogant.
When we talk about “repentance,” it means to change one’s attitude or turn around. humility with pride
disobedience to obedience, disbelief to faith, hatred to love, enmity to reconciliation, indolence to diligence
To change to is repentance. And more importantly, returning to God is an example of repentance.
quality. When we return to God in truth, pride turns into humility, hate turns into love, strife turns into reconciliation,
Disobedience turns into obedience. And only those who repent and return are God
You will receive greater grace from what you give.
There was a rich man named Zacchaeus. He evaded tax under the pretext of being the head of the Jericho local tax office.
It was rejected by law. However, he is always lonely and marginalized as an unrecognized rich man.
was such a rich man. Then one day he met Jesus. He said, "I sold my fortune to the poor
I will give it to others, and I will pay back four times the money that I accumulated.” And what he got
was salvation and peace. The Lord's words, "Today salvation has come to this house," are proof of that.
I had an affair with a second son. He took his share of the inheritance and went abroad. revelatory
I went to the city and spent many years immersed in the main forest. But the money ran out easily and in the end
became a fallen beggar.
The second son of the rich family became a beggar, and the son who slept on a silk duvet fell asleep on the ground.
I fell asleep, and my son, who had been eating seafood and seafood, was digging for the dregs that fell on the pig pens
has been If anyone commits a sin and leaves God, like the second son, his status, food, and shelter
It teaches you to change.
One day, he returned home to find his father, prepared to be beaten to death. then this
It's important.
"Put on your best clothes, put your ring finger on your hand, and put on shoes on your feet" was restored.
"Catch the fattened calf, eat and enjoy."
"My son was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found again." His identity was restored.
“They rejoiced.” The quality of life was restored.
When you humble yourself and return to your Father, your father will wait for you and hold you in your arms,
He restores us with new clothes, shoes, tunes, food, and status.
Who is favored?
A person who humbles himself, repents, and turns to the Lord.
Verse 10 says, “Humble yourself before the Lord, and the Lord will exalt you.” bigger silver
Don't stop to receive favor, let's be humble.
Let's face and defeat the devil who destroys and blocks grace.
Let us cleanse our hands and sanctify our hearts. And let me humble myself before you.
Then the Lord will exalt me and give me greater grace. Amen.
“I have left the Lord, and now I come.
I am suffering from the path of sin.
Those precious years have passed, and now they come.
I bring you with tears of repentance.
I'm here to heal this sick heart.
I come to you in hopes of great strength and hope.
I'm here now, find my house
Lord, accept me and welcome me."
Let's raise our hands high and sing praises with a heart of confession.