Title: Joy to sorrow / James 4:6-10
Content Joy to sorrow / James 4:6-10
Bible: James 4:6-10
Title: Pleasure to Care
The call to look at the world in a positive way is quickly becoming the center of Christianity's message.
I am saying The active way of thinking is the way to know God and live by faith.
Although it is conveyed as if it is an easy and right solution to what is going on, the faith in the Bible is not
You come to understand that faith cannot be changed by a difference in your thoughts.
Today's text is a very negative lesson in our emotions and the active thinking of modern people.
turn around in a way. What is the secret to receiving greater grace according to the Bible?
Rather than positive thinking, according to the text, the attitude of worrying about the thought of living joyfully
is said to be changed to We want to understand the deep will of the Lord.
1. Worldly Pleasure Is Not Grace
Verse 9, “Mourn and mourn and weep; your laughter for mourning, your joy for sorrow.
The words 'Change it' means to change the worldly joyous heart into mourning.
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When we live in the world, we have to be happy and have a cheerful heart, so that the taste of life is lively.
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In verses 6 and 10 of the text, the repeated words of encouragement are to humble yourself before God.
What does it mean to be humble before you?
The words written in the second half of verse 4 of this chapter, '...Do not know that friendship with the world is the enemy of God.
So then whoever wants to be friends with the world makes himself enemies with God
As you say, 'to do what you do', the lust for honor or materialistic values
All things that are captivating make us alienated from God and become enemies with God.
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If you want to receive God's grace, you must break free from such greed.
It is called humility before Me. The humility of Eastern ethics is personal humility towards humans.
The Bible teaches that it is humility to give up worldly desires to God.
What is sometimes called the age of poverty amid abundance is that it is filled with the things of the world.
A happy heart makes you feel the thirst of an irresponsibly empty and dry soul
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After all, the peace that God gives is not the same as the peace of the world, even if it seems that we live without it.
It is the happiness of having spiritual wealth that enriches the heart. The condition of happiness is the world
Considering the cultural environment of the world, even Christians are pretending to be happy on the outside.
There will be no truly happy hearts. Even if a church member lives with such values,
You will not be able to avoid suffering with false thoughts.
2 Corinthians 6:9-10 “As unknown, yet famous; as dying, and behold, we live and
As recipients, yet not killed; as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing.
As poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, yet all
who has it'
Those who can make such a confession with their lips will truly receive the grace of God.
He is a hermit, and blessings will be offered that will surely make it well on earth.
2. Closer to God is sad in the world
Verse 8, “Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners.
Do this, you double-minded, sanctify your heart.”
The text contrasts God and the devil, and tells us to oppose the devil and obey God.
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Verse 7, “Therefore, submit yourselves to God, resist the devil, and
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The devil (diabolo, diabovlw) is a 'slanderer', that is, a strife between God and man.
It is a false god that prevents us from following God. And as an arrogant bastard, harsh in the world
To be arrogant and ostentatious, to boast of the world, to be proud of the worldly methods and values and
to negotiate with the sun, and to receive God's special and unchanging creation, power, strength, and blessing.
I don't teach.
Depriving faith in God's Word and prayer, qi exercise, divination, and learning
They make them do things that defy the truth in a literary way, spit out eccentricities, and so on.
Appropriate to people's nature, suitable to follow, and easy to approach in moderation while living in the world
Tempting things with things that are better than Christianity, or in the name of a religion called Christianity
It is the devil who uses the teacher to become a cult and to follow that cult.
However, even though we do not know all the will of God, we strive to follow the revealed word, and live as it is.
If you say this, you will become worried and painful in the world, and persecution, misunderstanding and conflict will come.
These things will happen if you want to draw near to God, and the Lord has already foretold it.
Matthew 10:35 'I came from a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.
to make it happen'
If we continue to live a good Christian life, there will also be constant conflicts, and if we
It is a difficult fateful life to bear.
There is no way to live without persecution. The Devil's Christian Life Until the End of the World
because they persecute
The Christian life is not a cultural stylistic difference. You may or may not seek God.
And, you can believe in other religions as well as Jesuits..., trying to understand Christianity in this way
If you do, there will be no real benefit from God. Religion is often referred to as freedom.
If we understand Christianity in this way, we will not be able to truly receive the grace that God will give us.
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There is only one truth, and there is only one God.
John 14:6 "Jesus said, I am the way, the truth, and the life, not through me
no one comes to the Father'
Acts 4:12 “Salvation is found in no one else, for there is salvation under all men under heaven.
No other name has been given to us.”
1 Timothy 2:5 “There is one God, and one mediator between God and men,
the man Christ Jesus.”
If we try to live in this rational world based on such one-sided words, of course,
It's a bump and it hurts.
So, the heart to live a good life by mixing the world and God half and half, says in verse 8 of the text,
He is a double-minded person.
Two hearts, who want to believe in God and live according to worldly values and evaluations
He told us to purify our hearts and not to become ugliness because of the mingling of tones and the truth cannot be distinguished.
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Today's members of the world are saddened to say not to speak of a sad heart, worry and suffering
Weep and mourn, turn your laughter into mourning, your joy into sorrow
There may be resentment when receiving these teachings and commands, but it is the most peaceful axis in this age.
The way to receive blessings is to obey these words and receive true salvation and grace.
In verse 7, it says, 'Submit, then, to God!'
(uJpotavghte, hupotagete) is, in the original language, the simple past, the imperative
I did, and it means to act immediately. Believing in God well later
The way to be blessed is to act in obedience and obedience immediately, not by negligence.
3. All Blessed Believers Be Humble
We want to tell you about our experience. In the Old and New Testaments, we learn that the humble
You can see the fact that you received the .
The words or actions of a humble person are viewed as weak or passive by modern people.
It is easy, but the Bible never says that the so-called tough and strong attitude is the image of a victor.
does not.
First of all, how do you think of Jesus? May the Lord lively, with joy in the crowd
Did you have fun? It's not like that. The Lord is always hurting and giving to the world
Immediately he prays and sheds tears, so-called negatively, and repents.
He prayed and exhorted me to change. Peter, Paul, John and all the disciples
Be like the Lord, suffer persecution and suffering every day for the sake of the gospel and set apart from the holiness of the church.
He taught me the identity of the saints.
Moses was humbled and called to be the leader of Israel, and King Saul was arrogant and rejected.
Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings and found favor in his humility, but there was no other
Do not stop serving the gods, enjoy the world on a glorious throne, so that the country will not be divided.
And it was dizzy.
The Apostle Paul humbled himself, but daily beaten himself up and made him subject, and the power of the Lord was revealed day by day.
And when the Korean church serves God first, enlightenment, material blessings, freedom, education, and
He received the blessing of receiving the benefits of medicine and various cultures along with the tribulation.
In church history, when serving the Lord with humility, several conservative denominations including
While they have been blessed, but proud of their traditions behind their pride, the present Korean church is becoming a society every year.
Too shameful accidents happen. The urgent task of the modern church is before God
It's about finding humility.
He has no desire for the absolute truth of God, and listens to the voices of the world.
and the prophetic leaders who understand people rather than shout the truth loudly.
They are so busy with work that they do not have the most sacred, revelatory, and proactive spiritual powers, and the church is
I'm in a situation where I'm mentally ignored.
As the church is large, people cannot be so proud, and the pride and economic power of the official
Believers give power to the relatively poor saints.
Guys, what does the Bible say is the secret to being truly exalted?
In verse 10, it says, 'Humble yourself before the Lord, and the Lord will exalt you'.
Remember that even now, let us not depend on the power of the world, but on the Lord and humbly
If you try to serve the Lord, you will not only be respected by others, but, as the first part of verse 6 says, 'more
I believe you will receive great blessings.
Matthew 23:12 “Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
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The humility the Bible speaks of is not just a lesson for church leaders, but God blesses the saints.
It refers to the spirit of the saints who must be preceded when giving. It is personal humility and at the same time
People who are temperamental in worldly circumstances and values and try to live according to the word of God.
It means a sincere attitude.
Words given today in any age, verse 9, 'Sorrow and mourn and weep,
As the saying goes, 'Turn your joy into sorrow.'
I, wherever I go, do not brag, but humbly enter even the grace that I have received.
To hide it, so that the joy of the world or the pride of arrogance does not come out,
Always, Philippians 2:12 'Therefore, my beloved, not only when I was present, but even more
Now, even in my absence, always be obedient and work out your salvation with fear and trembling.”
As the apostle Paul said,
Even though our saints appear to the world to be troubled all the time, the Lord is
If only you could be in Lee, you should be able to mourn, weep, and worry like that.
This is a far greater force from heaven than the situation in which you are trying to live with a positive mindset.
Thinking that it is a thought of blessing that can be obtained, and finding comfort in secularism and having fun
I pray that you and I will turn around. Amen.