Title: Let's Live Today Wisely/James 4:13-16
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Let's live today wisely / James 4:13-16
13 Listen, if any of you say, today or tomorrow, let us go to any city and spend a year there.
You who say you will live and buy and see
14 You do not know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You appear for a little while and then disappear.
is fog
15 You would rather say, If the Lord wills, we will live, and we will do this and that.
always
16 Now you boast in your vain boasting, and all such boasting is evil.
[sermon]
There is a saying that it is an age of uncertainty. This is an expression that characterizes today's era. recently occurred
An unprecedented terrorist incident proves this. Terrorists hijack a passenger plane in New York
The twin towers of the World Trade Center and the U.S. Department of Defense were charged with a series of simultaneous suicide attacks.
No one could have predicted it. In addition, the case of anthrax distribution through the mail is also
It is. However, if you think carefully, there is no reason to call the era of uncertainty 'today'.
I did. In some cases, the fact that life is living a life that cannot even be predicted
It is no different now or before. However, today, there is a lot of development and change in all fields.
It is extremely rapid, and various incidents and accidents occur frequently, as well as a wide range of rapid information transmission.
W It just made me feel that fact more desperately.
Today's text says, "You do not know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life?
It is a fog that disappears” (James 4:14). No one can deny these words.
Therefore, everyone should ask how to live today and gain wisdom. today
Let's look at the wisdom the Bible teaches about these questions.
First, we must live with a humble attitude toward God.
“You do not know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You appear for a moment and then pass away.
Fog" (James 4:14) means that no matter how much knowledge and experience a person accumulates,
Even with the advancement of technology, there are two problems that cannot be overcome or solved by human strength and wisdom.
I'm pointing out a few things.
He said he didn't know everything about tomorrow. If we could know what happened tomorrow, about 6,000 people were killed by terrorism.
A catastrophe in which a precious life was lost at this moment would not have occurred.
“What is your life? It is a mist that appears for a moment and then disappears.” human skill and effort
It cannot be immortal. He surprised the world by successfully performing the first heart transplant.
Dunn cardiologist Dr. Bernard has died of a heart attack. James Fook's jogging craze
who caused it. Jogging is the cure for all ailments, and introduced as the best way to stay healthy.
At the age of 52, he collapsed and died while jogging. people develop skills
He prays for various countermeasures, but this does not mean that a person cannot live forever.
But, realizing that we are a life of ignorance of tomorrow, we take a humble attitude toward God.
If you do, you will know the things to come that God has revealed through the Bible. Jesus Gri
Of the beautiful and glorious things that all who believe will experience in connection with the Second Coming of Christ.
you will find out You will also learn about life in the glorious and glorious heaven.
Second, we must not brag about our work tomorrow.
In the Old Testament, the book of Proverbs says, "Do not boast about tomorrow; see what will happen in one day.
is unknown” (Proverbs 27:1). The saying not to brag about tomorrow is not true in the Lord.
Not boasting, but boasting from narcissistic humanistic gratification.
Today's text says: “Listen, say among you, today or tomorrow,
You who say that Lee will go to any city and stay there for a year, trade and see it, tomorrow
You do not know what is your life? It is a mist that appears for a moment and then disappears.
Rather, it would be said, If the Lord wills, we will live and do this and that” (James 4:1).
3~15). A person who designs tomorrow while always thinking about God's will and God's permission
should be
Third, opportunities do not always exist, so you should make the most of today's opportunities.
For unbelievers, today is the best opportunity to receive salvation by believing in Jesus Christ. which
advised to come. The man responded favorably, but he attached a clue. next week
There is a party in the house, so you said that you would go to church and listen to the word the next Sunday.
All. But on the promised Sunday, he did not appear in the church. The reason is that the feast day
Because he died in an accident caused by eating wrong. The pastor said that he had a favor
I blamed myself for failing to preach the gospel and lead me to make a decision, and I took this as a great lesson.
said to have been
No one knows what will happen tomorrow. “…Behold, now is the acceptable time; behold, now is the time of salvation
It is the day” (2 Corinthians 6:2). Today is the opportunity to be saved. How many people
You may lose the opportunity forever by putting it off until tomorrow.
There are also people who have missed the opportunity to be saved because of their greed for material things.
I did. Judas Iscariot was one of Jesus' disciples and he walked with Jesus for three and a half years.
I have seen the wonders and miracles of Jesus, and I have heard the gracious words of Jesus.
is. He had a chance to be saved every day for three and a half years, but he was not saved. magnetism
In order to achieve certain goals and plans of his own, he stole offerings. As a result,
He even sold Jesus Christ for thirty pieces of silver, and in the end he committed suicide by hanging himself. water
Because his heart was full of greed for quality, there was no place for the Word of God to dwell.
Christians should not put off their dedication to the Lord's work until tomorrow. Christians are the last
When you are judged, you will be judged with a reward. “For we must all be judged by Christ.
appearing before the generations, so that each one may receive according to what he has done in his body, whether good or bad” (2 Corinthians 5:10).
I did. Jesus said, "Behold, I am coming soon, and my reward is with me, each
I will repay him according to what he has done” (Revelation 22:12).
There are words written in detail about the superior judgment and the spirit judgment. "If anyone has gold or silver
If you build it on this foundation with sand, precious stones, wood, grass, or straw, each of you will show off your work.
This work will be revealed, and it will be revealed by fire, and the fire will test each man's work.
If anyone's work that he has built on it remains, he will receive a reward, and whoever's work is not
If it burns, it will hurt him, but he himself will be saved, as if in fire” (1 Corinthians 3:1).
2-15) said.
For the saints, each day in this world can be worked to receive praise and reward before the Lord.
is a valuable opportunity. "Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, do not be shaken,
Be more diligent in your work, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord."
Ecclesiastes 15:58). Do not waste the time given to the saints, but consider today the eternal value and meaning
It should be made into a production day.
Fourth, we must live our day with satisfaction and joy.
Only after losing the condition of happiness does one know that it was happiness. When you are healthy,
Not knowing the value of health, but only after losing health, do you realize the value of health, and after suffering tribulation,
You realize that an ordinary day was a happy day.
After the day 'today' passes, it does not come back. Nevertheless, we value 'today'
There are many times when we forget the meaning and its value. Even if you are in trouble today, live carefully
Open it up and you'll find that there are things that make you happy and content.
There is no happiness for those who put off until tomorrow to live with a happy and contented heart. because
Because the moment we live in is always today only. No one knows what will happen tomorrow. castle
They should live with joy and satisfaction with the heart that God has given them today.
is.
For each of us, 'tomorrow' may or may not exist, depending on God's permission.
All. It is beyond human authority. Disregarding God's permission and trusting yourself with 'tomorrow'
It is a mistake to think that it will come. We are a life where we do not know what will happen tomorrow.
We must always live with a humble attitude toward God.
Also, it is foolish to plan and design tomorrow while ignoring God. God's will
We must think of God and His permission, and we must also think about it tomorrow. Also, to know the meaning and value of today
ah must We should not waste the day God has given us as a golden opportunity. That
We must enjoy today and live contentedly and joyfully.
In this way, may you become saints who live wisely today of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Bless you by name.