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James 5
2 Illustrations on pride and arrogance = worldliness - business men and the rich
None but the lonely Heart - Cary Grant plays Ernie Mott = if money talks, all it ever says to me is good-bye!
The people James talks about here in chapter 5 money did not say goodbye but instead they became rich through unhealthy means and ultimately it backfired on them.
they reaped what they sowed.
he did not say it was a sin to be rich
It is what and how you use those riches is what he condemns them for.
It matters how you get your wealth - Amos thundered a message against the wealthy upper crust who robbed the poor and used their stolen wealth for selfish luxuries.
How did they come by their wealth?
held back wages (v4) - Matt.
20:1-16, gives us an idea of th system
THOU SHALL NOT STEAL
controlling the courts v. 6
God’s court system
condemned
They stored it up
They stored it up (v.
3).
Of course, there is nothing sinful about saving.
“For the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children” (2 Cor.
12:14).
“But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel” (1 Tim.
5:8).
“Then you ought to have put my money in the bank, and on my arrival I would have received my money back with interest” (Matt.
25:27, NASB).
But it is wrong to store up wealth when you owe money to your employees.
These rich men were hoarding grain, gold, and garments.
They thought that they were rich because they had these possessions.
Instead of laying up treasures in heaven by using their wealth for God’s glory (Matt.
6:19ff), they were selfishly guarding it for their own security and pleasure.
Not more than ten years after James wrote this letter, Jerusalem fell to the Romans, and all this accumulated wealth was taken.
What did Jesus mean by “laying up treasures in heaven”?
Did He mean we should “sell everything and give to the poor” as He instructed the rich young ruler?
I think not.
He spoke that way to the rich ruler because covetousness was the young man’s besetting sin, and Jesus wanted to expose it.
To lay up treasures in heaven means to use all that we have as stewards of God’s wealth.
You and I may possess many things, but we do not own them.
God is the Owner of everything, and we are His stewards.
What we possess and use are merely things, apart from the will of God.
When we yield to His will and use what He gives us to serve Him, then things become treasures and we are investing in eternity.
What we do on earth is recorded in heaven, and God keeps the books and pays the interest.
What a tragedy it is to see people “heap up treasures for the last days” instead of “laying up treasures in heaven.”
The Bible does not discourage saving, or even investing; but it does condemn hoarding.
kept others from benefiting from it
they lived in luxury v. 5
their riches will vanish
riches erode character v. 3 eaten from the inside
they will be judged accordingly
think of all they good they could have done with their wealth
Where is your treasure stored heaven or wealth...
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