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DOUBLE MINDED

INTRODUCTION:

COMING UP IN THE 60’S THERE WAS A COMMERCIAL THAT SAID THE MIND IS A TERRIBLE THING TO WASTE.

THE CHURCH HAS TWO SETS OF PEOPLE, ONE THAT WILL LIVE FOR THE LORD, AND OTHER’S WHO LIVE FOR THE LORD AND THE WORLD.

JAMES SAYS THOSE WHO LIVE FOR THE LORD AND THE WORLD ARE DOUBLE MINDED AND IS UNSTABLE IN ALL HIS WAYS.

WHAT CAUSES A PERSON TO BE DOUBLE MINDED?

THEY HEART.

THEY THOUGHTS.

THEY WAYS.

JAMES 1:8 “A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.”

A. THEY HEARTS:

FIRST LET’S EXAMINE WHY IT BEGINS WITH THE HEART.

THE HEART IS WHERE THE ISSUES OF LIFE IS.

IF NOT PROPERLY HANDLE , YOUR HEART WILL BECOME DOUBLE.

MEANING YOU WILL HAVE A HEART FOR THE LORD AND A HEART FOR THE WORLD.

YOU CAN’T LOVE TWO THINGS AT THE SAME TIME AND EXPECT TO BE STABLE.

BECAUSE YOU GOING TO LOVE ONE AND HATE THE OTHER.

WHAT MAKE YOU UNSTABLE IN YOUR HEART IS WHEN YOUR HEART SHOWS NO LOYALTY TO GOD.

A DOUBLE HEART WILL SAY ONE THING AND DO THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT BEEN SAID.

YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU, BUT WITHIN A YEAR YOUR HEART BROKEN. ONLY TO FIND OUT THAT SOMEONE ELSE WAS TOLD THE SAME THING.

JAMES 4:8 “Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.”

B. THEY THOUGHTS.

WHAT WILL CAUSE A PERSON THOUGHTS TO BE DOUBLE MINDED?

DOUBT, A PERSON WHO IS UNCERTAIN IN HIS CHOICES AND BELIEFS.

THIS PERSON OPERATES IN UNBELIEF.

WHEN THINGS ARE GOING RIGHT IN THERE LIVES THEY WILL BELIEVE EVERYTHING THAT GOD CAN DO FOR THEM.

BUT SOON AS A STORM COMES INTO THERE LIVES , THEY FAITH BEGIN TO WAVER.

THIS IS WHEN UNBELIEF ENTERS IN THE MINDS OF PEOPLE.

NOTICE I DID NOT PUT EMPHASES ON WHAT GROUP OF PEOPLE, BECAUSE A SAINT AND A SINNER STRUGGLE WITH UNBELIEF.

WHEN THE MIND IS UNSTABLE YOUR PERCEPTION IS UNCLEAR. YOUR FOCUS IS WAY OFF, BECAUSE YOU DON’T HAVE THE ABILITY TO KEEP YOUR EYE ON THE LORD, BECAUSE YOU ARE DOUBLE MINDED.

BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THINGS FROM A SINGLE EYE, YOU WILL AVOID BEING DOUBLE MINDED.

MANY OF US HAVE PUT OURSELVES IN DANGEROUS SITUATIONS, BECAUSE WE HAD TO TAKE THAT SECOND LOOK.

A DOUBLE MINDED PERSON DON’T RECEIVE ANYTHING FROM THE LORD BECAUSE WHEN HE OR SHE ASK, THEY DON’T REALLY BELIEVE THEY ARE GOING TO RECEIVE IT.

MARK 11:25 “And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.”

C. THEY WAYS.

THE UNSTABLE HAPPEN IN A PERSON LIFE IS WHEN THEY TRIES TO LIVE INDEPENDENT OUTSIDE OF THE WILL OF GOD.

THEY WANT TO DO THINGS THEY OWN WAY.

HOW MANY OF US HAS DONE THINGS OUR OWN WAY, ONLY TO FIND OUT IT WAS THE WRONG WAY.

WHEN JESUS SAID I AM THE WAY THE TRUTH, AND THE LIFE: NO MAN COMETH UNTO THE FATHER, BUT BY ME.

WE LIVE IN A TIME WHERE PEOPLE ARE NOT COMMITTED TO ANYTHING OR ANYONE.

YOUR WAY WILL ROB YOU OF DOING IT’S GOD WAY.

WHEN YOU LEAN TO YOUR OWN UNDERSTANDING, YOU’RE TELLING GOD I KNOW WHAT I AM DOING.

THE PROBLEM WITH DOUBLE MINDED PEOPLE THEY TRY TO THINK FOR THEMSELVES AND THINK FOR GOD AT THE SAME TIME.

GOD’S THOUGHTS ARE NOT LIKE YOUR THOUGHTS AND HIS WAYS ARE NOT LIKE YOUR WAYS.

GOD’S WAYS ARE LIFE AND TRUTH AND IN ORDER FOR YOU TO RECEIVE IT, YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE IT.

LUKE 9:62 “And Jesus said unto him, No man having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.”

WHEN YOU LOOK BACK YOU DOING IT YOUR WAY AND TURNING FROM THE WAY OF GOD.