Warning To The Rich
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· 3 viewsBeing blessed by God with money is not a bad thing. God wants to bless us abundantly. The struggle comes from how it was earned. How it was used, and what happens to the money if it is not earned in a godly way.
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James 5:1-6
James 5:1-6
The New King James Version (Chapter 5)
5 Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you! 2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten. 3 Your gold and silver are corroded, and their corrosion will be a witness against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have heaped up treasure in the last days. 4 Indeed the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, cry out; and the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth. 5 You have lived on the earth in pleasure and luxury; you have fattened your hearts as in a day of slaughter. 6 You have condemned, you have murdered the just; he does not resist you.
I. The Way The Rich Got Their Wealth.
Holding Back Wages (v. 4).
Controlling The Courts (v. 6).
II. The Way The Rich Used Their Wealth (5:3-5).
They stored it up (v. 3).
They kept others from benefiting from it (v. 4).
They lived in luxury (v. 5).
III. What Their Riches Will Do (5:1-4).
Riches will vanish (vv. 2-3a).
Misused riches erodes character (v. 3).
Judgment is a certainty (vv. 3, 5).
The loss of a precious opportunity (v.3).