JAMES 4:(7)-10 - FAITH CHANGED HUMILITY

Faith Changed Humility!

INTRO: Responding to GOD.

PS: Faith changes the way we RESPOND to GOD… Our Submission is not just seen in Knowing and thinking correctly about GOD and the world. It is seen in how we respond to all the Wordly things in our lives, by relentlessly bringing them to GOD, laying them at HIS feet and seeking HIS way and the Greatest Way for our lives!

OUTLINE: SUBMIT TO GOD (Looks like this)

James 4:7–10 ESV

7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8 Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. 9 Be wretched and mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom. 10 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.

ONE: RESIST the Devil!

James 4:7–10 ESV

7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8 Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. 9 Be wretched and mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom. 10 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.

Pt. See the 2nd part… Once you resist, HE will Flee!

Exp. Temptation in the Wilderness! Quote Scripture, Live it, and watch your temptation and sin flee!

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TWO: DRAW NEAR to GOD!

James 4:7–10 ESV

7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8 Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. 9 Be wretched and mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom. 10 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.

Pt. Look at the promise! HE will respond to you, GOD will draw near to you! HE will not leave you there alone! Amen! Come to JESUS in the midst of your hardest times and HE will always be there to receive you!

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THREE: Be cleansed!

James 4:7–10 ESV

7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8 Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. 9 Be wretched and mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom. 10 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.

Pt. Get rid of whatever you are doing or thinking that is drawing you away from GOD… seek to have ONE MIND, in all things!

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CROSS-REF: If your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off!

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FOUR: Be Miserable

James 4:7–10 ESV

7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8 Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. 9 Be wretched and mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom. 10 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.

Pt. Be Wretched, mourn, weep, look at your sin & take it seriously. FIGHT Against your flesh… Don’t live in misery or in the sin that drives you to it… RATHER, let your misery, drive you to JESUS!

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FIVE: Humble Yourself

James 4:7–10 ESV

7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8 Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. 9 Be wretched and mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom. 10 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.

Pt. Take all your failure, sin & shame and trust GOD with it, to do with it, what only GOD can do!

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RESULT: GOD Exalts

James 4:7–10 ESV

7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8 Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. 9 Be wretched and mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom. 10 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.

Pt. GOD will Exalt you, in HIS time… wait for HIM!

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RECAP:

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