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The Source of True Religion is Holy Spirit Filling
What makes a car go?
If I ask a child, they may say, pushing the pedal, or turning the wheel, or spinning the tires makes the car go.
My 6 year old answered that it was the engine and ‘gas’ that makes the car go.
But if you ask someone who works on cars all the time, what makes a car go?
They’ll understand that it’s much more complicated than that.
You need fuel and a perfectly timed spark to create the combustion pressure necessary to push the pistons at the proper rate to move the gear with enough torque to rotate the tires.
What makes a Christian do good things?
What gives Christians the power to live out true religion?
We’ve been studying True Religion from the Book of James for a few months.
We’ve
This book is filled with commands.
Do this.
Don’t do this.
Each one is helping us understand what it looks like to more closely align with what he calls ‘true or pure religion’
count it all joy & remain steadfast under trial
remain steadfast under trial
be quick to hear, slow to speak, and be slow to get angry, unselfish in love
persevere
control your tongue
visit widows and orphans
navigating life’s storms with wisdom from above
our words reflect our heart and should be used for good
ask God for wisdom
...and on and on it goes
and on and on it goes
That makes James immensely practical, because it’s very clear what he’s calling us to do.
However, Christians may look at this list and think, there’s no way.
I cant do all of this.
I’m failing in so many of these areas.
But before we get depressed that God will never love us because we are constantly missing the mark, or just throw in the towel completely because its just too overwhelming (does God really expect us to live like this??)
remember, what saves us?
- the word of God is able to save us - the Gospel - which the Spirit of Christ uses to make us alive in Christ.
- the word of God is able to save us - the Gospel - which the Spirit of Christ uses to make us alive in Christ.
Don’t miss one of the most important parts of what James is saying
Doing all these good things does not - - cannot save you.
If you are saved, you will do these things.
As followers of Jesus our goal is not to earn our salvation, but to work it out—to act in a way that pleases God.
Now like the car that in incapable of going without the combustion of fuel and spark, a person is unable to live a life of true religion without the fulness of the Holy Spirit.
The Source of True Religion is the filling of the Spirit
...work out your own salvation with fear and trembling, 13 for it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure.
He gives both the ability and the desire.
They come from God.
If you look at the insert, you can see the list of expectations in James, and I think we can group them into three categories.
Keep unstained from the world
Love your neighbor
Draw near to God
As you look at the list, you may notice how similar these things are to Paul’s list of the fruit of the Spirit from .
While the main point in James is that ‘faith works’, we can’t get too far away from remembering that all of these good things are energized by the Spirit.
Only the working of the Spirit in your life can enable you to remain unstained from the world, to truly love your neighbor, and to draw near to God.
work out your own salvation with fear and trembling, 13 for it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure.
So lets look at these three areas and see how they connect with the power of the Spirit
As Christians, we want our lives to be what God wants them to be.
We’ve submitted ourselves to God in faith.
He is our creator and king.
So we worship him and obey him.
Keep ourselves Unstained from the world
Love our neighbors
Draw near to our God
I. Remain Unstained from the World
When James gives these commands, he offers the reason to do them or the solution to them
Count it all joy 1:2
for - you know something 1:3 - you know that steadfastness works in you to make you what God designed you to be.
These trials turn you into the image of Christ…they sanctify you.
That’s the Spirit’s work.
JOY
You trust him in trials, and he fills your heart with a steady assurance that God is good and is in charge.
remains steadfast under trail 1:12
for - God blesses him.
He receives this crown of life - eternal blessing to dwell with God.
this faithfulness comes from the Spirit.
to endure even the darkest of times.
Slow to get angry 1:19
for - the anger of man doesn’t produce the righteousness of God
but patience is evidence of the Spirit working in your life
Control your tongue 1:26
if you think you know God, but don’t control your tongue, that kind of religion doesn’t have the power to save you.
It is not connected to the Spirit’s power.
When you walk in the Spirit, you have self-control
This does not mean you’ll be perfect or that you will never say something you shouldn’t say.
It does mean you will be constantly submitting your language to God…not just because kids are around, but because you want to be pure before God.
4:11-12
Don’t be cursing people based on who they are or how they act.
Rather speak no evil against them at all - because then you’re not obeying the very law you think you’re delivering.
You’re trying to condemn those that aren’t following the law, and the law will condemn you.
Speak no evil against another 4:11- because then you’re not obeying the law, you’re trying to adjudicate the law.
You’re trying to condemn those that aren’t following the law, and the law will condemn you.
Rather, if you’re filled with the Spirit - when you encounter people who mistreat you, or sin against you, or are living terrible lives, you don’t curse them, rather you’re full of the fruits of gentleness and kindness.
Keep your word 5:12
so that you may not fall into condemnation
People controlled by the Spirit are faithful to their word because they have eternity in mind.
so that you may be healed
when the Spirit fills us up, we make peace with each other, confessing when we’ve wronged someone.
Now James sets the stakes incredibly high here.
IF you live this way you will receive the crown of life.
IF your faith acts this way, you will be blessed by God and live with him.
If you have a faith that works, you will be saved.
BUT if you don’t.
If your faith doesn’t exhibit these fruits of the Spirit, you have no reason to be confident in your profession of faith.
The faith you think you have isn’t sourced in God himself.
if your faith is fueled by God, you’ll live this way
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