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INTRO
Been brought low, faced with the accusation of “adulteress” and unfaithful to God, BUT GOD OFFERS GRACE, REDEMPTION
Question: What will you do?
Would you admit it?
Are you humble enough to accept what God says?
READ: James 4:7-10
Faith, true faith, drives Humble Repentance
(If not real interested in being a disciple, this message will bore you)
Repentance - defined, and direction is crucial
1) Submit to God (What’s in a word, hupotasso?)
Opposite of “oppose” - word used of government, church to Christ, marriage (wives, yeah, Christians, oh yeah!)
Quarrels?
Turn to God first
Double-minded?
Get focused on God
Conflicts?
Check relationship with God
POINT: Make up your mind, submission to God
POINT: Prov.
3: 34 and here - you need, need humility to enjoy God’s grace
Repent - because relationship with God is awesome, not because you got scolded or for want of some superficial benefit - most won’t repent, it’s to much to ask
2) Resist Devil
Active resistance
Resistance is actually one of best attacks for believer (with Word, in Eph. 6)
Complacency with God is actually submission to devil)
REM: “friend of world” - resisting God, that is friend of world
Envy?
Selfish?
Conflicts?
Devil is right there
3) Draw Near to God (a positive command, to move us)
ILLUST: Triangle - draw, explain, been to Grand Canyon? Can;t understand the scale unless you have been there.
Can’t grasp amazing God, unless you know Him!
How it works: Draw near to God => resist Satan => by necessity you are moving nearer to God ---- You are going one direction or the other, thus the word “repent” - trying to do both?
double-minded
BIG IDEA: PRAYER - Believer goes to God in prayer, ready to hear His will, for service
Then the believer goes from that encounter to actually perform His will, to serve
Wash hands?
- external, used to illustrate proper action
Purify heart?
- internal attitude
Believers are to help edify each other, bring them to God (like Grand Canyon)
Rhetorical: How can you do this with a wrong attitude and sinful actions?
4) Be Transformed By God (Rom.
12:2)
Let God’s Word attack the inner self that needs to die
When evil desire is acknowledged and attacked, then transformation occurs
James: grieve, mourn what is wrong (like the prophets did)
Like JESUS did! (BASIC) - He wept over Jerusalem
God’s Word exposes the truth (can be tough, but great!)
Transformation is NOT an external show, but a true change
Reverse your thinking - what they laughed about, they should have mourned
Where they found joy, they should have felt remorse (looking to world for ultimate pleasure and satisfaction)
ASIDE: “Woe” is a funeral dirge - if this world is your ultimate source of peace and joy, you are spiritually dead - Jesus said that, not me
Laughter in OT was mark of the fool
5) Humble Yourself Before God (Inclusio, same idea as “submit”)
Humility elevates the believer
Do this now, instead of waiting to be humbled by Jesus later for your pride which rejects Him
Life live of worship, realizing God’s very presence
Overall: our job is not to convince others, but rather to truly relate to God
Then they’ll see, then they’ll let us take them to the “edge of the canyon”
RESPOND - GIVE IN - SUBMIT - WORSHIP!
CLOSE - CHALLENGE
Root out where you are resisting God - and humble self, find repentant heart, and submit, surrender - Never too late - today
Recognize your spiritual poverty without Christ - then choose to look to Him, not world
REM - James knows: Christ’s return is imminent, he has a clear idea of end times
Repent and willingly confess now, or humbly and against-your-will confess later
Boast in Christ - He WILL exalt you - through humble submission to God
DO THIS: Turn in the direction of God (up that triangle) - KEEP GOING!
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