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*Lesson 9: Live out your faith-** **Are you living out your faith daily?-

James 5:1-20*

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*JAMES 5: 1-20*

/ \\ *Chapter 5*/

/1 //Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.

//2 //Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.

//3 //Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire.

Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.

//4 //Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.

//5// Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.

//6// Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you.

//7// Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord.

Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.

//8// Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.

//9 //Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.

//10 //Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience.

//11 //Behold, we count them happy which endure.

Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.

//12// But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.

//13// Is any among you afflicted?

let him pray.

Is any merry?

let him sing psalms.

//14// Is any sick among you?

let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: //15// And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.

//16 //Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed.

The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much//.

17 //Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months.

//18 //And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.

//19 //Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him; //20// Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins./

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!! 1.    Selfish Rich People Will Be Punished.

- James 5:1-6

 

/1 //Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.

//2 //Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.

//3 //Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire.

Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.//

4 //Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.

//5 //Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.

//6// Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist yo//u//./

*a)      **The rich are called to weep and howl for the miseries to come upon them*.

– James 5:1-3

Ø  A Call to listen up! -This denotes to pay heed to my words.

Ø  They are begin weeping and howling for the miseries that was coming their way.

–v.1

§  /Weep/- To weep was a graphic way to present one’s case.

§  /Howl/- It was cry of total despair, utter hopelessness.

§  /Miseries/- A state of prolonged suffering and hardship.

A state of spiritual, physical or mental suffering.

It is a wretchedness, unhappiness, gloom, dejection state.

It is a feeling of intense unhappiness.

Ø  Their riches are corrupted.

–v.2

Ø  Their garments are moth-eaten.

–v.2

Ø  Their gold and silver are corroded.

–v.3

§  Which will be a witness against them.

§  Which will eat their flesh like fire.

§  They have heaped up treasure in the last days.

*b)     **The reasons for God's anger against the rich.

*–  A list of sins of the rich man.

- James 5:4-6

God does not oppose wealth.

God opposes the misuse of wealth, in its acquisition and in its misuse.

James is not proclaiming the worthlessness of the rich but rather the worthlessness of the riches themselves.

God gives us opportunities to be stewards of what he provides for us.

Each opportunity to be a good steward is a test for us to measure your self against scripture and see if you are being true to God's calling for you.

If you are putting your trust in your money rather than in God, then James is speaking directly to you regardless of how much wealth he has provided for you.

He recognizes the sin of the wealthy against the poor.

*The New Testament prejudice against the wealthy is based upon four major sins:*

Ø  They have heaped up treasure in the last days.

They hoarded their resources greedily.–v.3

Ø  They have take advantage of the laborers who mowed their fields.-

v.4

§  Keeping back wages owed them.

–v.4

§  The cries of the reapers have been heard by the Lord of Sabaoth (Hosts).

–v.4

Ø  They have lived in pleasure and luxury, fattening their hearts in a day of slaughter.

–v.5

Ø  They have condemned and murdered the just who does not  resist them.

–v.6

        !! 2.    Be Patient.

- A call for patience.-

James 5:7-11

/7// Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord.

Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.

//8// Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.

//9 //Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.

//10 //Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience.

//11 //Behold, we count them happy which endure.

Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy./

·      *A call for patience.*

- How to response to the rich.*-

*James 5:7-11

*Be patient literally means "long-tempered," and is the opposite of "short-tempered."

It denotes an attitude of self-restraint which keeps a person from a hasty retaliation.

It is to long suffering with people.

It is to have a long fuse, not a short one.

It is to be persistent, to refuse to give up."*