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We're going to *continue* teaching on the *book of James*.
So let's *pick up right were left off last week* *with James chapter 4*.
*I) **James 4:1*.
*A) **James starts off this section*, *like he does* so many times, *with a question*.
*1) **He asks the question*, *"What causes the fights and quarrels among you?"*
*2) **He then answers that question* *in the same verse* *by saying*, *"It's the lust or desire for pleasure within you."*
*B) **James 4:2*.
*1) **James says that the people he's writing to* *LUST*, *KILL*, *COVET*, *FIGHT* *AND* *QUARREL* *to receive*, *but they don't receive* *because they don't ask*.
*2) **When he says*, *"They don't receive because they don't ask,"* *he's not saying* *that* *they would have their sensual or sinful desires fulfilled* *if they just asked God.*
*a) **James clarifies *what he's saying *in* the *next verse*.
*3) **James 4:3*.
*a) **The correct way for a Christian to have his legitimate needs met is by asking God.*
*b) **But* *ONE reason* *why a believer does not receive* *when he asks* *is that he asks with the wrong motives*.
*4) **Apparently they were asking for money* *so that they can spend it on their own lust and sinful pleasures*.
*II) **James 4:4-5*.
*A) **In this verse* *he's not so much saying* *that they were literally involved in adulterous relationships* (*sex outside marriage*).
*1) **He's talking more about spiritual adultery*.
*2) **You and I have been joined to Christ*.
*In a spiritual sense we're married to Him*.
*a) **But if you join yourself to the sinful ways of the world* *then you're committing spiritual adultery*.
*b) **And* *if you're joined to the worlds sinful ways of doing things* *then your enemy of God*.
*B) *All right let's go on to *James 4:6*.
*1) **When this verse says*, *"God resisteth the proud,"* *the Word* *"RESISTETH"* *means*, *"TO DO BATTLE AGAINST."*
*a) **Pride is a very dangerous thing* in a believer's life.
*James says that* *"GOD WILL DO BATTLE AGAINST* *OR BE AT WAR WITH THOSE WHO ARE PRIDEFUL."*
*b) **In* *(Proverbs 16:18)* *it says, "Pride goeth before destruction."*
*c) **And in* *(Proverbs 29:23)* *it says, "A man's pride shall bring him low."*
*2) **But James goes on to say in (James 4:6), "But God giveth grace to the humble."*
*a) **The reward to the humble* *is God's Grace* *and that is* *God's power*, *God's might*, *God's ability*, *and* *God's anointing*.
*b) **When a believer truly walks in humility* (*the act of being humble*) *he has available to him all of heaven's power and all of God's blessings and promises*.
*III) **James 4:7*.
*A) **1st of all* *James tells us to* *"Summit unto God."*
The Word *"SUMMIT"* in that verse *means* *"TO RENDER OBEDIENCE."*
*1) **This is a commitment* *that the Lord is asking of us*: *that we would walk in obedience to Him* *and to His Word*.
*2) **In the last half* *of this verse* *James says, "Resist the Devil and he will flee from you."*
*a) **Before the Devil flees from you* *there are 2 things* *mentioned* *that we have to do 1st.*
*(i) **That's how some Christians messed up in their Christian walk*.
*They don't put 1st things 1st*.
*(ii) **They want the end result* *without following the prerequisite*.
*b) **James tells us in this verse* *1st of all, "Summit to God*." *2nd he says*, *"Resist the Devil."*
*Then and only then*, *will the devil flee*.
*3) **When James uses the Word* *"RESIST"* *in verse 7*, the *Word resist* *means*, *"TAKE A STAND AGAINST."*
*a) **The Devil isn't going to flee* *just because you want him to*.
*(i) **James says you have to deliberately take a stand against him*, *without giving him anymore ground*.
*(ii) **And* *resist all of his works*.
*b) **When you're obedient to the Word* of God *that's when you start to reap the promises* from the Word.
*(i) **If you submit yourself to God* *and* *resist the enemy* *and* *his works*, *then the Devil and his demonic beings* *has to flee from you*.
*(ii) **When we're free* *from the demonic influence*, *then we can truly experience victory in our lives*.
*B) **James 4:8*.
*1) **In this verse* *he tells us to draw nigh unto God*.
*a) *But *in this same verse* *he tells us to "Cleanse our hands and purify our hearts."*
*(i) **"CLEANSE"* *and* *"PURIFY"* *refers to* the *Jewish ceremonial cleansing*.
*b) **If we want to come into the presence of God*, *we have to make sure that we're right with Him*.
*(i) **Before we come to the Lord*, *we should ask the Lord to forgive us of our sins* *and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.*
*2) **James also says* in this *verse "Draw nigh unto God and he will draw nigh unto you."*
*a) **If we want more of God in our lives* *we have to draw nigh unto Him*.
*b) **And we do that* *by spending time in* *prayer*, *reading is Word*, *and* *by setting time aside to praise Him* *and* *worship Him*.
*c) **When we do* *we open the door* *for God to move in every area* *of our lives.*
W. O. L. C. C. Thursday, April 23, 1998
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