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James 1:18-20
“In the exercise of His will He brought us forth by the word of truth, so that we would be a kind of first fruits among His creatures.
This you know, my beloved brethren.
But everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger; for the anger of man does not achieve the righteousness of God.”
성경전서 개역개정판 (1장)
18 그가 그 피조물 중에 우리로 한 첫 열매가 되게 하시려고 자기의 뜻을 따라 진리의 말씀으로 우리를 낳으셨느니라
19 내 사랑하는 형제들아 너희가 알지니 사람마다 듣기는 속히 하고 말하기는 더디 하며 성내기도 더디 하라
20 사람이 성내는 것이 하나님의 의를 이루지 못함이라
1. INTRODUCTION
a.
When we think about the topic of an unhealthy church, we are not talking about a certain church.
We are not talking about Valley Bible Church, but rather, believers who make up a church.
It can be about people in our church.
It can even be about our church.
I am sure there are some overlap.
But the point I wanted to preach on is to help us understand that if we see these things even at our church, we must be quick to fix these things.
b.
Now how does this sermon apply to us? Well the big thing I want everyone to think about is, what is our church’s identity?
(신분) What that means is more personally is, what is our foundation?
What is the foundation that brings everyone in this church together?
We all know it is Christ, but do we practically, is it true?
Do we rejoice in what Christ has done and is doing in our lives?
Do we share that practically?
If we don’t, we have to question our identity.
How is Christ working in your life?
We must know our identity.
2. BODY
a.
The church doesn't know its identity (1:18)
i. Verse 16 gives us the context for what we must consider.
If the church is to know its identity, it must understand that we must not be deceived.
What will Satan try to deceive the church?
Through trials and tribulations in verse 2, God is not tempting us as James writes in verse 14.
Through these trials, God is not evil verse 17, but rather, building perseverance in us verse 3-4.
ii.
And when you doubt and struggle to see what God is doing in your life when you struggle, James tells us in verse 5-6 go to God in prayer and seek Him.
If we lack wisdom, if we are struggling to understand God’s goodness in all the events of our life, ask God.
Seek Him.
This is why James echoes this sentiment again in James 4:8 by saying draw near to God and He will draw near to you.
In James 4:7, it gives us the context.
Resist the devil, because he will try to deceive you.
He will try to tempt you and cause you to not trust in God.
iii.
Satan always tries to deceive God’s people through trials to tell us one thing.
Satan tries to tell us that God is absent or that this trial is too great for God to help us.
But in the words of James in 1:17, every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above.
You see, every good thing, everything that helps us to grow is from God.
iv.
I think about it in terms of food.
If you know, all the foods that taste good are usually bad for you.
And all the foods that taste bad, are good for you.
So when we think about every good thing, all our struggles, are good for us.
Why?
Why are struggles good for us?
Because it helps us to see what we are standing on.
It helps us to see what is our anchor.
Trials are the best things to gauge in our lives who we are submitting ourselves to.
v. Well this context help us to see what James is writing in verse 18.
We must understand verse 17 correctly to understand verse 18. Verse 17 is big because it speaks of God’s goodness and faithfulness.
God is the father of lights, which speaks of God and the stars are alike.
Every night, when we look up in the sky, we can see the stars in the universe.
If we look up into space, we know that there are billions of stars.
God is the creator of all these stars.
And although they are constant and always there, they change unlike God.
Even through the stars constancy, there are variations.
But with God, He is constant and never changing.
He is always good.
He does all things perfectly.
vi.
With this in mind, in verse 18, James writes in the exercise of His will.
According to His will, this helps us understand the church’s identity.
If we forget this phrase, it helps us understand a big problem in the church.
In the same time, we must understand that people’s struggles are real.
They are an actual thing.
At the same time, we must reflect and think about who God is.
vii.
According to His will is important to understand not only in verse 17, but in contrast to verse 14-16.
Standing opposite the unplanned pregnancy and birth of sin in 1:14–15 is the deliberate and intentional reproductive activity of God in 1:18: it is “according to his purpose.”
This sets the foundation for the life of the church.
When we forget about this, we deter from God’s footprint of the church.
viii.
This is the clearest sign of an unhealthy Church.
You see, practically speaking, I think most churches will say we believe in God’s will.
Every church says we preach the Gospel, we teach the Bible.
But what happens.
The problem is not in our statements.
The problem lies in our practical application of that.
What do I mean?
Well, let’s think about our church.
Is it strange for us to talk about what God is doing in our lives?
Do we share the things that God is doing in our lives?
How intentional are we speaking about God in the lives of others?
I am not saying that we must talk about God all the time.
What I am saying is, do we feel comfortable about talking about God with others?
Do we feel comfortable sharing with others how God is working in our lives?
ix.
God brought us forth by the word of truth, through His Gospel, according to His will not so that we can remain dead in our sins.
He brought us forth to give us our identity.
He brought us forth to help us see how God has saved us and to share with others how God is working in our lives.
This is what the church is supposed to do.
We are supposed to share how God is working in our lives.
We are supposed to glory and worship God through how He is working in other people’s lives.
The way we glorify God is hearing how God is working in our lives.
We were not saved with no identity.
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