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WELCOME: Elder Higgins Reflections Group Thursdays @ 7:30 pm
Reflections Church Service
July 10th, 2022
Pastor Straker
“FAN THE FLAME"
2 Timothy 1:1 - 7
To keep the fire going you got to fan the flame
Once lit by the Holy Spirit you don’t have to be relit
Our spirit is still a glowing ember it just needs the wind of God to set our spiritual lives ablaze
You can’t force anyone to fan their won flame.
We need to be @ full flame because the devil is @ full foolishness at all times
Though God gives us the gift of the Holy Spirit, He’s not responsible for maintaining it.
Things that quench the flame of God:
Indifference
Busy - prioritizing other things over the things of God
Unforgiveness
Things that rekindle the flame of God:
The Word of God
The love of God
The Spirit of God
Icebreaker:
James 2:1 - 4
Practicing discrimination is one of the ways we become stained by the world (1:27) especially living in America.
James has some choice words for his readers about showing partiality: “Do no show favoritism”.
Doctrine wasn’t this group’s problem: they had faith in our Lord, but it wasn’t affecting how they related to others.
To discriminate against people is to make a value judgement based on unbiblical criteria (such as race, class, or culture) and act inappropriately toward them.
Regardless of the motivation for the favoritism whether race, class, education, gender, or culture - we cannot blame society our our upbringing for this tendency that James calls “evil.”
Understand: we’re not talking about discrimination between right and wrong based on God’s Word.
We’re talking about discrimination where God shows no partiality - looking at the outside to determine a person’s worth.
James 2:5 - 9
When asked about the greatest commandment, Jesus said the law has two sides to it: Love God and love your neighbor (Matthew 22:34-40).
You cannot claim to love God while you hate your brother (1 John 4:20).
But if you show favoritism, you don’t merely do something socially unacceptable you commit sin (2:9).
James 2:14 - 17
Indulging the sin of discrimination is but one example of living in contradiction to the faith you profess.
James wants his readers to know that it’s possible for a believer to have a useless faith - one that’s devoid of good works.
He asks, “What good is it?”
(2:16) to claim to have faith but no works?
Some people think James is contradicting Paul, who said, “A person is justified by faith apart from the works of the law” (Roman 3:28).
But James and Paul aren’t talking about the same thing.
Paul is talking about how a sinner becomes a saint.
James is talking about how a saint brings heaven to earth.
You cannot merit salvation; it is received by grace through faith in Christ alone (Ephesians 2:8 -9)
Our sanctification, however, requires that our faith express itself in works.
(You shortchange your experience with God, if you don’t do good works once you’re saved)
James 2:18 - 20
If you want to understand the strength of your faith, look at what you do.
In the Hall of Faith of Hebrews 11, the author repeatedly accomplished “by faith.”
Belief was demonstrated by what they did.
[Abraham, Rahab]
James 2:26
The faith of a believer can atrophy, and we can become orthodox corpses unless our faith is put to work.
[You don’t support ministry, you don’t look to serve, you don’t meet at our appointed times, bible study, locker room, Sunday services, then you want God to do stuff for you.
James let’s you know in chapter 1 you can’t come with doubt, or as we said both a world, and biblical perspective, and expect God to answer you.
(James 1:7-8) Where is your priority]
Prayer:
Announcements:
July assignment: Apply the How to Read the Bible series to the letters to Timothy
Confirm that Ian and his family are attending service on July 17th, and I propose we eat out together
RG Outing (Tentative date Saturday August 20th, 2022)
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