Daniel Wood: James 4:1-10
(15 July 2018)
SERMON NOTES: WAGING THE WRONG KIND OF WAR (James 4:1-10)
- The Situation : Sinful Strife (4:1-3)
- Anger & Murder: Matt 5:21,22
- Asking & Receiving: Matt 7:7-11
- The Lord’s Prayer: Matt 6:7-13
- “Spending freely”: Luke 15:14
2. The Seduction of Worldly Wisdom (4:4-6)
- The adulteress: Prov 30:20
- Ideal friendship: 1 Sam 18:1-6; 20:35-42
4:5 ESV “… He yearns jealously over the spirit that he has made ot dwell in us..”; HCSB: “…. the Spirit who lives in us years jealously…”; Calvin/Owen: “Doth the Spirit who dwells in us lust to envy?”
3. The Solution for Sinners (4:7-10)
A call to repentance
God raises the humble: James 1:9; Psalm 145:14