From James 5

Money can our heart or the world.

Discern the of Riches:

1. of the .

📖 James 5:1 (ESV) Come now, you rich, weep and howl for the miseries that are coming upon you.

📖 Proverbs 18:11 (ESV) A rich man’s wealth is his strong city, and like a high wall in his imagination.

comes from .

📖 Deuteronomy 8:17-18 (ESV) Beware lest you say in your heart, ‘My power and the might of my hand have gotten me this wealth.’ 18 You shall remember the LORD your God, for it is he who gives you power to get wealth, that he may confirm his covenant that he swore to your fathers, as it is this day.

2. of the .

📖 James 5:2 (ESV) Your riches have rotted and your garments are moth-eaten. 3 Your gold and silver have corroded, and their corrosion will be evidence against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have laid up treasure in the last days.

📖 Proverbs 23:4-5 (ESV) Do not toil to acquire wealth; be discerning enough to desist. When your eyes light on it, it is gone, for suddenly it sprouts wings, flying like an eagle toward heaven.

📖 James 5:3 (ESV) their corrosion will be evidence against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have laid up treasure in the last days.

3. of the . 

📖 James 5:4 (ESV) Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, are crying out against you, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts. 

📖 Leviticus 19:13 (ESV) You shall not oppress your neighbor or rob him. The wages of a hired worker shall not remain with you all night until the morning.

📖 Jeremiah 22:13 (ESV) Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness, and his upper rooms by injustice, who makes his neighbor serve him for nothing and does not give him his wages.

📖 Proverbs 22:22-23 (ESV) Do not rob the poor, because he is poor, or crush the afflicted at the gate, for the Lord will plead their cause and rob of life those who rob them.

Practice the use of money:

📖 James 5:7a (ESV) Be patient, therefore…

1. invest over .

📖 James 5:7 (ESV) Be patient, therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient about it, until it receives the early and the late rains.

📖 Proverbs 13:11 (ESV) Wealth gained hastily will dwindle, but whoever gathers little by little will increase it.

Every time I get , I take a .

📖 Luke 16:9 (ESV) And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of unrighteous wealth, so that when it fails they may receive you into the eternal dwellings.

2. Prioritize over .

📖 James 5:8 (ESV) You also, be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand.

📖 Luke 16:10–11 (ESV) “One who is faithful in a very little is also faithful in much, and one who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much. 11 If then you have not been faithful in the unrighteous wealth, who will entrust to you the true riches?

Money doesn’t who you are—it who you are. 

📖 Proverbs 22:1 (ESV) A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches, and favor is better than silver or gold.

3. Pursue . 

📖 James 5:9 (ESV) Do not grumble against one another, brothers, so that you may not be judged; behold, the Judge is standing at the door.

4. through .

📖 James 5:10–11 (ESV) As an example of suffering and patience, brothers, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. 11 Behold, we consider those blessed who remained steadfast. You have heard of the steadfastness of Job, and you have seen the purpose of the Lord, how the Lord is compassionate and merciful.

Sermon in a sentence:

Money can the heart or God’s work—don’t let it you; use it to make an impact.

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