Scripture: 1 Peter 5:8, Ephesians 5:11, Romans 12:2, James 4:7, 1 Thessalonians 5:22 (view more) (view less) Denomination: Charismatic Four Seasons Of Life Part 2 Series James 4:7-10 (1977-78) The following text is taken from a sermon preached by Gil Rugh, Senior Pastor at Indian Hills Community Church in Lincoln, NE. 7Submit yourselves, then, to God. Draw nigh to God. Unbelievers are unable to submit to God’s law, because they are unwilling to do so. Ten commandments for James' audience. Submit to God (James 4:7-10) We come to Another installment of James. 9 Appreciate your wretchedness, and weep for it in misery. I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety. (b) What does it mean to “oppose the Devil”? “The idea is that God loves men with such a passion that he cannot bear any other love within the hearts of men.” (Barclay) Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. Resist the devil, r and he will flee from you. James drives at our hypocrisy by calling us "double-minded." Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 9 But if you j show partiality, you are committing sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors. (James 4:8-9). Barnes's James 4:8 Bible Commentary Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you - Compare 2 Chronicles 15:2. James wipes the smiles off their faces: "You sinners, cleanse your hands. It’s interesting that this word appears only in the book of James (James 1:8; 4:8). It is the law that is above all laws. You double-minded purify your hearts. The first two commands are related to God and the devil: 1) … Be miserable and mourn and weep! Bible Language English. James 4:9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. James agrees with the many passages in the Old Testament that tell us God is a jealous God (Deuteronomy 32:16 and 32:21; Exodus 20:5 and 34:14; Zechariah 8:2). James 4:7–8 7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. The Biblical Illustrator. Intro - James has sternly rebuked his readers for their friendship with the world in … Read Introduction to James “Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. 8. James 4:7–8 7 Submit yourselves, then, to God. James 4:7-8. I. To grasp the full meaning of this word, it is best to understand how it is used within its context. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded. Psalms 4:7-8 KJV Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased. THE DUTY here required of us by the apostle principally implies a life of prayer and devotedness to God, as contrasted with the careless indifference or the dull formality of nominal or pretended Christians. whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God. An illustration of its meaning in the second clause is found in Job 19:21, where it answers to the English “have pity on me.” Cleanse your hands, ye sinners …] Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. At one … James 3:13-4:3; James 4:7-8. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.”. Delay not, delay not, O sinner, draw near. James 4:8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Jehovah has limited what they can do to us. James had in mind actual murder and the gamut of sins (hate, anger, bitterness), leading up to it. 8 The nearer you go to God, the nearer God will come to you. 10 Humble yourselves before the Lord and he will lift you up. James 4:2 "Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not." To "submit oneself" (hupotassō) means to come into voluntary obedience to … James 4:8. In Titus 2:12, Paul writes of the grace of God training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, that is, to deny what the self desires.Self-denial requires genuine humility in submission, or it is merely a counterfeit. And it tells us how we ought to live. “If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God” ()James has used an illustration of two sources in his discussion of the divisiveness of the tongue (James 3:10-12).Now he wants to get to the heart of the matter. James 4:7-8 NIV. Cancel. It tells us what God commands us to do. The former sense is prominent in the LXX. James 4:7-10. James 4:7-10 Resolving Conflicts God's Way - Steven Cole; James 4:8-10 Drawing Near to God, Pt. Your laughter must be turned to grief, your happiness to gloom. f Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. The truth is a superabundant supply of grace (Jas 4:6); the response is an obedient walk with God, itemized in Jas 4:7, 8, 9. use of the verb employed by St James, as in Hosea 12:6, where in the English we have “ wait on thy God continually,” and Psalm 119:169. Let your laughter be turned to grieving, and your joy to gloom. This is the law of the *kingdom of God. When we are trying to pursue God and pursue our passions and desires we are the double-minded person that James is addressing. Draw nigh to God. Clean your hands, you sinners, and clear your minds, you waverers. Version. 8Come near to God and he will come near to you. Come near to God and he will come near to you. Prepare Ahead: Be sure to have enough candies for your children. James 4:7-10. * The meaning of this saying is difficult because the author of James cites, probably from memory, a passage that is not in any extant manuscript of the Bible. Note again that we have the same construction as in verses 7 and 8, paratactic in Hebrew, or hypotactic in Greek and English, meaning: "If you humble yourselves before the Lord, He will lift you up." 4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? James 4:7 Context. James 4:8 (NIV) It is interesting that the Greek word δίψυχος (lit. Scripture: James 4:7 “Submit yourselves, then, to God.” Focus: When we trust God and give Him our all He blesses and cares us. This declaration contains a great and important principle in religion. Indeed, James is very straight-forward in his reproof, for like John he knows that sin causes an unbridgeable barrier between a Christian and the Lord, which calls for humble confession and a purified heart, and so, he thunders: Cleanse your hands you sinners, … You will need one individual candy and then one small baggie filled with four or five candies for each child. On the thought see Matthew 18:4; 23:12; Luke 14:11; and Philippians 2:8-9. I Like the World A In our Bible reading James talks to those who are double-minded (James 4:8). Posted November 07, 2014. The great king is either God or the *Lord Jesus. CHRISTIAN WISDOM. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.” Beginning with verse seven, James reels off 10 commands in a machinegun like fashion.. “Kill”, here meaning murder, is the ultimate result of thwarted desires. The waters of life are now flowing for thee; No price is demanded, the Savior is here; Redemption is purchased, salvation is free. 5 Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy? NIV: New International Version . See the note on James 1:8, for the signification of double-minded. It is royal because of its nature and it comes from the great king. Submit yourselves therefore to God. There is a double relation in these attitudes – first, “I submit,”; then, “I resist.” He spoke of the problem of our double-minded attitude in James 1:8. In these two verses, James calls the Christian to live a life submitted to God, resistant to the devil, and that ever draws near to the One who draws near to us. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Ten commandments for you and ten commandments for me. two-souled, double-minded) is used in both James 1:8 and James 4:8 since in both occurrences of the word, the same thought is … Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Verse 8 continues ten commands to believers. 6 But he giveth more grace. But because of the fall, as Paul explains (Rom. Read Introduction to James “Therefore submit to God. James 4:7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. 4 But we do not need to be afraid of Satan and his demons. 2 - John MacArthur; SINNERS CALLED TO DRAW NEAR TO THE MOST HOLY GOD! Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble. In chapter 1 James says some Christians are double-minded when it comes to prayer (James 1:8). The concept of self-denial is at the heart of Paul's teaching on submission to God: We have died with Christ and must sacrifice our lives for Him. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Having reprimanded them for this, James tells them, "God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble" (James 4:6). Verse 8 James now writes about the royal law. Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. 9Grieve, mourn and wail. A church had a new minister and it was quite clear that his teaching was making an impact on the congregation. (a) What is Satan unable to do? James 4:10 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up. The text has been edited and condensed by IHCC staff for use as a Bible Study aid. If there is any word I could use to describe James, I think that would be sin. In Titus 2:12, Paul writes of the grace of God training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, that is, to deny what the self desires.Self-denial requires genuine humility in submission, or it is merely a counterfeit. 8:7), the mind set on the flesh “is hostile toward God; for it does not subject itself to the law of God, for it is not even able to do so.” (Subject is the same Greek word as submit in James 4:7.) Submit yourselves, then, to God. 8 If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, i “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well. This verse gives us the two polar opposite attitudes we are to have toward two opposing persons. James 4:7-10. 4, 5. (4:7-10) James takes the words of his quotation from Proverbs 3:34 (resist/oppose, proud/humble) and uses them in an exhortation: 1. 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