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James 4: 4-10 Submit yourself to God - pt 1
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This morning is part 1 of 2 on You Are the Bride of Christ
There are 3 things we are going to talk about today:
The Rebuke
The Problem
The Solution
(4) You adulterous people, don’t you know that friendship with the world means enmity against God? Therefore, anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God. (5) Or do you think Scripture says without reason that he jealously longs for the spirit he has caused to dwell in us?
(6) But he gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says:
“God opposes the proud but shows favor to the humble.”
(7) Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. (8) Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. (9) Grieve, mourn and wail. Change your laughter to mourning and your joy to gloom. (10) Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.
The rebuke - We are committing adultery against God, okay This is bad and we are not his friend.
The problem - We are the Bride of Christ and we are acting like prostitutes and enemies of God.
The solution - We must HUMBLE ourselves - Draw near to God, and resist the devil by RESISTing the World.
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