James 5:1-11
Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you. 2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
3 Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.
4 Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.
5 Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter. 6 Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you.
7 Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.
8 Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh. 9 Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door. 10 Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience. 11 Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
- Chapter 1– Our Walk
- Chapter 2– Our Works
- Chapter 3– Our Words/Wisdom
- Chapter 4- WAR VS Peace
- Chapter 5- Our Wealth
Following the Evidence
An OBVIOUS CRIME
James 5:4
4 Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.
James 5:6a
6 Ye have condemned and killed the just;… and he doth not resist you.
James 5:6b
6 Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you.
AN OVERT CONCERN with Wealth
James 5:1a
1Go to now, YE rich men…weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
1 Timothy 6:10
10For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
OBSERVING the CORROSION of Dishonest Wealth
James 5:2
2Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
James 5:3a
3Your gold and silver is cankered;…
and the rust of them shall be a witness against you…
The Painful CONSEQUENCE of Dishonest Wealth
James 5:3… and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.
A Word of hope and help for the Christian
James 5:7-11
7 Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain. 8 Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.
9 Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.
10 Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience. 11 Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.