Getting Close To God

Part 9
James 4:7-10
His presence produces progress.

James 4:7-10
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded. Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. 10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.

Getting Close to God begins with SALVATION

Getting Close to God involves
An UNCONVENTIONAL PRIVILEGE 

James 4:8
Draw nigh to God…

Getting Close to God involves
An UNSPEAKABLE POWER

James 4:8
Draw nighTO GOD, and he will draw nigh to you.

Getting Close to God involves
An UNCHANGING PLAN 

James 4:8
Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye SINNERS; and purify your hearts, ye DOUBLE MINDED.

7 Characteristics of the Great Awakening Preaching

  1. They taught the supremacy of the Holy Scripture. 
  2. They preached the total corruption of human nature. 
  3. They taught that Christ’s death upon the cross was the only satisfaction for man’s sin. 
  4. They preached the doctrine of justification by faith. 
  5. They taught the universal necessity of heart conversion and new creation by the Holy Spirit.
  6. They spoke of God’s eternal hatred against sin and of God’s love for sinners. 
  7. They preached that there was an inseparable connection between true faith and personal holiness. 

Getting Close to God involves
An UNBEARABLE PAIN

James 4:8
Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning,  and your joy to heaviness.

Getting Close to God involves
An UNMISTAKABLE PROVISION 

James 4:10
10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.

Getting Close to God involves
An UNBREAKABLE PROMISE

James 4:10
10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and HE SHALL lift you up.

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