James 4:1-81From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members? 2Ye 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.
3Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts. 4Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God. 5Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy? 6But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble. 7Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
James 4:1 NLT
What is causing the quarrels and fights among you? Isn’t it the whole army of evil desires at war within you?
Why We Don’t Have Peace
Peace TAKERS.
a. SELFISHNESS
James 4:1 (Message)
Where do you think all these appalling wars and quarrels come from? Do you think they just happen? Think again. They come about because you want your own way, and fight for it deep inside yourselves.
James 4:1
1From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?
James 4:1
1From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?
How Selfishness is Exposed
- Self Love
- Self Pity
- Self Righteousness
- Self Will
- Selfish Pleasure
JEALOUSY
James 4:2a
Ye lust, and have not:
Song of Solomon 8:6b
…love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave:
James 4:2 NLT
You are jealous for what others have, and you can’t possess it, so you fight and quarrel to take it away from them.
PRAYERLESSNESS
James 4:2c
2Ye 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.
James 4:2
2Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain:
James 4:3
3Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
WORLDLINESS
James 4:4
4Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
James 4:4 Message
4You’re cheating on God. If all you want is your own way, flirting with the world every chance you get, you end up enemies of God and his way.
James 4:5
5Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?
PRIDE
James 4:6a
God resisteth the proud,
The Peace MAKERS.
HUMILITY
James 4:6b
but giveth grace unto the humble.
OBEDIENCE
James 4:7
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
REPENTANCE
James 4:8-11
8Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded. 9Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.