James 5:1-6 Materialism

James 5:1-6 Materialism

Two part passage A question of faith A call to repentance

A Question of Faith 1 Come now, you rich, weep and howl for the miseries that are coming upon you. 2 Your riches have rotted and your garments are moth-eaten. 3 Your gold and silver have corroded, and their corrosion will be evidence against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have laid up treasure in the last days. Who is James speaking to? Believers (James 4: 13, 5:7)

Believers “Come now, you who say,…” James 4:3 “Be patient, therefore, brothers,…” James 5:7

A Question of Faith 1 Come now, you rich, weep and howl for the miseries that are coming upon you. 2 Your riches have rotted and your garments are moth-eaten. 3 Your gold and silver have corroded, and their corrosion will be evidence against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have laid up treasure in the last days. Who is James speaking to? Believers (James 4: 13, 5:7) Misery?

Misery

Misery

A Question of Faith 1 Come now, you rich, weep and howl for the miseries that are coming upon you. 2 Your riches have rotted and your garments are moth-eaten. 3 Your gold and silver have corroded, and their corrosion will be evidence against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have laid up treasure in the last days. Who is James speaking to? Believers (James 4: 13, 5:7) What is James trying to say? Matthew 6:19-21

James is recollecting Jesus 19 “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, 20 but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. Matthew 6:19-21, ESV

A Question of Faith 1 Come now, you rich, weep and howl for the miseries that are coming upon you. 2 Your riches have rotted and your garments are moth-eaten. 3 Your gold and silver have corroded, and their corrosion will be evidence against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have laid up treasure in the last days. Who is James speaking to? Believers (James 4: 13, 5:7) What is James trying to say? Matthew 6:19-21 Gold & Silver corrode? Garments moth eaten?

Gold, Silver and Clothes

A Question of Faith 1 Come now, you rich, weep and howl for the miseries that are coming upon you. 2 Your riches have rotted and your garments are moth-eaten. 3 Your gold and silver have corroded, and their corrosion will be evidence against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have laid up treasure in the last days. Who is James speaking to? Believers (James 4: 13, 5:7) What is James trying to say? Matthew 6:19-21 Gold & Silver corrode? Garments moth eaten? Acts 1:10-11

God’s Promise: The Last Days 10 And while they were gazing into heaven as he went, behold, two men stood by them in white robes, 11 and said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven.” Acts 1:10-11, ESV

Four Options from the Jihadists: Jihadists have taken over your hometown. You have 48 hours to choose from Four Options Four Options from the Jihadists: Convert Immediately to Islam – and stay alive Pay an exorbitant tax – and stay alive (until no more money) Leave immediately – take nothing with you – just start walking Die – by beheading, hanging, burned alive or thrown off a building (more choices to come).

The Ground of our Faith 10 And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, “Now the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Christ have come, for the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down, who accuses them day and night before our God. 11 And they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they loved not their lives even unto death. 12 Therefore, rejoice, O heavens and you who dwell in them! But woe to you, O earth and sea, for the devil has come down to you in great wrath, because he knows that his time is short!”

Two part passage A question of faith A call to repentance Misery Degradation Faith in the last days A call to repentance

Call to Repentance Your Neighbor 4 Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, are crying out against you, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts. (James 5:4, ESV) Your Neighbor

Call to Repentance 4 Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, are crying out against you, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts. (James 5:4, ESV) 23 So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, 24 leave your gift there before the altar and go. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift. Matthew 5:23-24 (ESV)

Call to Repentance Your Lifestyle 5 You have lived on the earth in luxury and in self- indulgence. You have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter. James 5:5, ESV Your Lifestyle

Call to Repentance 5 You have lived on the earth in luxury and in self-indulgence. You have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter. (James 5:5, ESV) 16 And he told them a parable, saying, “The land of a rich man produced plentifully, 17 and he thought to himself, ‘What shall I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?’ 18 And he said, ‘I will do this: I will tear down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. 19 And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry.”’ 20 But God said to him, ‘Fool! This night your soul is required of you, and the things you have prepared, whose will they be?’21 So is the one who lays up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God.” Luke 12:16-21

Call to Repentance 6 You have condemned and murdered the righteous person. He does not resist you. James 5:6, ESV 6 You have condemned and murdered innocent men, who were not opposing you. James 5:6, NIV 1984 6 You have condemned and murdered the innocent one, who was not opposing you. James 5:6, NIV 2011

Call to Repentance Your Lord 6 You have condemned and murdered the righteous person. He does not resist you. James 5:6, ESV Your Lord

Two part passage A question of faith A call to repentance Your Neighbor Your Lifestyle Your Lord

Call to Repentance Your Lord 6 You have condemned and murdered the righteous person. He does not resist you. Your Lord