1 00:00:00,600 --> 00:00:03,680 This is City Post Church. We're about three things. 2 00:00:03,960 --> 00:00:07,680 Build equipped and send all under the Lordship. 3 00:00:07,680 --> 00:00:11,000 Of Jesus Christ, a small church plant in Fort Worth, TX. 4 00:00:11,080 --> 00:00:13,320 Who decided to do things a little differently? 5 00:00:14,080 --> 00:00:18,480 Adoramos ayesu cristo. I love City Post because of the 6 00:00:18,480 --> 00:00:20,480 people. It's where I belong. 7 00:00:20,640 --> 00:00:23,640 We truly preach the word. I love City Post because of the 8 00:00:23,640 --> 00:00:25,000 community we've been able to build. 9 00:00:25,240 --> 00:00:28,720 To do ministry like Jesus. For light to push back darkness. 10 00:00:30,080 --> 00:00:40,310 This is City Post podcast and we're going to be in the book of 11 00:00:40,310 --> 00:00:43,910 James today for the book of James. 12 00:00:43,910 --> 00:00:48,950 And before we dive into the text and before I start talking about 13 00:00:48,990 --> 00:00:53,750 rappers, let's pray. Father, we thank you for this 14 00:00:53,750 --> 00:00:55,950 time. Thank you for this wonderful 15 00:00:55,950 --> 00:00:59,710 time of worship for thank you for this worship team or such a 16 00:00:59,710 --> 00:01:02,960 blessing to this church. So Lord, I pray that you help us 17 00:01:02,960 --> 00:01:06,480 to pay attention to your word. God, there's so many great 18 00:01:06,480 --> 00:01:11,040 things happening and receive. So just help us to focus in and 19 00:01:11,040 --> 00:01:14,640 dial into these short few moments that we have together. 20 00:01:14,960 --> 00:01:19,080 Help to see Christ and Lord, I pray for myself, Father, that 21 00:01:19,080 --> 00:01:23,880 you help me to to to teach your work or you know the same things 22 00:01:23,880 --> 00:01:27,080 that you want me to say the name of the crowd states to be man 23 00:01:28,040 --> 00:01:31,800 Amen man. So I grew up, you know, I'm a, 24 00:01:31,960 --> 00:01:34,200 I'm a big hip hop fan. I love. 25 00:01:34,240 --> 00:01:39,880 Rap music more in the 90s than anything and maybe the 2000s and 26 00:01:39,880 --> 00:01:42,160 they just started started fading away a little bit. 27 00:01:43,040 --> 00:01:45,640 This fight rap, you know, it's not too much for me. 28 00:01:45,640 --> 00:01:49,680 I'm not the lyricist. I love listening to stories and, 29 00:01:50,560 --> 00:01:54,000 and, and one thing that I find fascinating when it comes to rap 30 00:01:54,000 --> 00:01:56,480 and hip hop is the way to deal with beef. 31 00:01:56,480 --> 00:01:58,040 All right, because they're not familiar. 32 00:01:58,040 --> 00:01:59,800 That's when two people don't get along. 33 00:01:59,800 --> 00:02:01,680 There's conflicts. In the room. 34 00:02:01,680 --> 00:02:04,760 So they, they, they kind of write things out and they go 35 00:02:04,760 --> 00:02:07,480 after each other. And if you look back to like 36 00:02:07,480 --> 00:02:12,680 maybe the late 70s in the 80s, you know, I'm just going to kind 37 00:02:12,680 --> 00:02:14,840 of, I have a few examples if that's what makes. 38 00:02:15,120 --> 00:02:17,320 How people dealt with these? Right. 39 00:02:17,320 --> 00:02:19,160 Is that cool? You're gonna still come back 40 00:02:19,160 --> 00:02:22,640 next Sunday, I promise. They had to PG verse, right? 41 00:02:22,640 --> 00:02:27,080 So, like Grandmaster Flash and the Furious 5, you know, go push 42 00:02:27,080 --> 00:02:31,560 me because I'm close to the I'm trying not to lose my head. 43 00:02:31,560 --> 00:02:34,240 All right, So when it came to be, that's kind of how they 44 00:02:34,280 --> 00:02:37,240 approached it. Then you got Public Enemy that 45 00:02:37,240 --> 00:02:40,600 said fighting the power, fight the power that be. 46 00:02:41,440 --> 00:02:44,280 But then you Fast forward and Tupac was a little picture the 47 00:02:44,280 --> 00:02:47,000 hell sucky all like let's do it right. 48 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:50,720 I mean Tupac comes in the picture and then Tupac says, you 49 00:02:50,720 --> 00:02:52,360 know, don't let West side ride tonight. 50 00:02:52,560 --> 00:02:54,680 Bad boy murdered on the wax and killed. 51 00:02:54,680 --> 00:02:58,240 Mess with me. Get your cat feel that means 52 00:02:58,240 --> 00:03:00,640 it's about to split your own. I mean, it's going to hurt. 53 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:05,920 Me all right, so then you you Fast forward one to the 90s and 54 00:03:05,920 --> 00:03:09,920 then you have sight to steal and sight to steal has a famous line 55 00:03:09,920 --> 00:03:14,560 and goes like here's something you can't understand how I can 56 00:03:14,560 --> 00:03:17,480 just there you go. We got one that's enough. 57 00:03:17,840 --> 00:03:21,080 But I can says chill a man right like that. 58 00:03:21,080 --> 00:03:24,080 That's something that's like the soap pushes how we deal with 59 00:03:24,080 --> 00:03:25,440 conflict. You already know. 60 00:03:25,920 --> 00:03:30,280 Then toward the late 90s, then you have this guy named Eminem 61 00:03:30,280 --> 00:03:34,400 that comes on the scene. And Eminem, he has one. 62 00:03:34,400 --> 00:03:37,160 Take a deep breath. Nowadays, everybody want to talk 63 00:03:37,160 --> 00:03:38,840 like they got something to say. When none comes out, I'm going 64 00:03:38,840 --> 00:03:40,200 to leave your lips just a bit. Your crib. 65 00:03:40,600 --> 00:03:42,280 Where y'all like 'cause they forgot about dragon? 66 00:03:43,200 --> 00:03:44,960 I saw like yes I can guess where it is. 67 00:03:45,640 --> 00:03:48,120 So I had to take it. Backwards out and then then 68 00:03:48,120 --> 00:03:52,240 after Eminem came out and then you have 50 right 50s album came 69 00:03:52,240 --> 00:03:55,600 out in the early 2000s. Then 50 came out with this song 70 00:03:55,800 --> 00:03:58,480 that said you say that you're a gangster but you're never caught 71 00:03:58,480 --> 00:04:00,800 lovely. You say that you're a wankster. 72 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:03,640 So you didn't stop fronting. Then goes and you ain't a friend 73 00:04:03,640 --> 00:04:05,160 of mine. You ain't going to kind of mine. 74 00:04:05,280 --> 00:04:08,320 What makes you think that one run up with my nine, You know 75 00:04:08,480 --> 00:04:12,560 SO50 the way he approaches it is is a little bit more impressive 76 00:04:13,160 --> 00:04:16,800 when it comes to conflict. Ice cube level ice cube, ice 77 00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:19,800 cube we go if you're scared, go to church. 78 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:23,280 That's right, right. If you're scared, good person, 79 00:04:23,280 --> 00:04:26,760 go to church and if you're facing person, go preserve. 80 00:04:27,440 --> 00:04:33,080 So that's his his rendition thing that for us right back got 81 00:04:33,160 --> 00:04:36,600 my back. All right, So that's how he 82 00:04:36,600 --> 00:04:39,840 deals with his confident. But now we can get to the 83 00:04:39,840 --> 00:04:43,200 littles like all these artists started coming out with like 84 00:04:43,200 --> 00:04:46,480 little. So yeah, Little John that says 85 00:04:46,480 --> 00:04:49,840 don't start those stuff. There you go. 86 00:04:49,960 --> 00:04:51,200 I was starting to painter, right? 87 00:04:51,360 --> 00:04:53,200 That's how he deals with conflict. 88 00:04:53,320 --> 00:04:56,240 Then you have a little scrappy that comes out after a little 89 00:04:56,240 --> 00:04:59,120 John and little scrappy says you don't want to be dead in the 90 00:04:59,120 --> 00:05:02,560 streets with a mouth full of blood is so full of heat, right? 91 00:05:02,840 --> 00:05:04,720 That's the swelling that comes out. 92 00:05:05,200 --> 00:05:08,320 And then after those scrap you have a wing and little Wing 93 00:05:08,320 --> 00:05:11,160 that's a famous wangler. Oh my gun in my mood 1st and I 94 00:05:11,160 --> 00:05:15,520 don't flap back. So that's all. 95 00:05:16,720 --> 00:05:19,560 So what the Wayne's saying is like, you're not even going to 96 00:05:19,560 --> 00:05:23,680 come with me with conflicts. I'm going to get you first and 97 00:05:23,680 --> 00:05:28,960 then the last guy I'm going to get all vertable Lil Jay AKA 98 00:05:28,960 --> 00:05:32,560 Jesus little bro bro and. What he says is what causes 99 00:05:32,560 --> 00:05:34,520 fights and quarrels among you. Look in the mirror and you'll 100 00:05:34,520 --> 00:05:39,440 see the truth. And that's what we're about to 101 00:05:39,440 --> 00:05:42,640 read right now. So James chapter 4. 102 00:05:43,760 --> 00:05:49,120 What's interesting about James chapter 4 is that James is 103 00:05:49,200 --> 00:05:53,240 Jesus's brother. He's going to address a problem 104 00:05:53,240 --> 00:05:57,000 inside of the church. What happens when Fight Club 105 00:05:57,000 --> 00:05:59,040 leads into brothers and sisters in the church. 106 00:05:59,040 --> 00:06:10,000 He got no, I don't clap back. So he's going to address how 107 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:15,800 like what happens when conflict, when fighting, when strife comes 108 00:06:15,880 --> 00:06:19,880 into the church for brothers and sisters who are are supposedly 109 00:06:19,880 --> 00:06:22,560 following Christ. This is a crazy text. 110 00:06:22,560 --> 00:06:25,000 Like when you read this and you're like, man, he's talking 111 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:28,120 to the church. Like this is some wild stuff. 112 00:06:28,360 --> 00:06:31,760 So James is going to address this and we're just going to 113 00:06:31,760 --> 00:06:34,440 jump into it. Point number one, what we're 114 00:06:34,440 --> 00:06:37,840 going to see right off the bat, the hardest problem is the 115 00:06:37,840 --> 00:06:43,240 problem with the heart period. And listen, when it comes to the 116 00:06:43,240 --> 00:06:46,560 church and I'm talking about believers, I'm talking about 117 00:06:46,560 --> 00:06:51,280 brothers and sisters in Christ. When conflict fighting strike 118 00:06:51,440 --> 00:06:55,240 with the Fight Club comes in to the body of Christ. 119 00:06:55,640 --> 00:06:59,520 What we need to realize is that the problem is not other people. 120 00:06:59,520 --> 00:07:03,360 The problem is you. The problem is our hearts. 121 00:07:04,040 --> 00:07:06,600 And what we're going to see in James chapter 4, the 1st 5 122 00:07:06,600 --> 00:07:10,400 verses, James is going to show us the conflict. 123 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:13,640 James is going to teach us like this is the conflict, what's 124 00:07:13,640 --> 00:07:16,040 wrong? But then six through 10, he's 125 00:07:16,040 --> 00:07:18,840 going to give us a cure. Hey, this is how we're going to 126 00:07:18,840 --> 00:07:19,880 fit. This is how this is how you're 127 00:07:19,880 --> 00:07:22,760 going to fit. Like this is what God does for 128 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:28,440 us, right? So the problem is not the 129 00:07:28,440 --> 00:07:31,600 problem's a heart problem. And then we've always seen that. 130 00:07:31,840 --> 00:07:35,360 So before we got into one more thing, chapter 3 in James and 131 00:07:35,360 --> 00:07:40,160 even in verse 18 of peace, the word peace is found twice at the 132 00:07:40,200 --> 00:07:43,240 end of chapter 3. And what's interesting is that 133 00:07:43,240 --> 00:07:48,560 chapter 4, what opens with is war, war and strive like that's 134 00:07:48,560 --> 00:07:51,400 found twice. But at the end of chapter 3 135 00:07:51,400 --> 00:07:53,800 talks about having wisdom of the world. 136 00:07:54,000 --> 00:07:56,680 When you have wisdom of the world, that's always going to 137 00:07:56,680 --> 00:07:59,240 create stride for the war in conflict. 138 00:07:59,240 --> 00:08:02,600 But when you have wisdom that comes from above, that's always 139 00:08:02,600 --> 00:08:06,040 going to bring peace. And James is just going to jump 140 00:08:06,040 --> 00:08:09,760 in and he's going to start to text and and verse one with a 141 00:08:09,760 --> 00:08:12,640 question and then he's going to answer it with the question, 142 00:08:13,240 --> 00:08:16,520 which that's what great like great teachers do. 143 00:08:16,760 --> 00:08:20,560 So verse one, what causes fights and quarrels among you? 144 00:08:21,120 --> 00:08:23,200 He's talking to believers in the church. 145 00:08:23,240 --> 00:08:25,160 What causes fights and quarrels among you? 146 00:08:25,320 --> 00:08:29,080 Don't they come from your desires, that battle inside of 147 00:08:29,120 --> 00:08:32,559 you or within you? What's he saying? 148 00:08:32,600 --> 00:08:34,600 Like we got to look at the words here. 149 00:08:34,880 --> 00:08:39,400 So he's using terms, say what causes fights and quarrels. 150 00:08:39,760 --> 00:08:42,600 I think a bank transition is conflicts and wars. 151 00:08:43,480 --> 00:08:46,080 It was saying that when brothers and sisters in Christ, when they 152 00:08:46,080 --> 00:08:50,080 fight, it could be healthy. Yeah, it could be rough, man. 153 00:08:50,080 --> 00:08:51,560 It could be. It could be hurtful. 154 00:08:51,600 --> 00:08:55,600 It can almost be like a war. Now when you look at the word he 155 00:08:55,600 --> 00:08:58,120 says don't they come from your desires? 156 00:08:58,480 --> 00:09:00,920 Now in remember that your testament is written in Greek. 157 00:09:01,160 --> 00:09:04,760 The word desire is where you get the root word for hidden. 158 00:09:05,400 --> 00:09:10,240 So what James is saying is like listen the problem is not it's 159 00:09:10,240 --> 00:09:12,280 your desires, it's your hedonism. 160 00:09:12,600 --> 00:09:16,240 It's this hidden this hidden philosophy that you have. 161 00:09:16,240 --> 00:09:18,160 So y'all like Ricky, what's hedonism? 162 00:09:18,440 --> 00:09:20,960 Well, I'm going to put the definition of because this is 163 00:09:20,960 --> 00:09:23,480 really important for us to understand as we continue to 164 00:09:23,480 --> 00:09:26,440 read the book of James. So what hedonism is, is the 165 00:09:26,440 --> 00:09:31,360 pleasure is that pleasure is the cheap goal and good of life, 166 00:09:32,520 --> 00:09:37,040 right? So you have this desire that 167 00:09:37,080 --> 00:09:43,680 that your goal in life is to be good and to seek pleasure with 168 00:09:43,680 --> 00:09:45,880 everything. What does that look like? 169 00:09:46,240 --> 00:09:50,000 Think about like my goals, my needs, my wants, myself, 170 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:53,400 satisfaction. Everything is about me. 171 00:09:53,520 --> 00:09:57,840 And I will do everything in this world to avoid the cost and to 172 00:09:57,840 --> 00:10:00,760 make sure that I find pleasure in everything. 173 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:02,920 So everything has to be about me. 174 00:10:03,120 --> 00:10:04,920 Everything has to be about my wants. 175 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:06,560 Everything has to be about my needs. 176 00:10:06,680 --> 00:10:11,240 And as long as I'm good, as long as I get what I want, then the 177 00:10:11,240 --> 00:10:13,440 world is good. But here's the problem. 178 00:10:13,440 --> 00:10:16,640 That's how when Jesus, Jesus says you must serve one another, 179 00:10:16,920 --> 00:10:20,280 the last shall be first. So what's happening is, why is 180 00:10:20,280 --> 00:10:23,000 there conflict in the church? Why are people fighting? 181 00:10:23,280 --> 00:10:27,160 It begins with the heart and the heart against what it wants. 182 00:10:28,240 --> 00:10:30,560 He's saying, like man, you want pleasure. 183 00:10:30,680 --> 00:10:35,160 And when you don't get what you want, then conflict arises and 184 00:10:35,160 --> 00:10:37,120 it begins to stir. In your life. 185 00:10:38,200 --> 00:10:40,400 You know, if you come to church, I'm just going to be real with 186 00:10:40,400 --> 00:10:42,640 you guys. If you come to church thinking 187 00:10:42,640 --> 00:10:45,440 that church is about networking and that you're going to get 188 00:10:45,440 --> 00:10:49,160 what you want, you're going to find a husband or a wife and 189 00:10:49,160 --> 00:10:50,800 that your kids are going to be great. 190 00:10:50,920 --> 00:10:54,760 And if you come to church with a consumeristic attitude, listen, 191 00:10:54,840 --> 00:10:58,520 you're humanistic. And what's going to happen is 192 00:10:58,520 --> 00:11:02,720 that when you don't get what you want, when your desires don't 193 00:11:02,720 --> 00:11:05,000 get mad, they're going to burst something. 194 00:11:06,680 --> 00:11:09,480 And we see this. We also got to understand that 195 00:11:09,480 --> 00:11:14,200 unity does not mean uniformity. The church is full of a group of 196 00:11:14,320 --> 00:11:18,000 a bunch of people who have different ways of thinking. 197 00:11:18,240 --> 00:11:22,320 They're different politically, They're different culinary ones. 198 00:11:22,320 --> 00:11:23,960 They have different likes of foods. 199 00:11:24,160 --> 00:11:26,600 Some people like pumpkin spice and some dumb. 200 00:11:30,160 --> 00:11:32,720 It doesn't mean we battle, doesn't mean we hate you. 201 00:11:33,560 --> 00:11:36,760 The beautiful thing about a church is that all these 202 00:11:36,920 --> 00:11:40,200 different cultures and races and even the way people see things, 203 00:11:40,520 --> 00:11:44,280 everybody comes together and the one unifying factors. 204 00:11:44,440 --> 00:11:47,200 Is the worship of Jesus the gospel? 205 00:11:47,640 --> 00:11:51,200 That's why we come together. That's and listen, if the gospel 206 00:11:51,200 --> 00:11:53,920 is not where you're about, then your desires are going to take 207 00:11:53,920 --> 00:11:56,200 over. And when you don't get what you 208 00:11:56,200 --> 00:12:00,560 want, you're not a battle conflict is going to come out. 209 00:12:00,920 --> 00:12:03,240 You're going to start making the visions at the church. 210 00:12:03,600 --> 00:12:05,120 You'll be. You're going to become better. 211 00:12:06,760 --> 00:12:09,480 And you're going to start spreading disunity in the body 212 00:12:09,480 --> 00:12:12,600 of Christ because your desires are not immense. 213 00:12:13,800 --> 00:12:17,960 And James is pointing this out a better way to say this is like 214 00:12:18,320 --> 00:12:21,600 this internal. War that you're going through is 215 00:12:21,600 --> 00:12:24,280 spilling out. It's impacting other people, 216 00:12:26,000 --> 00:12:28,040 right? So when you go to SeaWorld and 217 00:12:28,040 --> 00:12:34,600 Shamoon comes out of the water, it splashes and about 5 rows get 218 00:12:34,600 --> 00:12:38,200 soaked and all the kids are like yay. 219 00:12:38,200 --> 00:12:39,480 A lot of the creatures are like Rose. 220 00:12:39,480 --> 00:12:42,760 I got to be like this all day. I'm going to get rashes. 221 00:12:45,200 --> 00:12:47,480 This is not fun. But my socks are wet. 222 00:12:47,480 --> 00:12:52,080 Now what happened? Yeah, Shampoo did their trick, 223 00:12:52,080 --> 00:12:56,600 man, but you got impacted by it. And listen, for many of us, when 224 00:12:56,600 --> 00:13:00,400 we have conflict inside of us that it's going to war, yes, 225 00:13:00,560 --> 00:13:03,960 you're dealing with it, but others are getting splashed with 226 00:13:03,960 --> 00:13:06,640 your drama and you're getting hit with it. 227 00:13:06,640 --> 00:13:08,200 Yes, you're getting others with it. 228 00:13:08,480 --> 00:13:13,640 And you don't really see it. So something else I want to say 229 00:13:13,640 --> 00:13:16,000 about this, Understand this too, because a lot of people are 230 00:13:16,000 --> 00:13:18,480 like, well, it's in conflict in the bodies normally. 231 00:13:18,640 --> 00:13:21,720 No, it's not. That's not God's way of the sun. 232 00:13:22,640 --> 00:13:26,920 God did not design the church to to have discord. 233 00:13:27,320 --> 00:13:31,600 We see that in Jesus talks about this in John 1334. 234 00:13:33,240 --> 00:13:36,920 He talks about like if you read John 1334 and 35, a new command 235 00:13:36,920 --> 00:13:42,520 I give you love one another as I have loved you, so you must love 236 00:13:42,520 --> 00:13:45,880 one another. By this, everyone will know that 237 00:13:45,880 --> 00:13:50,640 you are my disciples if you love one another, regardless of what 238 00:13:50,640 --> 00:13:53,960 you think, regardless of a people act like we look like we 239 00:13:53,960 --> 00:13:57,840 are to love each other's. This unity is not normal. 240 00:13:57,960 --> 00:14:00,840 That's not normal and it needs to be addressed. 241 00:14:01,160 --> 00:14:03,960 Now what we're going to see next in verse 2 is the outcomes of 242 00:14:03,960 --> 00:14:05,840 that. So what happens when our 243 00:14:06,000 --> 00:14:10,200 desires, our even Mystic ways stir up and then we don't get 244 00:14:10,200 --> 00:14:12,320 what we want when we start getting upset? 245 00:14:12,320 --> 00:14:16,200 Look what happens in verse 2. You desire and you do not have. 246 00:14:16,200 --> 00:14:18,000 So what's the result? So you what? 247 00:14:18,400 --> 00:14:22,080 Kill, you kill, you cut there, but you could not get what you 248 00:14:22,080 --> 00:14:24,400 want. So you can quarrel and fight, 249 00:14:25,040 --> 00:14:28,600 and you do not have, because you do not ask God. 250 00:14:30,040 --> 00:14:34,800 So the resolve of your desire, he stirred up the result of not 251 00:14:34,800 --> 00:14:37,200 getting what you want. Like you don't meet your 252 00:14:37,200 --> 00:14:40,440 expectation of pleasure. Like man, like I'm mad about 253 00:14:40,440 --> 00:14:41,720 this and that. What is it? 254 00:14:42,040 --> 00:14:44,800 You the result of all that. Is kill. 255 00:14:45,320 --> 00:14:47,920 Now James uses this word. It's kind of sharp. 256 00:14:48,520 --> 00:14:51,160 He uses this to kind of stir the bottle a little bit. 257 00:14:51,720 --> 00:14:54,120 But this is the same teaching that Jesus gave in Matthew 258 00:14:54,120 --> 00:14:57,200 chapter 5, where he's like, yeah, you might not have killed 259 00:14:57,200 --> 00:14:59,800 anybody, but if if you kill your brother. 260 00:14:59,800 --> 00:15:03,040 In your mind, attempted murder, you kill some. 261 00:15:04,360 --> 00:15:06,200 So James is like men, and that's what happens. 262 00:15:06,200 --> 00:15:09,280 So your desires are not met, so you don't get what you want. 263 00:15:09,280 --> 00:15:11,160 What do you do? You start killing. 264 00:15:11,160 --> 00:15:14,720 You you start killing your character, you start killing 265 00:15:14,720 --> 00:15:18,040 your name, you start killing like when they want to do in 266 00:15:18,040 --> 00:15:20,200 life, you start going after them and. 267 00:15:20,240 --> 00:15:24,760 Then you do it with the intent of not getting what you want. 268 00:15:24,760 --> 00:15:27,000 Has nothing to do with the Kingdom, Has nothing to do with 269 00:15:27,000 --> 00:15:28,560 the gospel. Has everything to do with you. 270 00:15:30,200 --> 00:15:34,960 And James is calling it out right here and what happens is 271 00:15:34,960 --> 00:15:37,400 that look what happens next to you kill, right? 272 00:15:37,440 --> 00:15:40,400 You covet, but you cannot give what you want. 273 00:15:40,400 --> 00:15:44,240 So you world and fight almost like junker. 274 00:15:45,360 --> 00:15:48,080 Yeah, I found this thing of. Remember. 275 00:15:48,080 --> 00:15:52,240 Reading something like this when when Elena was a toddler. 276 00:15:52,640 --> 00:15:54,960 It's called toddler property laws. 277 00:15:54,960 --> 00:15:57,480 Just listen. Toddler if you have a little 278 00:15:57,480 --> 00:15:59,040 child. I mean this might ring a bell 279 00:15:59,040 --> 00:16:01,080 too. Toddler probably must divide 280 00:16:01,080 --> 00:16:03,720 lightning. It's mine if it's in my hand, 281 00:16:03,720 --> 00:16:05,840 it's mine. If I could take it from you, 282 00:16:05,840 --> 00:16:08,680 it's mine. If I had a little while ago, 283 00:16:08,960 --> 00:16:12,480 it's mine. If it's mine, you must appear to 284 00:16:12,480 --> 00:16:14,760 be yours in anyway. Can't do that. 285 00:16:15,320 --> 00:16:18,480 If I'm doing or building something, all the pieces are 286 00:16:18,480 --> 00:16:20,960 mine. If it looks just like mine, it's 287 00:16:20,960 --> 00:16:22,440 mine. I think it's mine. 288 00:16:22,440 --> 00:16:26,920 It's mine, hang out with a 2-3 year old. 289 00:16:27,120 --> 00:16:29,440 You'll find that true and listen, we do the same thing as 290 00:16:29,440 --> 00:16:33,720 with as no universe in Christ. We think that we own things like 291 00:16:33,760 --> 00:16:35,280 it. That belongs to me. 292 00:16:35,440 --> 00:16:37,400 It doesn't. That belongs to. 293 00:16:37,400 --> 00:16:42,840 Christ, you are a steward of what He is allowing you to use 294 00:16:42,840 --> 00:16:45,520 and receive. It's not yours, but our 295 00:16:45,520 --> 00:16:49,040 spiritual immaturity. We're like the toddlers, we want 296 00:16:49,040 --> 00:16:52,400 to hang on this stuff. And when God says no for the OR 297 00:16:52,400 --> 00:16:54,560 for the people of God say no, What are we doing? 298 00:16:54,560 --> 00:16:57,040 We throw tantrums and we're like, no, that's mine. 299 00:16:57,240 --> 00:16:59,680 I deserve it. And when you don't get it, you 300 00:16:59,680 --> 00:17:03,520 follow the pattern and it goes to you start to kill, you start 301 00:17:03,520 --> 00:17:05,960 talking. And then when you covet and you 302 00:17:05,960 --> 00:17:08,680 can't get what you want, you start to quarrel and you start 303 00:17:08,680 --> 00:17:12,480 fighting with people. Listen, anger and animosity lead 304 00:17:12,480 --> 00:17:16,920 to hatred and conflict. These emotions start stirring up 305 00:17:16,960 --> 00:17:18,760 in our hearts. Listen. 306 00:17:18,760 --> 00:17:23,359 The ultimate resolve, resolve all these, these desires and 307 00:17:23,560 --> 00:17:26,400 everything that's happened in our, in our, in our minds, in 308 00:17:26,400 --> 00:17:29,360 our hearts, the hatred, the anger, the bitterness, listen. 309 00:17:29,360 --> 00:17:32,280 The ultimate result is to fulfill them. 310 00:17:32,280 --> 00:17:34,840 His word. And we go after. 311 00:17:34,840 --> 00:17:36,720 People, and this is what? Causes it. 312 00:17:38,200 --> 00:17:41,120 But then look what he does. Look what James says. 313 00:17:41,120 --> 00:17:44,000 Also, you know the problem is not as a hedonistic heart. 314 00:17:44,720 --> 00:17:47,120 The problem is that you don't. Ask in verse 2. 315 00:17:47,120 --> 00:17:50,520 Again, of it you do not have, because you do not ask God 316 00:17:51,680 --> 00:17:54,920 what's He say. You don't pray and listen. 317 00:17:55,040 --> 00:17:57,160 A lack of prayer. Is a lack of. 318 00:17:57,160 --> 00:18:01,320 Relationship when you don't have a good prayer life. 319 00:18:01,360 --> 00:18:04,360 With your heavenly. Father, when you don't pray on 320 00:18:04,360 --> 00:18:07,480 your own, when you don't have constant communication, your 321 00:18:07,480 --> 00:18:11,680 relationship is is going to struggle with God. 322 00:18:12,160 --> 00:18:16,400 Prayer is really important. True joy keeps happiness, 323 00:18:16,680 --> 00:18:20,040 meaning hope. And fulfillment of life only 324 00:18:20,040 --> 00:18:24,480 comes from God and the truth is not believers don't ask for 325 00:18:24,480 --> 00:18:32,280 this, but people of God should be asking for this daily over 326 00:18:32,400 --> 00:18:38,920 and over again because not only refuse to submit to God and 327 00:18:39,280 --> 00:18:42,360 acknowledge here to fit. This man again. 328 00:18:42,360 --> 00:18:46,560 So what this does is when he talks about prayer and points 329 00:18:46,720 --> 00:18:50,760 the to the fertility of life. So if you live life for its 330 00:18:50,800 --> 00:18:55,400 pleasure, your life is not only full of conflict, your life is 331 00:18:55,400 --> 00:18:59,760 fundamentally unsatisfactory. So you're not just walking 332 00:18:59,760 --> 00:19:03,440 around mad and pissed off at the world about everything, starting 333 00:19:03,440 --> 00:19:07,000 troubles and fights and like just bumping into people. 334 00:19:07,160 --> 00:19:10,400 No, you just have an unsatisfied life. 335 00:19:10,600 --> 00:19:13,000 You're never going to be. You're not going to have a heart 336 00:19:13,000 --> 00:19:15,160 of joy. You're going to have moments of 337 00:19:15,160 --> 00:19:17,600 happiness, happiness, times and goals. 338 00:19:17,800 --> 00:19:24,360 But joy lasts forever, man. I am happy when I have a 16 339 00:19:24,360 --> 00:19:30,800 ounce thingy in my face, but once that thing is done what's 340 00:19:30,800 --> 00:19:35,000 sanity? I'm like, man, what if I go? 341 00:19:35,000 --> 00:19:37,800 Get this again. When is life going to hook it? 342 00:19:38,800 --> 00:19:44,520 Up it's like, oh, but. Joy only comes with a 343 00:19:44,520 --> 00:19:48,600 relationship in Christ. So we got to see joy. 344 00:19:48,800 --> 00:19:51,640 So what is James saying? He's like he's reminding us 345 00:19:51,800 --> 00:19:54,680 about the power of prayer. He's like, man, all these things 346 00:19:54,680 --> 00:19:57,520 are happening, but you don't ask Jesus for anything. 347 00:19:57,520 --> 00:20:01,280 You don't ask God. Now, now the. 348 00:20:01,280 --> 00:20:04,920 Plea doesn't verse three. He thumbs down because he's 349 00:20:04,920 --> 00:20:07,920 like, now check this out. You don't only not ask all 350 00:20:07,920 --> 00:20:13,200 right, but when you do ask, you do not receive because you ask 351 00:20:13,320 --> 00:20:17,520 with the wrong motives that you may spend what you get on your 352 00:20:17,880 --> 00:20:21,320 pleasures. The problem is a prayer is 353 00:20:21,360 --> 00:20:24,080 twofold. 1. You don't even ask. 354 00:20:24,680 --> 00:20:27,760 You don't even pray. Number 2 is when you do pray, 355 00:20:29,040 --> 00:20:32,720 you don't ask the right. You are praying for your own 356 00:20:32,720 --> 00:20:34,160 self. They're praying for your own 357 00:20:34,160 --> 00:20:36,520 pleasures. And listen, that is not the 358 00:20:36,520 --> 00:20:40,680 purpose of prayer. I will be done as it is in 359 00:20:40,680 --> 00:20:43,720 heaven because he's a point #2. I'm glad you tried him. 360 00:20:44,320 --> 00:20:46,440 Listen, point #2 is about prayer. 361 00:20:46,440 --> 00:20:50,560 Listen, purpose of prayer is that we align ourselves with the 362 00:20:50,560 --> 00:20:54,960 purposes of God. So when you pray, you don't, you 363 00:20:54,960 --> 00:20:57,440 don't pray. I see God like and I don't mean 364 00:20:57,440 --> 00:20:58,640 doing. This like Lord if I had a 365 00:20:58,760 --> 00:21:01,560 ranging Mustang? No, I don't understand. 366 00:21:01,760 --> 00:21:07,680 If I had a BMW Lord, I could serve you, but like if I got. 367 00:21:07,680 --> 00:21:08,720 Your car. It's my dreams. 368 00:21:08,720 --> 00:21:10,480 I'll be thinking of people. I'll bring them to church. 369 00:21:11,360 --> 00:21:16,120 I'll be going to car shows. Bringing the word man like I, I, 370 00:21:16,120 --> 00:21:18,120 I will use it for your. Glory. 371 00:21:18,240 --> 00:21:22,040 And God looks at that and he's like, man, those motives are way 372 00:21:22,040 --> 00:21:24,400 off. Because if I didn't. 373 00:21:24,400 --> 00:21:25,920 Get that to you. You wouldn't tip. 374 00:21:25,920 --> 00:21:30,840 So fast, it's not going to work. Listen, we do. 375 00:21:30,840 --> 00:21:34,400 That's just an example we do. This and Mike will we pray, 376 00:21:34,640 --> 00:21:38,880 seeking what we want. But the way Jesus teaches his 377 00:21:38,880 --> 00:21:42,920 disciples to pray as you pray, asking God that in days will be 378 00:21:42,920 --> 00:21:45,240 done. So when you pray, you ask God 379 00:21:45,400 --> 00:21:47,280 for things. But then it's always like, Lord, 380 00:21:47,640 --> 00:21:52,280 help what I need, help what I want, what is bothering me, Help 381 00:21:52,280 --> 00:21:57,960 it to align with your will. And when you pray in that light, 382 00:21:58,640 --> 00:22:02,200 say, Lord, whatever you want from me, I'm going to say yes. 383 00:22:02,440 --> 00:22:06,800 May your will be done on earth as it is in heaven, not mine. 384 00:22:07,800 --> 00:22:13,000 That is what God is looking for and we have to ask the question, 385 00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:16,360 does does your prayer life the way that eating pray, does that 386 00:22:16,360 --> 00:22:20,960 reveal an hedonistic heart? When you pray you see self 387 00:22:20,960 --> 00:22:27,520 pleasure over the will of God and what God is wanting is for 388 00:22:27,520 --> 00:22:30,920 us to to link up with what he's already doing here on this 389 00:22:30,960 --> 00:22:33,080 earth. Lord, what is your will for my 390 00:22:33,080 --> 00:22:34,760 life? What is what? 391 00:22:34,760 --> 00:22:37,560 What job is it that you want me to have? 392 00:22:38,480 --> 00:22:41,160 What relationship is it? What is it? 393 00:22:41,160 --> 00:22:44,720 Lord, I will seek your will and listen when you say in Jesus 394 00:22:44,720 --> 00:22:47,960 name, what you're saying is this for his name saying and for his 395 00:22:47,960 --> 00:22:50,320 will. So why would wrap up my? 396 00:22:50,360 --> 00:22:52,600 Prayers like Lord, whatever, Jesus, whatever you want, 397 00:22:52,600 --> 00:22:54,040 because you are King and I'm not. 398 00:22:54,200 --> 00:22:57,280 And Lord, whatever matches up with your plates, that's exactly 399 00:22:57,280 --> 00:23:00,560 where I'm going to go. Well, many of us pray in our US, 400 00:23:00,800 --> 00:23:05,880 we want certain things. So we have to be careful how we 401 00:23:05,880 --> 00:23:08,920 seek the Lord and if we're honest and non believers, people 402 00:23:08,920 --> 00:23:11,680 that don't really know Jesus, man, they see things for their 403 00:23:11,680 --> 00:23:13,680 own pleasure. That's honor the glory of God. 404 00:23:14,920 --> 00:23:17,520 So we need to protect ourselves from that. 405 00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:20,760 It's not about the self indulgent self centeredness. 406 00:23:20,760 --> 00:23:23,200 That we have. Oh, and last thing you look on 407 00:23:23,200 --> 00:23:27,640 verse 3, it says that you may spend what you get. 408 00:23:27,640 --> 00:23:31,720 That word spend is really important because that's the 409 00:23:31,720 --> 00:23:35,120 same word that we see in the story of the prodigal son in 410 00:23:35,120 --> 00:23:38,400 Luke 15. That word spend actually means 411 00:23:39,200 --> 00:23:42,760 like you're wastefulness. You're not spending to get 412 00:23:42,760 --> 00:23:44,440 something. You're you're spending because 413 00:23:44,440 --> 00:23:46,880 you're just being waste. You're just throwing it away. 414 00:23:47,840 --> 00:23:48,640 So what? James said. 415 00:23:48,640 --> 00:23:51,720 That you might not just throw stuff away and to get your own 416 00:23:51,720 --> 00:23:52,440 pleasures. You are. 417 00:23:52,560 --> 00:23:56,280 You're throwing away your prayers based on what you wanted 418 00:23:56,280 --> 00:23:57,280 and that. Was. 419 00:23:58,560 --> 00:24:02,040 Then James go for any human war. Then he goes. 420 00:24:02,040 --> 00:24:04,920 And here's another issue. This is why there's conflict in 421 00:24:04,920 --> 00:24:07,280 your life. You adulterous people. 422 00:24:07,920 --> 00:24:10,560 Don't you know that friendship with the world means everything 423 00:24:10,800 --> 00:24:13,840 against God? Therefore, anyone who chooses to 424 00:24:13,840 --> 00:24:16,320 be friend of the world becomes an enemy of God. 425 00:24:17,920 --> 00:24:21,840 You see, what we've done is we don't just pray, we don't just 426 00:24:21,840 --> 00:24:25,200 not pray and then we pray the wrong way. 427 00:24:25,920 --> 00:24:28,480 But many of our issues is because we've chosen become 428 00:24:28,480 --> 00:24:30,160 friends with the. World and not with God. 429 00:24:31,400 --> 00:24:35,840 So because you are friends of the world, then there is a 430 00:24:35,840 --> 00:24:40,840 divide in your life. The world here, The word world 431 00:24:40,840 --> 00:24:45,360 here in the Greek means tozmos. And whatever we see this word 432 00:24:45,360 --> 00:24:49,200 cosmos, cosmos. Means an evil world system apart 433 00:24:49,200 --> 00:24:52,160 from God. Jesus talks about this and so we 434 00:24:52,160 --> 00:24:54,040 see all that. We also see this in first John 435 00:24:54,240 --> 00:24:56,680 chapter 2 verse 16. He says for everything in the 436 00:24:56,680 --> 00:25:00,080 world comes not from the Father but from the world. 437 00:25:01,160 --> 00:25:04,040 So what is he referring to? We see Jesus talk about this 438 00:25:04,040 --> 00:25:05,840 too. What is what comes from the 439 00:25:05,840 --> 00:25:07,440 world? He says the lust of the flesh, 440 00:25:07,560 --> 00:25:10,160 the lust of the eyes and the pride of life. 441 00:25:11,760 --> 00:25:15,320 These are the world systems. This is what we see, we want. 442 00:25:15,360 --> 00:25:18,040 We want people that are going to be controlled by the passions, 443 00:25:18,520 --> 00:25:21,720 the people living through their possessions, and then also 444 00:25:21,840 --> 00:25:23,600 people who are proud and frightened. 445 00:25:25,160 --> 00:25:27,040 This is what the world system is selling. 446 00:25:27,040 --> 00:25:31,120 And what James is saying is, like, man, when you buy into all 447 00:25:31,120 --> 00:25:34,920 of that, what you're doing is that you are grabbing a hold of 448 00:25:34,920 --> 00:25:37,320 this and you're letting go of what God has for you. 449 00:25:37,640 --> 00:25:40,920 And you can't do that because now you're becoming a enemy of 450 00:25:40,920 --> 00:25:42,720 God. And many of us might be playing 451 00:25:42,720 --> 00:25:44,840 with God's holiness. And listen, don't get it 452 00:25:44,840 --> 00:25:46,280 twisted. Like God is slowly and 453 00:25:46,280 --> 00:25:48,520 righteous. He's a jealous guy. 454 00:25:48,520 --> 00:25:53,200 So there's going to be some consequences for when you do 455 00:25:53,200 --> 00:25:55,720 back all of his things and grab onto the things of the world. 456 00:25:55,720 --> 00:25:59,960 And we have got to come back. And then we got to realize that 457 00:25:59,960 --> 00:26:03,520 we were wrong. So to love the world needs to 458 00:26:03,520 --> 00:26:08,080 become an enemy of God. When and if you become an enemy 459 00:26:08,080 --> 00:26:10,880 of God, you must love the world. Don't be surprised if God 460 00:26:10,960 --> 00:26:13,200 resists you. There's going to be some things 461 00:26:13,200 --> 00:26:18,240 that's not aligned because the Spirit is not actively in your 462 00:26:18,240 --> 00:26:21,120 life, but instead the street of the world is sweeping. 463 00:26:21,360 --> 00:26:25,040 So God will resist some things because His Spirit is not in 464 00:26:25,040 --> 00:26:28,720 line. And in verse 5, James concludes 465 00:26:28,880 --> 00:26:31,360 when we talk about the conflict. What's wrong with us? 466 00:26:31,800 --> 00:26:35,800 Or do you think Scripture said without reason or in vain, that 467 00:26:35,800 --> 00:26:41,200 he jealousy longs for the spirit he has caused to dwell in US? 468 00:26:42,080 --> 00:26:46,240 Its main function is to point you and everything else in life 469 00:26:46,240 --> 00:26:47,320 the. Jesus Christ. 470 00:26:48,480 --> 00:26:52,440 And what you have, the Holy Spirit in your life and 471 00:26:52,440 --> 00:26:57,200 worldliness starts to creep in. That spirit should have, there 472 00:26:57,200 --> 00:27:00,960 should be something in your soul that that is, that doesn't feel 473 00:27:00,960 --> 00:27:03,080 right. Like when you live in sin, 474 00:27:03,320 --> 00:27:05,800 there's something inside and that's like, this ain't good. 475 00:27:05,800 --> 00:27:09,000 Like this is not right. And listen, if you continually 476 00:27:09,000 --> 00:27:12,280 sin and not feel bad about it, then you don't have the Holy 477 00:27:12,280 --> 00:27:14,240 Spirit and you have the spirit of the world. 478 00:27:14,280 --> 00:27:17,480 That's not the first John. There's got to be something in 479 00:27:17,480 --> 00:27:22,640 us, that same man, like there's something wrong here and God is 480 00:27:22,640 --> 00:27:25,960 generous for us. May God wants a relationship 481 00:27:25,960 --> 00:27:31,000 with us and God wants to rule and reign without any idols. 482 00:27:31,680 --> 00:27:35,560 Idols do not stand before a holy and righteous God. 483 00:27:38,320 --> 00:27:41,040 So having a Holy Spirit pushes that away. 484 00:27:41,400 --> 00:27:45,560 And when you don't have a Holy Spirit you got, the world starts 485 00:27:45,880 --> 00:27:49,760 pulling you. Listen, I actually believe like 486 00:27:49,760 --> 00:27:51,520 having my mommy spirit is, mom is. 487 00:27:51,560 --> 00:27:55,840 More than just being loud. It's easy to be loud in a market 488 00:27:55,840 --> 00:27:58,160 like this. But what about out there? 489 00:27:59,120 --> 00:28:01,920 What about with sin looks at you in the face? 490 00:28:02,120 --> 00:28:05,320 What what about when the enemy starts to come at your heart and 491 00:28:05,320 --> 00:28:07,520 at your family? How loud you're going to be now? 492 00:28:07,680 --> 00:28:11,680 How are you going to like respond when sin attacks your 493 00:28:11,680 --> 00:28:13,520 life? And what the Spirit does, the 494 00:28:13,520 --> 00:28:17,640 Spirit points us to Christ, and we cry out like Lord, like, help 495 00:28:17,640 --> 00:28:20,520 me, because this is not what you want. 496 00:28:21,680 --> 00:28:24,920 So we've gotten here to live in the Spirit, push back to 497 00:28:24,920 --> 00:28:28,360 darkness, cry out. That is what God is requiring 498 00:28:28,360 --> 00:28:29,760 for us here because He's a jealous son. 499 00:28:30,360 --> 00:28:34,600 And the Spirit that lives in US cries out to him, Man, this is 500 00:28:34,600 --> 00:28:37,280 the cure, right? We're about to see the cure now 501 00:28:37,560 --> 00:28:40,960 for worldliness and hedonism. So what James just did in the 502 00:28:40,960 --> 00:28:44,920 1st 5 verses, he showed us the 'cause he showed us like, what's 503 00:28:44,920 --> 00:28:47,160 wrong? And he talked about all those 504 00:28:47,160 --> 00:28:49,000 things. He almost kind of went back to 505 00:28:49,040 --> 00:28:52,520 the Old Testament concepts of like, like the people of God and 506 00:28:52,520 --> 00:28:56,200 their idolatry. If you look at Jeremiah 3, Hosea 507 00:28:56,200 --> 00:28:59,120 3, Ezekiel 13, I mean, go on and on. 508 00:28:59,800 --> 00:29:03,400 There's a spiritual and adversary idolatry speaking the 509 00:29:03,400 --> 00:29:06,320 lives, and James is addressing it. 510 00:29:06,320 --> 00:29:10,000 So when conflict comes into church, you got to look at all 511 00:29:10,000 --> 00:29:13,240 the Marks and all lives first. Because also the truth of the 512 00:29:13,240 --> 00:29:15,720 matter is when you have two people that are living in the 513 00:29:15,720 --> 00:29:19,440 Spirit and they're coming together, conflict is not there. 514 00:29:20,880 --> 00:29:24,840 Love, peace, understanding, conversation, all those things 515 00:29:24,920 --> 00:29:27,160 arrive because Christ is at the center of it. 516 00:29:28,480 --> 00:29:33,120 But when one is off and the desires start to take over and 517 00:29:33,120 --> 00:29:36,960 the conflict happens and you start to kill you start to go 518 00:29:36,960 --> 00:29:41,080 away that people. So how do we fix this man? 519 00:29:41,560 --> 00:29:46,720 The cure is so is mind blown like the way that Jane describes 520 00:29:46,720 --> 00:29:48,560 this. How do we fix this Look at her 521 00:29:48,560 --> 00:29:51,800 since this is the cure. This is beautiful. 522 00:29:52,200 --> 00:29:55,320 What's the cure? Our getting this in ways and and 523 00:29:55,320 --> 00:29:58,440 our lack of prayer and the way people ask what's pure the 524 00:29:58,440 --> 00:30:02,560 curiousness, but he gives us what more if I say what what 525 00:30:03,320 --> 00:30:10,720 grace the cure is not just race. It's more grace, man, that's 526 00:30:10,720 --> 00:30:12,920 beautiful because that's what the Scripture says. 527 00:30:13,080 --> 00:30:18,280 And then James, he go, he goes ahead and he quotes Proverbs 3 528 00:30:18,280 --> 00:30:21,080 verse four. He says God opposes the prowler 529 00:30:21,320 --> 00:30:26,000 but shows favor to the hungry. What's James getting at here? 530 00:30:26,760 --> 00:30:31,320 He's like, listen, grace, we are found by God's grace where it is 531 00:30:31,320 --> 00:30:36,840 by grace that you are saved through faith, not of your works 532 00:30:38,240 --> 00:30:41,200 because it is a gift to God. Not that any name divorce. 533 00:30:42,160 --> 00:30:46,240 Grace is the foundation is by grace alone, Christ alone and 534 00:30:46,240 --> 00:30:50,560 faith alone that we get salvation not by anything else 535 00:30:50,640 --> 00:30:53,640 and he so we got grace. Remember talking to believers, 536 00:30:54,040 --> 00:30:57,000 we have grace because they are going to save you faith. 537 00:30:57,240 --> 00:30:59,720 But what he's saying is like, no, it's not just not like 538 00:30:59,720 --> 00:31:04,000 that's just grace. No, no, no, it is more grace. 539 00:31:04,200 --> 00:31:08,120 It is enough to find the grace that we get and listen. 540 00:31:08,120 --> 00:31:10,160 How about y'all? But you need. 541 00:31:10,400 --> 00:31:12,400 Grace. I need grace. 542 00:31:13,080 --> 00:31:19,480 We need grace every single day. Listen, when I find out that 543 00:31:19,480 --> 00:31:24,240 somebody passes away, when there is a pain that enters into my 544 00:31:24,240 --> 00:31:27,200 life, when there is sickness, when there is broken 545 00:31:27,200 --> 00:31:31,120 heartedness, when depression meets, when anxiety is knocking 546 00:31:31,120 --> 00:31:36,080 on my door, when betrayal is true, I need grace. 547 00:31:37,560 --> 00:31:40,200 And you've got to be able to say that to yourself. 548 00:31:41,080 --> 00:31:44,880 Like Lord, I need grace, I need your grace. 549 00:31:45,680 --> 00:31:47,960 It is your grace that is sufficient. 550 00:31:49,080 --> 00:31:54,040 And James is pointing to this. He's like man, I need grace man. 551 00:31:54,040 --> 00:31:58,080 John chapter one verse 16 out of the fullness we have all 552 00:31:58,080 --> 00:32:02,320 received grace in place of grace already given. 553 00:32:03,280 --> 00:32:04,680 Y'all better write that verse down. 554 00:32:05,320 --> 00:32:08,280 That verse is awesome. So we don't just get grace 555 00:32:08,280 --> 00:32:12,120 because of our salvation, but we get grace on top of Gurdis. 556 00:32:12,840 --> 00:32:16,440 Which leads me to point #3 you cannot out sing. 557 00:32:16,440 --> 00:32:22,040 That's a grace song, imposs. There's nothing that you can do 558 00:32:22,040 --> 00:32:27,760 that is so bad that God says, man, I don't have enough grace 559 00:32:27,760 --> 00:32:29,920 to you. It's too much. 560 00:32:29,920 --> 00:32:32,200 You jacked it up the plane. Too bad in this phone. 561 00:32:32,280 --> 00:32:37,200 No, no, no, but God, that's why he quotes what God says like no, 562 00:32:37,200 --> 00:32:41,640 no, no, I got more grace. But you need to humble yourself. 563 00:32:43,160 --> 00:32:45,840 Why does JA's talk about humbling yourself? 564 00:32:47,360 --> 00:32:51,480 Because in order for you to come into repentance, you got to be 565 00:32:51,480 --> 00:32:55,800 prayed at the and you submit. To God's bill and that's God 566 00:32:55,800 --> 00:32:57,640 doesn't look at you and be like that's awful. 567 00:32:57,760 --> 00:33:00,160 How can you do it? You owe me prayers and you owe 568 00:33:00,160 --> 00:33:03,440 me church and money. What God does is he take he just 569 00:33:03,440 --> 00:33:07,320 dumps his grace all over you and when you think they've had 570 00:33:07,320 --> 00:33:08,280 enough. No, no, no. 571 00:33:09,000 --> 00:33:14,920 I'm an an average landing. Supply of grace for you, my son, 572 00:33:14,920 --> 00:33:19,320 My God, my lovely Romans 5, those three, this for our sake. 573 00:33:19,480 --> 00:33:25,320 Romans 5 you're swaying. He talks about this The law was 574 00:33:25,320 --> 00:33:29,200 wrought, and so that the trespass might increase, but 575 00:33:29,200 --> 00:33:32,440 where? Where sin increased, grace 576 00:33:32,440 --> 00:33:37,280 increased all the more. So that just as sin reign in 577 00:33:37,280 --> 00:33:42,000 death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring 578 00:33:42,000 --> 00:33:45,200 eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. 579 00:33:46,600 --> 00:33:49,920 Yeah, we need. Lots of grace and I was thinking 580 00:33:49,920 --> 00:33:53,640 like what does this look like? And I've done about flash face 581 00:33:55,440 --> 00:33:58,960 man like a while back, like the summer and I've said this a few 582 00:33:58,960 --> 00:34:02,360 times, once a summer we do like a skipping. 583 00:34:02,840 --> 00:34:04,240 So I'll take. Ling you know Lena with. 584 00:34:04,240 --> 00:34:06,440 Me, I'll call this sick for work once I'm here. 585 00:34:06,440 --> 00:34:08,920 Whatever, right I. Called it sick for work. 586 00:34:08,920 --> 00:34:11,560 I just told my boss now I'm going to be right back. 587 00:34:11,560 --> 00:34:15,159 What about and then? So I call this sickle before. 588 00:34:18,800 --> 00:34:26,800 You say what and we'll go. Last Days is 1 of their favorite 589 00:34:26,800 --> 00:34:29,760 water park or wherever is this? I think there's an emotional 590 00:34:29,760 --> 00:34:31,320 task. By the day that. 591 00:34:31,360 --> 00:34:35,679 We went to Splash Days. He had a foam party and I was 592 00:34:35,679 --> 00:34:38,679 like this is awesome and a foam for this is like this is free. 593 00:34:39,159 --> 00:34:41,280 You know the girls have never done a foam party before and I 594 00:34:41,280 --> 00:34:43,120 don't know if you guys know. What a foam party is. 595 00:34:43,600 --> 00:34:47,280 But then it's two massive machines and when the bell rings 596 00:34:47,280 --> 00:34:49,080 it is like. Phone and bubbles. 597 00:34:49,560 --> 00:34:52,520 Like like 5 feet, like just, and the kids just running 598 00:34:52,520 --> 00:34:55,320 everywhere, like adults are taking selfies. 599 00:34:55,320 --> 00:34:57,480 It's weird. All right, so it's nuts. 600 00:34:57,720 --> 00:35:00,880 So we're in there and like, it's like the phone party and the 601 00:35:00,880 --> 00:35:05,200 like the music glassling and and then then like lady's in there 602 00:35:05,200 --> 00:35:07,760 having a great time. Lady's having a great time. 603 00:35:08,040 --> 00:35:10,800 And then I'm making sure lady doesn't get like stomped on. 604 00:35:11,080 --> 00:35:13,360 She's little. So I remember like just holding 605 00:35:13,360 --> 00:35:15,640 her hand. I'm like, this is awesome. 606 00:35:15,920 --> 00:35:20,000 And then she's like laughing and yelling and the guy that's doing 607 00:35:20,000 --> 00:35:22,720 the foam sees her. And I think in his mind, he 608 00:35:22,720 --> 00:35:24,600 thought like, oh, she wants like, she's so cute. 609 00:35:24,600 --> 00:35:27,720 She wants more. So he takes the foam and just 610 00:35:29,040 --> 00:35:35,320 like, like, I mean, it was like just just like 6 feet. 611 00:35:35,360 --> 00:35:40,000 Foam, I don't know. We're living with, I'm saying. 612 00:35:40,560 --> 00:35:42,640 And she and it doesn't help that she's the same color as the. 613 00:35:42,640 --> 00:35:43,440 Bug. You know what I'm saying? 614 00:35:43,760 --> 00:35:49,120 So like, right But the whole time lady is like grabbing my 615 00:35:49,120 --> 00:35:51,680 shirt. You know, like she's holding on 616 00:35:51,680 --> 00:35:53,160 to me. And then, you know, she's 617 00:35:53,160 --> 00:35:54,360 freaked out. She's like daddy. 618 00:35:55,120 --> 00:35:57,800 So like, I'm holding. I'm like, isn't this awesome to 619 00:35:57,840 --> 00:36:00,640 like, I couldn't see. I couldn't see anything. 620 00:36:00,880 --> 00:36:03,000 I couldn't see. And I had to take her off. 621 00:36:03,000 --> 00:36:05,400 I'm going to sit down. For a little bit, so she thought 622 00:36:05,400 --> 00:36:08,760 she was died, so I'm holding her. 623 00:36:09,160 --> 00:36:13,760 But when I think of God's grace, it's like whenever we feel 624 00:36:13,760 --> 00:36:18,120 overwhelmed in life, you do know that guy's got you. 625 00:36:19,440 --> 00:36:22,600 So it's like I feel overwhelmed, like, man, like life looks at 626 00:36:22,600 --> 00:36:25,680 you and it's like, oh, you want support, right? 627 00:36:25,680 --> 00:36:28,280 You're like, I can't handle it Like this is too much. 628 00:36:28,280 --> 00:36:30,560 I'm stressed out. Like people are fucking happy. 629 00:36:30,560 --> 00:36:33,200 Like this is wrong. Like man, life is not fun right 630 00:36:33,200 --> 00:36:34,400 now. Dad, what are you doing? 631 00:36:34,680 --> 00:36:36,280 And the. Whole time guys like I got you, 632 00:36:37,520 --> 00:36:40,880 I got you. Listen, I'm not going anywhere. 633 00:36:40,880 --> 00:36:45,080 I'm hoping to you I'm I'm able to pull you out and listen. 634 00:36:45,920 --> 00:36:49,120 That is what God's grace looks like on our lives. 635 00:36:49,480 --> 00:36:54,640 No matter how much it's us, God's grace abundantly comes 636 00:36:54,680 --> 00:36:56,960 from even more. To the. 637 00:36:56,960 --> 00:37:00,480 Point where He doesn't just hold your hand, He's able to pick you 638 00:37:00,480 --> 00:37:02,560 up and carry you out of those situations. 639 00:37:03,920 --> 00:37:07,800 The great thing about Jesus is not that He takes you out of 640 00:37:07,800 --> 00:37:11,120 heart, Spruce. The great thing about Jesus is 641 00:37:11,120 --> 00:37:12,960 that He's been there with you during. 642 00:37:12,960 --> 00:37:15,640 Those hard times. So that way he can come. 643 00:37:15,640 --> 00:37:18,640 Close to him. And then he uses those hard 644 00:37:18,640 --> 00:37:25,160 times to mold you and shake you, to grow you up spiritually, to 645 00:37:25,160 --> 00:37:28,520 toughen you out of them anymore. And. 646 00:37:28,520 --> 00:37:29,960 You get marked, you're like, what's happening? 647 00:37:29,960 --> 00:37:32,440 He's got you. That is the beauty. 648 00:37:32,440 --> 00:37:36,480 Of God's grace. And many of us think God didn't 649 00:37:36,520 --> 00:37:40,680 let it happen. No, he's in there with you and 650 00:37:40,680 --> 00:37:44,200 he's letting it happen because of this race and his glory and 651 00:37:44,200 --> 00:37:46,800 he's doing something right, man, 2nd grade this trial. 652 00:37:46,800 --> 00:37:49,760 What does Paul say my where where he's praying he's like 653 00:37:49,760 --> 00:37:52,000 that. Take this this thorn out of my. 654 00:37:52,000 --> 00:37:53,640 Side he says it 3. Times. 655 00:37:53,840 --> 00:37:56,640 And what did God tell him? My race is suggestion for you. 656 00:37:58,480 --> 00:38:00,400 So that's exactly what James is telling us. 657 00:38:00,720 --> 00:38:02,960 Now the last couple of birds have to wrap this thing up. 658 00:38:04,040 --> 00:38:07,480 So we haven't God's grace, not just any grace upon any grace, 659 00:38:07,480 --> 00:38:10,680 we have more grace. So as much as we jagged it up, 660 00:38:10,680 --> 00:38:12,560 God's grace like boom, boom, boom, I got you. 661 00:38:13,720 --> 00:38:16,440 But there's some stipulations, right? 662 00:38:16,680 --> 00:38:19,520 And God gives us 2 promises in these last couple of verses. 663 00:38:19,520 --> 00:38:23,200 Look at verse 7. Submit yourselves then to God 664 00:38:23,280 --> 00:38:26,120 resisted. That one and he will flee from 665 00:38:26,120 --> 00:38:32,240 you resisted them, so we have to submit. 666 00:38:32,240 --> 00:38:35,040 Ourselves to the more. He's giving us grace. 667 00:38:35,040 --> 00:38:37,960 So we come to him not in our own strength. 668 00:38:37,960 --> 00:38:43,520 We come to him humbly. And if you come to him, then 669 00:38:43,520 --> 00:38:45,080 you're going to be able to resist the devil. 670 00:38:46,080 --> 00:38:49,400 And there's an action here, for every action is a reaction. 671 00:38:49,880 --> 00:38:53,120 What did you say? If you resist the devil, he will 672 00:38:53,120 --> 00:38:56,560 flee. Now, I know we like saying stuff 673 00:38:56,560 --> 00:38:57,880 like I'm gonna let go and like that. 674 00:38:59,960 --> 00:39:03,720 And there is a true to that, but there is an action that is 675 00:39:03,720 --> 00:39:06,560 needed here. It ain't like, oh, I'm just 676 00:39:06,560 --> 00:39:08,120 going to let go. Oh my God, I don't man. 677 00:39:08,120 --> 00:39:10,520 I'm going to break back. No, resist them. 678 00:39:11,200 --> 00:39:14,640 God is like, I gave you my spirit, you're my power. 679 00:39:14,840 --> 00:39:16,400 All you got to think was hit that stiff. 680 00:39:16,400 --> 00:39:19,800 Arm. You know, the first person I 681 00:39:19,800 --> 00:39:22,440 picked in my fantasy draft was their family. 682 00:39:23,680 --> 00:39:25,400 Running back from the Baltimore Ravens. 683 00:39:26,240 --> 00:39:30,360 Man's a beast. His first game in another 175 684 00:39:30,360 --> 00:39:34,120 verse 6 episodes. And what Mark Henry is known 685 00:39:34,120 --> 00:39:38,320 for, it's a stiff. Arm that means any man but. 686 00:39:38,320 --> 00:39:41,640 Anybody tries to tackle him, he puts that like treating Rachel. 687 00:39:42,720 --> 00:39:44,160 You're not coming near this dude. 688 00:39:44,280 --> 00:39:48,120 Brothers like 65, they're going to try to tackle him. 689 00:39:48,240 --> 00:39:51,600 Oh, I'm stiff. I'm going to the house and guys 690 00:39:51,600 --> 00:39:54,680 listen with God by telling me he's like, if you go home, you 691 00:39:54,680 --> 00:39:59,160 come to me, you're going to be able to stiff arm the devil and 692 00:39:59,160 --> 00:40:03,000 keep moving. If you're not a if you're not 693 00:40:03,000 --> 00:40:05,720 fleeing, you're not going to be able to resist the devil. 694 00:40:06,000 --> 00:40:09,800 And if you don't resist the devil, he's not going to flee 695 00:40:09,800 --> 00:40:11,960 from you. You can't just sit there. 696 00:40:12,080 --> 00:40:14,800 You say I resist you in Jesus name. 697 00:40:14,800 --> 00:40:18,840 You have no power over my mind. Resist the devil and he flees. 698 00:40:18,840 --> 00:40:22,920 And be honest with you, ma'am. Oh, last week, man, I just. 699 00:40:22,920 --> 00:40:28,080 Felt this attack on my life. Woke me up in the middle of the 700 00:40:28,080 --> 00:40:32,600 night, just terrible thoughts about people, terrible thoughts 701 00:40:32,600 --> 00:40:36,200 about things. And I remember just waking up 702 00:40:36,200 --> 00:40:38,880 and like sitting up and like going to my living room and it'd 703 00:40:38,880 --> 00:40:41,760 be like, Lord, that's this is not from you. 704 00:40:42,760 --> 00:40:44,160 Like these thoughts are not from you. 705 00:40:44,160 --> 00:40:46,640 These thoughts about my brothers and sisters are not from you. 706 00:40:47,880 --> 00:40:49,840 So Lord and Jesus name, take them out. 707 00:40:50,080 --> 00:40:52,600 Like like clear my mind, like Lord help me. 708 00:40:52,600 --> 00:40:59,480 And it's amazing what that did. And I got right back up and went 709 00:40:59,480 --> 00:41:05,320 back to bed. Anyone's come, we resist to 710 00:41:05,320 --> 00:41:09,200 them, and he flees from us. That's a promise that God knows 711 00:41:09,200 --> 00:41:11,840 us. And then what does God say? 712 00:41:11,840 --> 00:41:17,600 Must say, if you come near to God, he will come near to you. 713 00:41:18,960 --> 00:41:21,160 How awesome is that? This is a cause and effect. 714 00:41:21,560 --> 00:41:23,760 These are promises. You resist the devils. 715 00:41:23,760 --> 00:41:25,280 No, Fleefinger, that's a promise. 716 00:41:25,600 --> 00:41:30,440 And if he's running to God, he's going to come near to you and 717 00:41:31,200 --> 00:41:32,600 I'm going to match you step for step. 718 00:41:33,760 --> 00:41:38,640 You start drawing near to God. God comes right right to wait 719 00:41:38,640 --> 00:41:42,160 his grace. It's just pair of volume son. 720 00:41:42,280 --> 00:41:45,800 You know how scandalous it is. But Jesus tell the story about 721 00:41:45,800 --> 00:41:49,920 like a wealthy father who takes off springs into his son man 722 00:41:49,920 --> 00:41:51,640 like you don't you don't run from nobody. 723 00:41:53,400 --> 00:41:55,520 That's what God does when they start drawing near him. 724 00:41:55,720 --> 00:41:57,360 He doesn't match your step for step. 725 00:41:58,200 --> 00:42:01,000 You start drawing unit and he's there. 726 00:42:01,880 --> 00:42:05,480 He's ready to meet with you. He's ready to not just give you 727 00:42:05,520 --> 00:42:09,360 grace for salvation, but he's ready to dump His grace over you 728 00:42:09,360 --> 00:42:13,320 over and over again. You move forward, He runs to 729 00:42:13,320 --> 00:42:15,640 you. So what? 730 00:42:15,640 --> 00:42:17,320 What we got to do, Ricky? It sounds awesome. 731 00:42:17,320 --> 00:42:18,680 What? What's the catch? 732 00:42:19,000 --> 00:42:21,120 What do I got to do? I got to like do good things. 733 00:42:21,120 --> 00:42:23,280 Like do I got to go to church more? 734 00:42:23,480 --> 00:42:25,280 But it sounds right. What do I do? 735 00:42:25,720 --> 00:42:30,680 James tells us right here, wash your hands you sinners, and 736 00:42:30,680 --> 00:42:36,200 purify your hearts, you double minded grief, mourn and wail. 737 00:42:36,560 --> 00:42:40,960 Change your laughter to mourning and your your joy to gloom. 738 00:42:41,280 --> 00:42:44,720 Humble yourself before the Lord and he will lift you up. 739 00:42:45,920 --> 00:42:48,120 Which leads me to my last fight and goes with this. 740 00:42:49,360 --> 00:42:52,320 Repentance is the key to enjoy the whole of light. 741 00:42:53,640 --> 00:42:57,120 The more that you repent your life, the veteran. 742 00:42:57,120 --> 00:42:59,960 That's why you say man, humble yourself. 743 00:43:00,240 --> 00:43:04,440 Wait, this right here where it talks about like born and wailed 744 00:43:04,440 --> 00:43:06,600 and breathe and listen. Those are all signs of 745 00:43:06,600 --> 00:43:09,840 repentance. When I know I didn't rob, I 746 00:43:09,840 --> 00:43:13,040 don't come to the Lord excited that I have sinned. 747 00:43:14,640 --> 00:43:16,880 I come to him with the heart of repentance like God. 748 00:43:16,960 --> 00:43:20,280 I'm like, I'm so sorry. I'm going to ask you like, when 749 00:43:20,280 --> 00:43:22,720 was the last time you cried because you're sinning and 750 00:43:22,720 --> 00:43:26,640 stuff? When was the last time that you 751 00:43:26,640 --> 00:43:29,160 just sat there and just said Lord? 752 00:43:29,200 --> 00:43:35,320 Why are you sorrow? I messed it up and God say men 753 00:43:35,320 --> 00:43:39,520 humble yourselves before the Lord and here's another promise 754 00:43:39,520 --> 00:43:43,000 in verse 10. Humble yourselves for the Lord 755 00:43:43,000 --> 00:43:44,160 and. What will he do? 756 00:43:45,120 --> 00:43:48,360 He's going to bed tomorrow, so listen. 757 00:43:48,960 --> 00:43:52,800 The problem with our conflicts is our desires. 758 00:43:53,560 --> 00:43:57,000 Untamed desire, even this sick heart, we want only one. 759 00:43:57,000 --> 00:43:59,720 And we don't get it. We fight, We kill people, pull 760 00:43:59,720 --> 00:44:02,080 out their people. We don't pray. 761 00:44:02,080 --> 00:44:03,840 We do pray. It's all jacked up. 762 00:44:03,960 --> 00:44:07,240 It's all about ourselves. We cut. 763 00:44:07,680 --> 00:44:11,120 And he wants to give it to you to create yourself father thing.