Again down the hat, happy birthday.
Nick and I had the privilege of sub travelling separately
because of work and ending up having our that was Payette ohh
at least parang a second honeymoon or a third honeymoon.
We went to Bangkok, Thailand so angry.
I was in a work related trip to Phuket.
Then Nikki is in a work related trip to Bangkok.
So we met in Bangkok and Shetland.
We maximise maximise our time. We went to a Parang Thai
restaurant because at that time the prenatal exposure, Thai
cuisine difference and we were so excited to go to that place.
But in order for us to go to that place, we had to write a
talk talk Hindi tick talk talk talk talk talk is their version
of pattern. Parent tricycle pero nasarapan
driver so parashan parakum Papa again and dating anyone and
because we were tourists to go to del Muchacho Thai and Nikki
obviously Melanoma capitaine so nanyare I dealt with the driver.
I said going to this XYZ restaurant and sabi yes yes, 50
but 50 but complete computer cycle.
I went to Bangkok Talk talk so my community 50 but the thing
I'm interested destinations are restaurant Pinata Nicky Sosha
Magbabayad Nikki. How much 100 but social imprint
go. Let's see Nikita Anaconda going
in the high blood see Nikita was having a no, I heard you you
dealt with my husband. It was supposed to be 50, but no
no, no, that's 100 but hundred but per eventually knowing how
persuasive my wife is, well, annoying driver to go to.
So in the English young. Eventually he gave in vitamin
50, but and then I later on I I I learned that that area Pala is
very known for its tourist traps.
Young tourist traps are well known places number Puntacana,
Matures and Marami. But I mean, Torres and I realise
how often it is for us as believers wherein while we were
already believers in this world, marami parin tayo Martina tawag
nattina tourist Christian traps wherein the sole purpose is to
strangle us and make us compromise to this world.
And I got to learn about those things clearly when I was able
to go through and read with my kids because I'm favorite now
managing family devotion was uh, you know, Pilgrim's progress,
John Banyan paren still come MAGA pigeon NASA Englistan
Parissamin you named Christian classic.
It was supposed to be written for children, which is why I
selected it in the first place for my children to appreciate.
But it got to a point that must appreciate the story.
And one of the stories that got me was at time wherein A
popularly known Christian trap where in Christian still having
the burden at the back of his at the at his back travelling and
there is a person and a banyan named him Mr. worldly wise men.
And he was so persuasive cause he Krisha was supposed to go to
the wicket gate and to the cross obviously for the burden to be
relieved pero eventually he met now Mr. Wiseman, Mr. worldly
Wiseman and worldly wise was was so persuasive.
He has this good the way John Bunyan describes him.
He has this pattern a fresh looking face as if he is the
most successful man in the world.
And he may probably this and somehow he was convincing and he
was able to convince for Mr. Kristian to no longer go to the
weaker gate and Sabina, but weaker gate.
There is an easier path to the Celestial City.
And I know that both of them. I'll refer you to them and go to
this wayward side and you will know Mr. Legality and Mr.
Morality. And he said Mr. Legality and Mr.
Morality will make your life easy.
Just follow the rules. You have to just be externally
conforming to the religious duties of your time.
You'll be way head than animals of most of the Christians trying
to go to Celestial City. And sooner than later up to a
point Makan Vince, Nasanasa Christian and then eventually on
his way, he found again Mr. Evangelist or the pastor if the
evangelist whom he was able to talk to in the 1st place and
then put him back again to the same path going to the wicket
gate. And that tells us indiscretion,
life in a very analogue, allegorical way, how deadly it
is for all of us Christians to be in a tourist trap, to be in a
Christian tourist trap, because we do not know better.
That is why the scripture specifically it it was incumbent
upon James. It was the apostle James who
were able to lay it out in his episode that the wisdom of the
Old Testament literature will be given in a form of an epistle
and that is why but the thing that is a portion of it and
actually we're all more than half Natayo of the book of James
Casino as a three going to foreign attire and eventually go
to five and don't want to Nakikita cause a Jewish writer
listen yeah Emmanuel Pointe and eventually you'll realise that
the whole point of the book was really to impart the wisdom that
we find in Christ and that Christian wisdom was meant so
that believers even until now will be able to avoid and
successfully one way or the other by God's grace get through
and not be entrapped by this things that the world has set
for us. And this is the point that the
point that that the Scripture wants to establish for us that
that the wisdom that requires that is required for Christians
is this that as we mature in the faith, we will be able to
differentiate between what is true and the almost through
doctrines of this world. Will you think about this world
does not have a black and white mentality or even mindset.
This world is already tainted by sin.
This is not how the world works. And because of that, and because
sin remains, we will always have difficulty not to differentiate
between black and white. Not you must simply learn you
may pang bata Bata says. Quote Hangang tomaten Dash and
the name Bibitawan experiment. At the end of the day he has to
know for himself. Petrofac mature nakasalang Santa
matanda Hindi muna black and white and views on world It's
always about what is true, what is right and the almost right
alternatives in this world. And the the the wisdom that
James teaches us that the Holy Spirit $1000 son is that this
wisdom is the ability to differentiate and to discern
against all these alternative paths that the world sets before
us. And This is why we need wisdom.
And if we ask the question, and this is the question that we
that remain to be answered and the whole of the ceremony is
what separates godly wisdom from worldly wisdom.
And the bottom line, Parata posna that we ward Monaco or Mag
wayward monkey. Mind you, at least the real
point for us to differentiate between what is true and almost
true between a godly and the world is this that we will be
able to know if it is godly wisdom, if it produces the
character that the godly spirit requires only wisdom that comes
from above produces the character that comes from God as
well. It is about the character that
they produce and the character that is produced by wisdom is
this. If it is godly, it will be meek,
if it will be worldly, it will be resorting to arrogance and
boasting. Missing the arrogance and
boasting makasama parehas damper actually makabasa arrogance in a
sense gives this projection. Now while all confidence feeling
amagwinya Anglehart boasting is campaigning successful.
You always go back to your success and you always
advertise. Advertise it as if that's the
only thing that your best in this world so that you can out
best everyone else. That's boasting and that is why
we have to know the character that is produced.
Is it meek? Then it's godly.
Is it arrogant and boastful? Then it has to be.
It has to be worldly. And that is the wisdom that the
Spirit wants to impart us to us this Thursday morning.
And as we go through the verses, let's study it, let's let's
meditate on it, and let's understand for ourselves what it
means to be godly in our wisdom. Let's bow our heads and let us
ask the Holy Spirit's guidance to understand all these things.
Almighty and most Merciful Father, we have heard and
straight from Your ways. Like lost sheep, we have
followed too much the devices and the desires of our own
hearts. We have offended against Your
holy laws. We have undone those things that
we have ought to have done, and we have done these things which
we have not to be have to be done.
There is no health in our souls or God.
So Lord, have mercy of upon us miserable offenders.
Spare those ohh God, who confess these faults, restore those who
are penitent, according to Your promises declared unto mankind
in Christ Jesus our Lord. Grant that we may hereafter lead
godly, righteous, and sober lives to the glory of Your holy
name. Amen.
So you have your scripture. You may open it with me and let
us study James chapter 3. So the chapter 3 we are now at
13 boasting about tomorrow. So verse 13 opens with a
rethorical question that is not answerable by yes or no.
It is getting second type of question wherein it will be
provided for you the right answer.
It's not about yes or no but it is a self frickley reflecting
question. And this biblical examination is
not about asking whether or not you are wise and in that sense,
but in England more patients are being biblical examination and
instinct Ignatian is to ask ourselves if we are wise.
And the problem with that is that it is futile.
This world has the same mindset. Philosophers of this world, the
Kumbaga, the scientists, philosophers, those who study a
lot of things by nature or by every thing that will be found
in this creation, has always have this ability to self
examine, to question oneself and force.
For for Greek philosophy, to question oneself is wisdom.
However, what separate biblical examination, what separates
biblical wisdom is not the ability to ask if you're wise or
not, because the answer is already given to you.
The Scripture you are not. You are not wise and to us if we
whether or not you're wise is foolish because on the onset it
is already presumed because you are we we are all falling under
the the curse of sin. We will always be living unwise
and chase lives. So what separates Christian
Christ disciples from the rest of the world?
It's not that whether you have the ability to self examine, no,
the ability that gives you to be that makes you a disciple of
Christ is the understanding that the source of your knowledge.
It's not that found in the questions that you ask
yourselves that you would be able to answer, but being able
to be humble enough to understand that you do not have
the answer. Therefore, you always need to
seek the knowledge that comes from God in order for that
knowledge to be supplied to you, given to you, not something that
you can come out from yourself. Get me a biblical counselling
has always been a a staple ministry in the church, not
because it's something that gives soothing the suit suit
suit in your soul or parent hacker relax or chicken soup for
the soul more as if it makes you feel good.
Currently mental Wellness and health weak and school just so
that we'll have this time of reflection and sometimes and
negative actually to ask for themselves if they are healthy
or not Alumni Nasagot. I'm not well the Alamo.
I think I can do these things through crisis strengthening.
Well, I'm gonna positivity actually in this generation in
this mindset. Labanaktis signal mental health
awareness. Will always think the meetings
are great. Paramedic.
Ohh I grew up in a generation I know that it's not healthy also
but trying to ask these questions self reflecting there
is really it is a rabbit hole it at the end of the day it's a
black hole because if you go truly inside yourself you'll
never see any answer there except sin.
That is why a true wise man from biblical standard is not
internally sicked. It will always be outward.
It is asking answers from out from without.
And that is why James was clear that it is not about self
autonomy. It is about divine authority.
And what is the divine authority?
By the inspiration of the Holy Spirit that James was able to
provide for us, how we'll be able to know if it is godly
wisdom and Sabina. The answer is clear by his good
conduct. Let him show in the meekness of
wisdom. And that is actually words to
mind because say major, obviously you're the one.
But it's the deepest thing that we can ever come up with.
No, not us. Scripture will be able to
provide for us because that is what Scripture says in His Word.
James pointed out that the conduct of our that the conduct
of our work must be accompanied by a manner that is consistent
with the godly character James Dito.
It's not about just the doing, it's not just about the external
religion, although Casa Mayon it will be always counted.
However, that is not enough. If you always rely on the
external conformity to everything that God says, then
you have missed the point. Because it must be accompanied
with a certain character and the character that that James
pointed out here is a double double noun, meekness of wisdom.
Major confusing I wanna know is what is meekness causing wisdom?
You name Pinagusapan to make character young wisdom now in
externalise casabe by the conduct of your work DBA of
conduct of his work will be accompanied by the meekness of
his wisdom. So may in expect the external
pero main expect the internal and external will be wisdom.
God both of them internal external in itself is wisdom and
the character that is in question is meekness.
And this is how scripture defines wisdom and us believers.
We are called to abide by this. This inspired words this means
that a wise person is a godly person that is meek in his
character reflecting Christ in his life.
The meekness say the meekness of wisdom and which if wisdom is
the personified in Christ himself and we can only attain
wisdom by sanctification because when we are united to Christ by
faith and spirit, then that becomes a growth path for us to
progress. Then the only way we'll be able
to generate that wisdom is because we are cool united to
Christ by faith. Only believers will be able to
demonstrate wisdom and you meekness will not come from us
because as we already establish, you and me tend to be always
self autonomous with discretions.
We always want to get the answers from within.
No, this is answering from without.
And the reflection that we need to understand is not asking for
ourselves. And I'm going to go to be my to
make myself mentally healthy. Hello packed in expect more you
may good Hindi. So it's foolish and here what
the outward answer for us from Scripture is to understand how
Christ reflects meekness. So we point out meekness.
So what is meekness do? What does meekness mean?
Pastor Alright, it has always been perceived in this world
that meek is weak. Bottom line, that's how it is in
a dog eat world. Corporate ladder.
Even at school. I grew up in a very competitive
environment. Moylan Pointy competitive, but
I'm the most competitive that I know actually.
Kyaka Minagawa Magasawa It's because we are competitive at
each other. Romance love anyway, so parang
ganon puka make a competitive goal.
I cannot lose because being meek in character will always mean na
dormakaba lagikan lamian lagikan piscina because you and ang
mindset. Mick is weak.
However, we have to understand that there is strength in the
character of meekness. Meek is not weak.
In essence, meekness is the demonstration of our humility in
Christ. So related just humility combat.
If meekness is the state or the character that needs to be
produced, humility is the path towards it.
So we have to answer Pastor. What then is humility will
Humility is the ability to lower oneself for the sake of others.
Political humility is the ability to lower oneself for the
sake of others. So so make mistake Kanina NASA
humility tying iron because related Cilla you meekness
Nakara actor will be produced by humility.
So we have to answer what humility is.
So what is humility pastor? It is demonstrated from other
places in the whole Canon of scripture, specifically to
Philippians 2. Because Philippians 2 says for
us that only Christ is the truly humble one.
And how come he is humble? Because he alone is truly the
one who came from the heavens and yet lowered himself.
So humility is an act of strength and wisdom in glory,
but not staying in that state. The humility part is that you go
low only pinko Hindi ka week pakka meek cassette.
Technically speaking, you're the strongest there.
You're actually the most wise there, however, because
character of you of humility is related to meekness.
Your, your, your humble estate will always be demonstrating by
the voluntary lowering down of all those privileges, not so
that you will be glorified or for your own sake.
I always take this as an illustration for my own, so that
you would understand who I am and you would understand also
for yourself. It's not.
I've always understood that. I may not be the most athletic
person I know, but can you put was a basketball?
Maya Maya indigo Poyan best trade lampa poco madali poco
mapagod mataba you were lucky. Nalaman mahina Lang talaga ako
physically. However, because of that, I've
always trained my mind. I can always say that if you put
me in a group of people, I may be top one of their class or top
1% of that class cause I see nick and top one for sure.
I'll be second or third most probably pero Hindi that I'll be
the dumbest there because for me and my dad has brought me up in
this mindset, you cannot be the dumbest one there.
You have to make sure that you're the smartest one, if not
one of the SO I've always understood that I may be I can
and I should be the stronger there mentally.
So I came into the reform faith. What did I do?
I put on the strength of all my ability.
Why? Because I am smart.
OK, alright. So supposed to be.
That's how I think that since I have all the I have all the
tools of learning in the MoMA. Pending outsmarts Ahmad.
The more pending outsmarted science outsmarts, English,
Sasa, Filipino chapina goes up on your technical parts.
I think theology has its fair share of technical parts.
So I would say, OK, I'm the smartest one there.
OK, I have that theology. And then most, and I have
observed this in our own congregation, in our own
community, that most people stop there.
At the end of the day, it's about the accumulation of
knowledge. At the end of the day, it's
about being smart. And if that is the point, then
that's not humility. If that's the point, then that's
cuddling. That's not godly character.
It's not even close to being Christ like.
Because if it is just accumulation of knowledge, then
it's about you, not about others.
And what I've learned along the way is that humility cannot be
done in a vacuum. Humility is only done in a
community. Because what I've learned is
this. The only point for me to learn
is not so that I can know more. The only point of being learning
more is so that I can impart to more.
You too. You can you?
Yeah. Continental had little to the
generic sense because the idea is so that I will be able to
lower myself for the sake of others and multiply that to
whatever strength that you have, any gift that you have, that in
itself is humility. That is why you will never find
a church that lacks anything. Matalino mapa service Mapa mercy
Mapa gifts. If you see a church, then a a
person Bella panda Nangyari you know what Lasha malasha non
wallachia maybe guy. Why don't you need Binibigay
Chrysler and gives Ukrainian church and somehow Lumalabas
Walang Maibigay on church. So I know I know problema.
It's always an issue of humility.
The people is are not mature enough to lower themselves down
to serve others for their gifts so that others will be enriched
as well. That is the point, because
humility can always be something that must exist in the church
because Christ will never allow His church now in the position
as a service on. Christ will always make sure
that the church will be in service.
And that's how humility and meekness meets the Empanada, my
Kitana. It's not about implying a lack
of strength or a lack of higher status.
Different difference economically diverse church
Nathan I Hindi Nagkakaron sharing of resources then
somebody or someone is not humble enough to lower their
estate so that others may be enrich and that's not humility.
That's not meekness and that's not godly wisdom gets support.
OK, so it doesn't mean weak. Now, in contrast, verse 14
meekness and that's why we were able to establish that meekness
must be compatible with humility because when James said weakness
is contrasted with other virtues, negative ones, he said
enviousness. He said being hum besos boastful
and deceitful. Kitani poem Pakakasalan sunod
enviousness means you decide the godly character of a person.
And since you cannot hack it, you will try to murder for it.
You will try to project it. You will try to make other
people see see you for someone who you're really not because
you want a godly character and you want to possess it.
But at the end of the day, you're not humble enough to be
receiving it. And that's the problem of of a
worldly wisdom, ambition and ambition Posa Church.
It's not. It's actually very slowly, very
slowly. Must must must mischievous patch
as a corporate world. Cause as a corporate world
Alumina era Sam Appleby. OK then I think we still money.
But indeed and that is transparent there people are
very competitive against one another.
But it's a church. Hindi popera unpin agala Bannan
Rehan Power. It's about power and it's about
control, and those are the things that people covet and
noble mean. And actually they grew up with
the preaching of my dad and I always looked up to him.
I think it comes with that in the attempted in you'll be in a
public ministry that one way or the other will be looked upon,
looked up to in the Internet. This style Hindi show annoying
de la Laguna in shajan param today.
It comes with the territory and since I looked up, looked up to
people who are in the position of let's say in the church
preaching or a pastor, some of us in the congregation looked
upon these things. The parent Sigura sugar Pagan
pasar hummus maggi magaling ako suguru pakka pastora ko ikoko
think enviousness may ambition ka and problems at church
indicating mukambi Bubba. So you first have to be
appearing humble, meek and don't pumapasok mischievousness.
Bring me the Bupa ilalim Bailey mukwasha hambal pero pag
character. And that is what James is trying
to warn us against. This means that the person who
does not, who is not meek will always covet godly character
because they do not possess it. The very reason combat maraming
power hungry is a church, not money hungry.
Money comes with the power. That's how the dynamics work.
If you have the power, you have the money better.
You don't just go with the money, you go with the power so
that you will have the money. And that's the reason why Kapaka
Meropol power power may power position.
Young, ambitious will covert godly character precisely
because they do not possess it and the aim is to project the
maturity that they lack. There's always wisdom in trying
to let leaders grow more ahead, but not quickly as the members
or the congregations of the church.
Para Nakita Nandala companion Galawar Sherpa Young member
Don't say leader Church Amina What?
But anyway, in your map was just a boy named Manasa Lupa Mera
Kanamai Kita, human leaders said church members at church
training indicating kilo malago bahala kayo jaan basaka me
lumala go. And those are the things that
are actually pertaining them more.
That's the problem. You want to project a kind of
maturity, but actually what you're trying to do is you're
just ultimately trying to cover the deficiency of your character
with hypocrisy. And by being hypocritical,
basically hypocrisy simply means, okay, that what you do
not have you have to come up with Setra ballpoint output on
confidence. Tama, any confidence gap, the
actors. Kilka, come on.
OK, the powerful, flexible, powerful.
I can work under pressure, perfect my pressure.
Madiba that's how it is in the corporate world.
It is the same thing in the character of the people.
And that is why when you think that a person tries to be
converting of power without the maturity that accompanies with
it, then that person is worldly. And that is worldly wisdom
because they try to attempt to remove the spec in the eyes of
the others while neglecting the log in their own eyes.
And that is the folly of their efforts because at the end of
the day, there are there are there are foolish people in the
church, foolish believers. OK, let me qualify maraming
people, maraming types of fools in Scripture, Dinanath impeding
a categorised hat in one place because that would be wrong.
So let us go through with the three.
And the three are there is a fool that denies God, OK.
And obviously, if there is a fool that denies God, either you
deny it because you're unbeliever or you deny it
because of your kind of lifestyle living pedion.
You can be denying of God outright because you say ohh,
well, I'm afraid I'm sure religion at least you're honest.
You're an atheist. At least you go out of the world
without any religion or the other one is ultimate hypocrisy
in the religious accusing an eco religioso Tatekawa elder Tatakho
pastor. They should I have an appearance
pero deep in my heart. I think there is no good.
So the fool that denies God that is what we are talking about.
The second is the full and you Kanina painting unbeliever yon
actually Una, the fool that denies God.
The second one is a fool that is wise in his own eyes.
And this is the warning for all of us.
This is what we always say that always, always entraps
believers. And you will know this because
as you mature in as you mature in the faith, you will learn how
immature thinking one way or the other happens.
A fool will not know that they are foolish.
Instead, even though they're full, they think they're wise.
And that's the irony of it all. They profess that they are wise,
but they are actually fooled because they don't know how
foolish they are in their actions and in their mindset.
The fool who believes that they are wise tend to be they tend to
be prideful because they refuse to listen to others and this
will lead to their downfall. So Chappaqua and Sang leader are
insane person. Let's say anyone who is even a
member or congregant who cannot accept any council except but
what they think, uh, what they think is right, then that's a
foolish person. Okay, Marina Mambo foolish to
foolish I'm foolish foolish is foolish now yung kaibigan nya
foolish Pasha. How come foolish because he only
councils also by the strength of his knowledge and understanding
the long foolish Poleon and both of them are foolish in their
foolish who thinks that they are wise in their own eyes.
Properly, a wise person on the flip side would be is a person
who accepts in humility that they cannot for themselves
generate any wisdom and always seek scripture and council
scripture to others actually don't differentiate.
Congrad Leon council kapag ang lapit pussy inhindi opinion.
Yeah, whatever XY is in a situation and so being Magasawa
Nagaway. Ohh okay yeah so secret among
the world's new so and then uncle and Balandra Sayo is Yum
Bohai Nila at the end of that is that is foolish that is unwise
that is not godly and godly counsel is comet problem Maka
and Ipaliwanag Sayhi indeed indicated by bully Indian
sinasabi James in the scripture scripture.
And I think you're leading out from this and you may believe me
in my life and they are perfect because Magkaibigan tie boyko.
But I know this is straight and this is true what God says is
true and if you are leading out from this, I think it's wise for
you to come back. That is godly counsel.
That is not foolish because it does not point to himself, but
points to the word of God as godly source of wisdom.
The third one is a fool who mark sin.
And this is again an unbeliever, a type of fool who treats since
lightly, seen lightly, and does not even think of the
consequences seriously because it all and even and even though
it leads ultimately to its destruction.
And I think that's self-explanatory.
So the point is that the full cannot humble themselves before
others because they are unable to discern their own folly.
Emporium problema Biblical counselling is young approach
notao if the approach is humble or in humility, or in pride.
Actually, personally speaking kapag inhumanity napakasarap to
Logan Peru kapaka prideful angara chili Peru Panama Goa
open NASA thought processes get it there and somehow, one way or
the other. Napigilan cat banana Kamale
shanam male ang dating Pasake make a salad makes it The trip
did not help me so. So if that's the approach, then
you know for a fact that that that that person is a fool and
and Hindi pagod counselling and Kailangan guy dapat humility and
work out why? Because they cannot accept
council because why they perceive stupid, they perceive
themselves to be wise in their own eyes and the folly of it
all. Eddie Bangladesh, Casa.
And the Hulu and then how come they pay Pujan and they will get
he gets he gets come back with my pride bar in itself.
God appointed for you to fall is to work out humility in your
life and yet while our marital humility.
How come then that's a good question and that is because you
think that you're wise even though the Nakasa Lagana and
that's why meekness must come with wisdom.
The godly character that is the end of the day.
It's not about whether or not you seen I.
Am your pointing number privileged?
Mugging member attack on pastoral Kaina Kasala kasala
Rayo tamapa pero Nangyari man Nangyari man.
It's a great privilege because I want to know if you have the
spiritual capacity to humble yourself before God and that
this character, because humility comes with wisdom and wisdom
complements meekness. Meekness shows the ability to
discern between godly and worldly living and then being
able to know the difference and choose the godly path.
Time 9. Nikita so but the second point
the arrogance the man in contrast comparison contrast
worldly wisdom, godly wisdom, godly wisdom meekness couple of
worldly wisdom lagging flip long you arrogance.
So let's try to understand what it means.
The second point so why is worldly wisdom becomes arrogant
back it arrogante young worldly wisdom backdating sinasabe
humility and weakness. Then therefore you're arrogant
and therefore that wisdom is worthy.
Why? Because any worldly wisdom will
promise you the moon and the stars, but will never ever
deliver them. It over promises, but it under
delivers laggy ponga Anon, laggy poganun.
It is consistent in the character of a hypocrite,
Nakapag Pusha hypocrital. He will project a kind of godly
character, Peter. At the end of the day, he it's
all about promises. It's all about promises, but
Kappa Kappa push comes to shove. Kapak Pusha in tire meets the
road Walana not for food at my character because he under
delivers. Chapter 4 verse one asks another
question, but this time provides the answer to indicate the lack
of discernment among the readers.
And This is why it is It's been exhortative so far.
It is encouraging also to know the congregation that James
preaches to or preached to are also living arrogantly.
We're also living immaturely, immature immaturely, and they
are also struggling with the same scenes that we were all
struggle even until now. OK, at this point, the occasion
of writing the letter unravels. Why?
Because Lalabas, this is an epistle at the core of the
epistle. It's always about their is an
occasion that arise a problem usually that the apostle or
anyone who writes tend to address with the letter.
That's actually how episodes work.
So basically knock one another. Ohh even if it all they know
even with the all the introduction from chapter 1 all
the way to chapter 3 NASA 4 Natayo and then then James now
gives us some glimpse. I'm problema maraming arrogante
dito sa church NATO marami and immature because worldly and
kanilang outlook. So that is why James pointed out
the root cause of their division and the quarrel happening in the
community of believers. They are not mortifying their
flesh. The terms that he uses here are
the passions that are at war within you.
John Owen was actually very, very clear in his exposition of
this verse and diverse related to that would probably be top of
my column as a romance pero and and general idea is if you are
in a church community, therefore there will always be believers
in it and the very reason why there are divisions in the
church not because there are unbelievers.
No, there are there are unbelievers, but there are
believers there. However, the unbelievers are
immature. The unbelievers are unworthy
have unfortified sin. They are not progressing in
holiness because they are not engaging the sin, the war that
is within. Okay, an externality rampaging
Pastor has always been a minister who exudes confidence,
our leaders in their actions and very decisive.
And you can learn that in the corporate world.
And the very reason why I think the pastor leadership is
compatible with how I lead my life is because I have corporate
experience. However, Hindi Madali Uni he
medallion and Pinaka Mahira Poyang war within at Marami
Pokémon marami in Hindi call. It's always been a battle to
understand my heart through the reflection from God's word, to
submit to it and to make sure that I had a poo senior.
And that's the battle say Merriam pomana tatayo nai Hindi
yung ginagawa at Cappagh Indian Ginagawa meagre reflect pollensa
congregation and pulpit and reflection and congregation
decisiveness. Young pat on the bridge and you
message Nappanee bridge Margaret reflect poorly on 2nd
relegation. Will you think about?
And that's the wisdom there. Young.
Why no, we didn't preacher at your message that divisive at a
young congregation. Tali tali puon kayapo shangani
Kaya me quarrelling. Kaya meron divisiveness, Kaya
meron arrogance. It's because one way or the
other there are always inordinate.
Sorry, undermining Sarkar socinus is inordinate.
Ordinate case means young, natural or tama desires.
We will always have ordinate desires.
Keeling and problem not. And because of sin, the desire
to sin is sin. And because we desire sin, every
sin that we do comes from an inordinate desire.
Indicia, ordinate, indeed natural, unnatural, inordinate.
That is why when we have inordinate desires that will
always keep pestering the visible Church.
Why? Because immaturity abounds when
Christians neglect the duty of sanctification, the primary duty
of sanctification is for every individual member and leaders of
the church to engage in pastoral communal work and
sanctification. Communal Jyotishi to remind one
another about it, but the work itself is individually
personalized. Applied Hindi copo magagawa amma
Asante Jaipur Rayo so report means some poor Filipino banana
feeling that baban al din tayo minsan sinasabi pusara means a
church most effective way. Now opening up actually my
Ghana, Ghana Pointe magpie pre namanako pero ganun put your
mindset and thinking nothing congoleum kasama natin by
association again holy potyo. And sadly, indeed, that's not
how it works. Sadly, that's not how it works.
The godly duty for all leaders and pulpit ministers is to
sanctify. That's their duty.
But you have to simplify for yourselves, as provided for you
by Christ, the Spirit and His Word.
You have that duty for yourself. You must do it, or else you will
reek havoc in the church. You will make the church
divisive and you'll make the church thrilling or divisive,
OK. Because first of focus is on the
specific and mortified scene they commit and how they violate
the moral law of God. When the law of God cases
exposed and which is somehow one way or the other.
That's one thing that is good in this church memory churches
because in Hindi Nagar exposed the law of God.
That's why the law of God remained something obscure
something. And then I'm saved by grace.
I don't need the law anymore. And that's antinomianism.
Basically, it's a disease that's spread already in the
evangelical world. But you have that.
You have that here. But when the moral law is
exposed, when the moral law is read for an unbeliever, nahi
steer up your flesh nila at so reading of the gospel in the Law
4 Yum personal and believer Tumitigas and personal believer
Lou Malambot Senapati gas neto by their own device synonym neto
and spirito Santo Jose so Makita Magad as a church and mortified
flesh negative building polo and converted because they all see
here that no no, no, no, no and button just not on demands and
that's why you need the law and left unchecked you point
problema. If it is left unchecked, the
Karuna, internal dissatisfaction, pollen
grumbling, Magreklamo magreklamo.
Magreklamo, magreklamo hahna Kampe kampe kampe insula insula.
And that's how it works. That's basically the elementary
procedures on how this content happens in the church.
And that's all because the the, the unbelievers are sowing
discontent, seeds of discontent in the church.
And that's why Varsity provided the remedy to the
discontentment. The solution is prayer and
Providence. And that is why you encourage
sanctification in the lives of your congregants.
We want them to understand that there is no grand solution to
sanctification except that we bow our knees to God and ask for
help. That's it.
Prayer, no matter how weak it sounds.
And that's the problem with weak and meek.
You associate prayer as a passive action.
But no, if you realise that prayer is the most active one
that was given to us as a means of prayer in response to the
word that we have heard as a response of faith and
repentance. I think prayer is the only key
solution for any discontented heart prayer and Providence.
And this is the key to the discussion of wisdom.
And we'll try to go through, and I think I went through with that
most probably because I believe this manuscript, probably on my
last preaching, I went through with this and I know it.
Suffice for now to say that praying for our simplification
is the point. So let me ask you, believers,
brothers and sisters in Christ, beloved, did you even, have you
even considered praying for your sanctification?
You prayed for your need materially.
You prayed for your future and the supply that God provides,
but you have ever even considered to pray?
Lord, I've always been impatient.
Lord, I've always been lacking, lacking of wisdom.
May I ask you, God, to grant me the privilege for me to
understand more of myself so that I can serve others better?
That is wisdom, that is prayer, and that is sanctification.
As much as we want to pray for our material needs, the Lord's
Prayer have undergirded that only.
The only two aspects of our prayer would always be material
and spiritual need. Forgive us of our sins as we
forgive others. Lead us not into temptation, but
deliver us from evil. Those are about spiritual needs
and how are you praying for it? I'm not asking if you're praying
for the spiritual needs of others.
Are you asking for it in your prayer?
Not in the collective sense as a public prayer, as even if we put
it in a parang line in our prayer list of as congregants to
ask for sanctification, that is not how that works.
You must pray for it. And the wisdom is, if you are
not, if you are not asking for it, then you're a fool.
That's it. And if you are a fool, I know
that you're living under the wisdom of this world, because
I've already clearly said that the wisdom that comes from God
comes from the Spirit. It will only come to the meek
and to the humble, and it comes with prayer.
We will discuss this about UH prayers list and worldliness in
our next Thursday. The next day may come here and
our next door say against worldliness.
But it let me end with that. Let me end with a prayer asking
for sanctification, asking for prayer for God to sanctify us in
his spirit. Let's all borrow heads and let
us pray. Are they really, Father, we
understand ohh God, that great need of our time, that as we
continue to understand the faith that we have embraced how we
heard it means that it is also expected from us that we will be
able to do it and learn. We will not be able to do it for
ourselves without the guidance and the strength that comes by
the Spirit. Pray all Lord, let me, each
individual person who are here understands the word, the very
word that James wrote by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit,
that the conduct of His word that will be able to reflect
meekness in the wisdom. That in that meekness of God is
a reflection of godly character that comes only from a divine
source, which is Christ Himself. So we pray.
Ohh God as you continue to mold each individual congregant and
member hears of this word grant us ohh God the ability grant us
ohh God the humility to Bower Bower needs to you that will be
able to understand the mystery of this life that comes with
sanctification that we will always ask for those things in
our daily lives. So we pray ohh God for the
entire week need of sanctification for each
individual members. We pray ohh God that they'll be
able to see the need to pray for it and ask for it, that in
prayer they'll be able to experience for themselves the
really eating posture that that is, that is that comes with the
work of the Spirit in our lives. So we pray ohh God that made
this words that that was preached to us will be lived out
in our daily living for each individual hearers here in the
name of your Son, by the power of your spirit.