James 5a
February 3, 2018
James 5a
Shawn Bumpers / General
Introduction
James 1:1 NKJV
James, a bondservant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad: Greetings.
James 4:13 NKJV
Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, spend a year there, buy and sell, and make a profit”;
James 3:2 NKJV
For we all stumble in many things. If anyone does not stumble in word, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle the whole body.
v1-2
πλούσιος plousios: riches
James 2:5–7 NKJV
Listen, my beloved brethren: Has God not chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him? But you have dishonored the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you and drag you into the courts? Do they not blaspheme that noble name by which you are called?
v3-4
Paul says that there are miseries ahead for those use wealth sinfully.
What miseries lie ahead?
Luke 12:20–21 NKJV
But God said to him, ‘Fool! This night your soul will be required of you; then whose will those things be which you have provided?’ “So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.”
Colossians 3:2 NKJV
Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth.
James 2:18 NKJV
But someone will say, “You have faith, and I have works.” Show me your faith without your works, and I will show you my faith by my works.
1 Timothy 5:17–18 NKJV
Let the elders who rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and doctrine. For the Scripture says, “You shall not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain,” and, “The laborer is worthy of his wages.”
James 5:4 NKJV
Indeed the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, cry out; and the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.
Matthew 6:19 NKJV
“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal;
1 Corinthians 4:2 NKJV
Moreover it is required in stewards that one be found faithful.
1 Timothy 6:17 NKJV
Command those who are rich in this present age not to be haughty, nor to trust in uncertain riches but in the living God, who gives us richly all things to enjoy.
v5-6
James 5:5 LEB
You have lived self-indulgently on the earth and have lived luxuriously. You have fattened your hearts in the day of slaughter.
James 5:1 NKJV
Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you!
The Bible does not discourage the acquiring of wealth.
James 2:6 NKJV
But you have dishonored the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you and drag you into the courts?
Deuteronomy 24:14–15 NKJV
“You shall not oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy, whether one of your brethren or one of the aliens who is in your land within your gates. Each day you shall give him his wages, and not let the sun go down on it, for he is poor and has set his heart on it; lest he cry out against you to the Lord, and it be sin to you.
Leviticus 19:13 NKJV
‘You shall not cheat your neighbor, nor rob him. The wages of him who is hired shall not remain with you all night until morning.
• Riches vanish
1 Timothy 6:17 NKJV
Command those who are rich in this present age not to be haughty, nor to trust in uncertain riches but in the living God, who gives us richly all things to enjoy.
2 Peter 3:10 NKJV
But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up.
James 4:14 NKJV
whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away.
Luke 12:20 NKJV
But God said to him, ‘Fool! This night your soul will be required of you; then whose will those things be which you have provided?’
• Erosion of character.
James 5:3 NKJV
Your gold and silver are corroded, and their corrosion will be a witness against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have heaped up treasure in the last days.
1 Timothy 6:10 NKJV
For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, for which some have strayed from the faith in their greediness, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
Exodus 20:17 NKJV
“You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s.”
Psalm 62:10 NKJV
Do not trust in oppression, Nor vainly hope in robbery; If riches increase, Do not set your heart on them.
Proverbs 22:1 NKJV
A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches, Loving favor rather than silver and gold.
• Judgment.
James 5:9 NKJV
Do not grumble against one another, brethren, lest you be condemned. Behold, the Judge is standing at the door!
• The loss of opportunity.
James 5:8 NKJV
You also be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand.
Ephesians 5:16 NKJV
redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
Matthew 6:21 NKJV
For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
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