August 29, 2021

 

THE BOOK OF JAMES

Part 8: Living Like the Lord is Returning

 

(James 5:8 NIV) You too, be patient and stand firm, because the Lord’s coming is near.

 

Living Like the Lord is Returning

 

  1. Our time is ________, so ________________.

 

  • Common Mistake #1: Presuming ______________.

(James 4:14,16 NIV) Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes… As it is, you boast in your arrogant schemes. All such boasting is evil.

 

  • Common Mistake #2: Planning _______________.

(James 4:15 NIV) Instead, you ought to say, “If it is the Lord’s will, we will live and do this or that.”

 

  • Common Mistake #3: Putting _________________.

(James 4:17 NIV) If anyone, then, knows the good they ought to do and doesn’t do it, it is sin for them.

 

Do I __________ and am I ____________

God’s ______________for my life?

 

2. Our possessions are _____________________,

so ______________________________________.

 

  • Don’t ________________.

(James 5:1-3 NIV) Now listen, you rich people, weep and wail because of the misery that is coming on you. Your wealth has rotted, and moths have eaten your clothes. Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and eat your flesh like fire. You have hoarded wealth in the last days.

 

  • Don’t ________________.

(James 5:4 NIV) Look! The wages you failed to pay the workers who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord Almighty.

 

  • Don’t ________________.

(James 5:5 NIV) You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened yourselves in the day of slaughter.

 

 

 

 

  • Don’t ________________.

(James 5:6 NIV) You have condemned and murdered the innocent one, who was not opposing you.

 

How can I be a ________________

with my ________________?

 

3. Our trials are __________, so ________________.

 

  • When circumstances are ________________.

(James 5:7-8 NIV) Be patient, then, brothers and sisters, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer waits for the land to yield its valuable crop, patiently waiting for the autumn and spring rains. You too, be patient and stand firm, because the Lord’s coming is near.

 

  • When people are ________________.

(James 5:9-10 NIV) Don’t grumble against one another, brothers and sisters, or you will be judged. The Judge is standing at the door! Brothers and sisters, as an example of patience in the face of suffering, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.

 

  • When problems are ________________.

(James 5:11 NIV) As you know, we count as blessed those who have persevered. You have heard of Job’s perseverance…

 

3 Reasons to Wait Patiently

 

  1. God is _________________.

(James 5:8 Ph) So must you be patient, resting your hearts on the ultimate certainty; the Lord’s coming is very near.

 

2. God ____________________.

(James 5:11a NIV) As you know, we count as blessed those who have persevered.

 

3. God is _____________________.

(James 5:11b NIV) You have heard of Job’s perseverance and have seen what the Lord finally brought about. The Lord is full of compassion and mercy.

 

Am I __________________ in my trials?

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