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James 4:13-17
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2. A Christian’s Attitude Concerning The Future
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A Christian’s Attitude Concerning The Future
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3. LIFE IS EXTREMELY UNPREDICTABLE
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LIFE IS EXTREMELY UNPREDICTABLE
Vs. 13 Talking about upcoming business trip
Leave today or tomorrow
Plans for a particular city
Purpose to spend a year there and make a profit.
Many places in the Bible where we are told that we are to work for a living – Ephesians 4:28; 1 Thessalonians 4:11)
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4. LIFE IS EXTREMELY UNPREDICTABLE
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LIFE IS EXTREMELY UNPREDICTABLE
Matthew 25:14-30 – Condemned for Not making a profit
Luke 12:20 “whose will those things be?”
Proverbs 27:1 “you do not know what a day may bring forth”
Luke 14: “sit down & calculate the cost to see if he has enough to complete”
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5. LIFE IS EXTREMELY SHORT
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LIFE IS EXTREMELY SHORT
V.13 Assumed they would be alive tomorrow!
Psalm 90:10 Assume it is some kind of average life span guaranteed.
U.S. Average currently 78.8 and world wide it is Many places much less
Jeanne Calment – 2/21/1875 – 8/4/1997
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6. LIFE IS EXTREMELY SHORT
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LIFE IS EXTREMELY SHORT
V.14 Life is a “vapor”
Psalm 144:4 “like a mere breath; days like a passing shadow.”
2 Samuel 14:14 like water spilled on the ground
Job 7:6 faster than weaver’s shuttle
Job 9:25 faster than a runner
Job 9:26 reed boat slipping by – eagle swooping down on its prey
Psalm 103:15,16 flowers/grass of the field
Isaiah 38:12 shepherd’s tent rolled up
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7. WE ARE TO INCLUDE GOD IN OUR PLANS
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WE ARE TO INCLUDE GOD IN OUR PLANS
V.16 Problem is Arrogance
Not Stealing, Cheating or Lying
Had Left God out of their plans entirely
James 5:15 “we ought to say, ‘if the Lord wills, we will live & also do this or that.”
Our Heart’s Desire is that God’s Will is Done
Matthew 6:10 “Your will be done…”
Matthew 26:42 “Your will be done…”
It is a mind-set; the process of being concerned about the Will of God in our lives
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8. WE ARE TO INCLUDE GOD IN OUR PLANS
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WE ARE TO INCLUDE GOD IN OUR PLANS
V.17 Not all sin is an act we commit
We can sin simply by not doing what is right
Forget to include God in our plans, we tend to forget to do those things that we really need to do
Someone needs encouragement – don’t do it!
Know we are wrong – do not apologize!
Someone needs our forgiveness – don’t do it!
Someone needs to hear the truth – don’t do it!
When we Know right thing to do & don’t do it, it is SIN!
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9. ALL WILL BE MAKING PLANS FOR THE FUTURE
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ALL WILL BE MAKING PLANS FOR THE FUTURE
What Standard Will We Use as We Make Those Plans?
Cannot be God’s friend if we continue to be His enemy. James 4:4
Must study His Word with a desire to Know what He expects of us. 2 Timothy 2:15
Learn the Right Thing to do, & then to follow through with it – if we do not….it is a sin
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