Why is the incarnation essential to our faith?

Only God can atone for our sins.

Only Man can die in man’s place.

Only the One who is fully God and fully Man can pay the penalty for our sins as our Perfect Substitute.

Jesus is God. He is God in the flesh. He is the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world.

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Jesus is THE WAY to God.

John 14:6, Acts 9:1-2, Acts 19:8-9, Acts 4:12

Jesus is THE TRUTH of God.

John 14:6, John 14:26, John 17:15-17, John 1:16-17, Luke 24:27, John 15:26, John 16:13

Jesus is THE LIFE with God.

John 14:6, Ephesians 2:1-6, John 5:24

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By grace through faith in Jesus, God transforms people from enemies to children of God.

John 1:9-13, Titus 3:5, John 3:16, Romans 5:8-11

Children of God are eternally loved and secure in Christ.

2 Corinthians 5:17, Romans 8:38-39

Children of God daily depend on God’s Word and prayer.

Psalm 62:7-8, 1 Peter 5:6-7

Children of God daily yearn for their eternal home.

1 John 3:1-2, Revelation 22:3-5

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An authentic, healthy church consistently prays for one another.

James 5:13-18

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An authentic, healthy church humbly confesses their sins to one another.

James 5:16

An authentic, healthy church goes after its wandering brother/sister in truth and love.

James 5:19-20, 1 Peter 4:8, Galatians 6:1

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THREE EXAMPLES OF PATIENCE

To illustrate what patience looks like, James provides three examples.

The Farmer: Trust God to do his work (James 5:7)

The farmer planted his crops right after the early rain in October and then waited for the seed to take root and sprout. He depended on God for the sunshine and moisture. The late rains in March/April provided what was needed to produce a bountiful crop. The farmer had to wait patiently for God to do his work.

The Prophets: Trust God to keep his Word (James 5:10)

One of the toughest jobs in the OT was to be a prophet. Often, they delivered a message that few wanted to hear and fewer wanted to believe. Moses had to endure the complaining and grumbling of people for 40 years. Jeremiah was called the weeping prophet. Along with his lengthy prophecy, he wrote the Book of laments (Lamentations). He was ridiculed, rejected, and thrown into the mud of an empty cistern with no food or water. Daniel was thrown into a den of hungry lions. Zechariah was put to death in the temple (2 Chron. 24:20-22).

Job: Trust God even when you don’t understand (James 5:11)

Job was a righteous man who lost everything—except his wife—but she told him to curse God and die. His friends were certain that Job had committed a sin. And although he suffered, God never explained why. Still, Job remained steadfast in his trust (Job 13:15).

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Throughout Scripture, God warns us about the seductive power of money. Jesus likens it to a completing god and says our treasure becomes the focus of our heart (Matt. 6:21-24). Paul instructs Timothy, the young pastor in Ephesus, to warn people about the love of money and how the desire for more wealth has left people spiritually shattered (1 Tim. 6:10, 17).

In today’s passage, James describes the wealthy who live apart from God. Their demise is a grim encouragement to the poor Jewish believers being taken advantage of. And the demise of the godless rich serves as a stark warning to those who follow Jesus.

1.   Is wealth a competing god?

2.   Is your wealth causing you to be spiritually soft?

3.   Have you ever had a serious conversation with God about your wealth? Why did he bless you with it? What does he want you to do with it?

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Pray for the hearts of the American people. As we head to the voting booth today, pray for every heart, that God would guide them according to His Word to vote for the candidate who will best advance the Kingdom of God for the next four years.

Romans 14:17 - For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking but of righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

Pray for the next generation. Pray that the Lord would watch over every child/teenager in our nation that is growing up in a culture of relativism and information overload that bombards them every day. Pray that the Lord in this next generation would most importantly rise up the next leaders of His church in America.

Psalm 145:4 - One generation shall commend your works to another, and shall declare your mighty acts.

Pray for the Church. In this moment of time in our nation, the harvest is ripe for souls to turn to Jesus Christ by faith, if the Church is unified for the Gospel. Pray that we would come together in unity as Jesus prayed in John 17, that through our unified Gospel proclamation the world would trust in Him.

John 17:20-21 - “I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me.

“If the Lord wills” is a bold statement of God’s Sovereignty.

“If the Lord wills” is a bold statement of determined obedience.

“If the Lord wills” is a bold statement of Christ-like humility.

Self-centered bragging must be replaced by God-honoring trust.

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