James Chapter 4

James Chapter 4 | I Don't Get The Bible by Yeshuans

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I don't understand that gibberish. And I do try. You are Sean. Yes, you are Delaney. We are father and daughter, part of Jesuwan's faith. Not a woman, as I am often accused in public and I find that disturbing. I have to... Laugh. So insulting. That's what she says. And what about that uncut meat here? I'm 32.

You are 65. 4. So dirty. Okay, from then on came wars and strife among you. James chapter 4. EHM, which in the previous chapter is about chaos and peacemaking. And the chaos and such, which support the argument that the works are love and peacemaking. Yes. But EHM, from then on there were wars and strife among you, which did not arise from your lust, that war in you.

I mean, sorry, but we just talked about Christian nationalism. Yes. War and battle. This is the core of the whole message. Yes, and the idea of ​​suffering that we think is central. Does not arise from the suffering itself. No. It is simply the consequence of not going to war. Yes, if you are not at war and you love others, then that is suffering, because it is difficult.

Because it's hard. You keep your mouth shut. All those things. I wish we could learn that online. Yes. Yes, it is... almost a fundamental practice for Christians to… to debate online. Yes. Our audience, not only our loved ones, but also random people, then says... I did this and that and that on the internet and I got this information.

Quotation mark. It's like they're the ones trolling people. That's not the goal. No, it's about peacemaking. Yes. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God. So if we find peacemakers in what form Therefore, those who have faith in God and want to make peace are children of God.

And us stand by their side to bring more peace to this world. That is the message of Sam the Baptist. Guys, our parents didn't do it. You guys grandparents didn't. Nobody did it. It's up to us to do it. And this is why. Have faith, have it. I'm so excited about Sam the Baptist. Me, too. Okay. You ask, you ask and receive, not because you ask for something to spend on your lusts.

Give me a Rolls Royce. That's really interesting. You adulterers and adulteresses know. Don't you think that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Yes, that goes beyond John 1 about everything in the world. He says that friendship with the world is hatred of God. Oh dear! Yes, James does not hold back.

Therefore, whoever wants to be a friend of the world is an enemy of God. What do you want? I mean, therefore wanting to be away from the world is being an enemy of God. What do you want? I mean, that's why we're in this world. I love the world, but it is nothing compared to what God is. Yes. It's hard, isn't it? Yes.

Because in a sense, the fulfillment perspective suggests that we should be more involved in the world than Christians are, because Christians see the world as something that's going to end, and... Yeah, you know, we make the world better. Yes, this world has a purpose. I'm curious which word James borrows from the Greek when he talks about the world.

I wonder if it's cosmos or gahe or orikonia, but I'm pretty sure it's cosmos. Delaney is going to look it up now for your relief. James in Greek. Yes. Search for cosmos. Gahe or Oriconia. Cosmos. Yes. So it's about this fallen empire, but again, it was said before the end of that world. So there's a little bit of interpretation that's possible.

Wait, what do you think about it being about the cosmos? What do you mean? He's talking about the whole world as it is. He's not just talking about the law. No. He is not talking about the earlier era. He is talking about the entire system of this world. If you like it. I know. I know, I see, yes. A friend of the world.

Let's move on. Do you think that the scripture says to forgive, the spirit that dwells in us lusts after envy. But he gives more grace. Quotation mark. Therefore he says, God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble. So what he's saying there is that being a friend of the world automatically means that you can be determined to be proud of it.

That's the difference. And to long for it. To long for it, yes. A lust and pride of life. Of course. Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil. He will flee from you. Draw near to God. He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you duplicitous. Love James. He throws himself down.

Be sad, grieve and weep Let your laughter turn to mourning and your joy to sadness Yo Talk about suffering Like the point They all died for it It's not to be proud It is not to covet It is not to be a friend of the It is not to covet. It's not about a friend to be of the world. And look at us. Yes. You know, just to clarify, what? Does the world make a better place for a Jesuwan? Because we do that.

We're talking about skas and doing things because Christ made the world a better place through his material actions. We do it through love. We don't do it by commandment. We don't do it by imposed rules. We do it by sharing its light with others and showing people the benefits of embracing it, if they choose. We don't impose it. And we set the example of how to live, not by loving, but by being a friend of the world and not an enemy of it.

Yes. That's just the reason. And we realize that the world he was talking about in the context was still the fallen world, because the new age had not yet arrived. So that's what can be said about it. But ultimately, the life of Christ is important. God gave us live to teach us so that we can learn, grow, choose, feel, and so on.

That we don't deny it. And we think it's important to love this life and that life gets better when you can enjoy a meal. But that doesn't mean you're a proud, you are an arrogant friend of the world maybe one way to think about it, at least for me, is that you shouldn't desire should be proud of the world but be a friend of the world by taking advantage of its economy yes, that is, systems and laws. Yes. And conformity.

Yes. The Jesuwan approach, which does not live in the world but is at peace with it, is an expression of something that is not of this world. Like you're expressing yourself as best you can. Yes. Outside the compliant system. And so we try to make the world a better place through that expression. Our perspective on the world is, it is here.

We are in the middle of it. We help. We have kids getting sick and all that stuff. But our perspective is eternal. We see our lives here from an eternal perspective. Yes. And not from a theological perspective. Perspective. Yes. And not from a theological perspective. Because when you do, love is more important than showing mercy, more important than justice.

In this life, that's right for them. And so, with all humility, I criticize the Mormons because they preach a false gospel because they love the world. They are friends of the world. They love everything that has to do with it. Totally agree. Yes, totally agree about pride. Yes. And that is a clear sign that the fruit of their learning is yielding very incorrect results.

Okay. Do you understand what I mean? Yes, I understand that. It's so complex. Okay. Yes. Sorry, I have to find my spot. Therefore submit to God, resist the devil who approaches you. Humble yourselves, verse 10, before the Lord, and he will exalt you. Do not speak evil of one another, brothers. Whoever speaks evil of his brother and judges him, speaks evil of the law and judges the law.

But if you judge the law, you are not an executor of the law, but a judge. There is one legislator who can save and destroy. Who are you to judge others? So against anyone who cites the faith and works argument from the previous chapters, take a look to the rest of the book. Look at the rest of the book.

Look at yourself. Look at the present. You say that today or tomorrow we will go to such a city and stay there for a year and buy and sell and make a profit. While you don't know what tomorrow will be. Jesus taught this too. Because what is your life? It is like a vapor that appears for a moment and then disappears again.

Therefore you should say, if the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that. But now you rejoice in your boasting. All such joy is evil. Therefore, whoever knows what is good to do and does not do it, for him it is a sin. That's the new way of seeing sin. Oh my goodness. Okay, can we just go over that? Yes.

Very quickly. That's intense, isn't it? The bottom line is you try to plan and... To force God's hand, for example by saying You know Tomorrow I go, and yes, your life is like a vapor, you die Jesus tells a parable and he says there is a man who says I'm going to live until I'm sixty and I'm going to collect all my wealth So he does that and builds barns to store all his wealth And then he said, I did it and I will start living tomorrow.

And died that night him. Wow. And this is what he says. You don't do it. So every week when I meet Margot I say on the way out I'll see you Sunday but I'm trying to say I'll see you Sunday, God willing. Because this was also Kierkegaard's point. He said, people said, come meet me at noon. He said, well, I'd say I'll do it, but a tile could fall off the roof and hit me in the head and I'd be lying.

So this is where the tongue comes into play in our boasting and arrogance. As humans we think we can plan, say and do. It's just like, hey, we'll see if we can do it, because we don't know. And I like that attitude. Yes, yes. And that is the context in which he says he must do good. Because whoever knows what is good and does not do it, that is a sin. Yes. That's a strange, surprising context.

It's surprising, isn't it? Yes. But now you rejoice in your boasting. All such joy is bad. For you. Because whoever knows what is good and does not do it, that is a sin. Good is not bragging. Yes, you know you shouldn't do it, but you do it anyway. And what someone taught me years ago is that Christ paid for all sin, right? Now James turns it around, because he wrote this long after Christ paid for all sins, right? James now turns it around, because he wrote this long after Christ.

Ascension and he therefore says, at first it was a sin if you did evil, now he turns it around and says, therefore, to know what is good. How do you know what is good? By the spirit of Christ within you. To know what is right and not to do it, that is a shame. To know what is right and not to do it, that is a shame.

So it's applied subjectively to you, it's not about the things you do by accident or exaggeration, it's about knowing what you should do. What you should do and what you probably shouldn't do and doing them is a shame. It's just a confusing final verse because the entire chapter was about what not to do.

I know. So it's not about what you should do. Yes, in the spirit of Christ, in a subjective way. It says, don't do it, don't do it, don't do it for them. Do you understand what I mean? It... It's quite disturbing in that context. I don't know how to explain that, but I think if we keep reading it and you can come back to it over the years and read it in context, it will become clear to you one day.

That's how it works for me. I won't necessarily get the hang of it right away, but one day that context, and perhaps what he starts saying in Chapter 5, will become clear to you. Let's take a look at that. But he said a few things like that. Fernend yourself. Yeah, you know, EHM. Submit to God, Confer yourself, speak no evil.

Yeah, well, yeah. It's something to think about. Yes. I get it. You could probably guess what he means by doing good, but that's just how it was. In any case, it's a bit strange. Okay, that was chapter 4. Okay. We'll get through it quickly. Ehm, I like James. Yes, it's a great book. Yes, yes, that's it. And it was said that it didn't belong.

So strange. By the reformer Martin Luther., yes, it is. And it was said that it didn't belong. So strange. By the reformer Martin Luther. Come on, Martin Luther. Know this? How can I? I'm trying to make a joke and I can't. Okay, thanks. Guys, bye.