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400» Jas 4:13-16 . . Come now, you who say: Today or tomorrow, we shall
go to such and such a city, and spend a year there and engage in business
and make a profit.
. .Yet you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow. You are just a
vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away. Instead, you
ought to say: If The Lord wills, we shall live and also do this or that. But as
it is, you boast in your self confidence; all such boasting is evil.
There are two benefits to my association with God that I value very highly.
One is the ransom that His son paid to rescue my soul from the death
depicted by Rev 20;11-15; viz: the destination spoken of by Isa 66:23-24,
Matt 10:28, Mark 9:43-48, and Luke 16:19-31.
The second benefit that I value very highly is providence; which is the thing
that James is getting at. His criticism is directed towards overly ambitious
Christians who deliberately neglect to take into consideration God's thoughts
about their schemes.
They also neglect to take into consideration the brevity of life. In other
words: if you're getting by alright in your present circumstances, don't seek
better circumstances. Instead, live out the remaining days of your fragile life
where you are now unless circumstances beyond your control force you to
relocate and make some changes.
● 1Tim 6:6-10 . . Piety, with contentment, is great gain. For we brought
nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. But if we have
food and clothing, we will be content with that.
. . People who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many
foolish and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction. For
the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for
money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with much
grief.
The love of money is quite a bit different than the necessity for money. The
love of money tends to be grasping, i.e. desiring material possessions
urgently and excessively and often to the point of ruthlessness. The love of
money says: more, more, more. Whereas the necessity for money says:
there's no need for more when adequate is enough.
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400» Jas 4:13-16 . . Come now, you who say: Today or tomorrow, we shall
go to such and such a city, and spend a year there and engage in business
and make a profit.
. .Yet you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow. You are just a
vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away. Instead, you
ought to say: If The Lord wills, we shall live and also do this or that. But as
it is, you boast in your self confidence; all such boasting is evil.
There are two benefits to my association with God that I value very highly.
One is the ransom that His son paid to rescue my soul from the death
depicted by Rev 20;11-15; viz: the destination spoken of by Isa 66:23-24,
Matt 10:28, Mark 9:43-48, and Luke 16:19-31.
The second benefit that I value very highly is providence; which is the thing
that James is getting at. His criticism is directed towards overly ambitious
Christians who deliberately neglect to take into consideration God's thoughts
about their schemes.
They also neglect to take into consideration the brevity of life. In other
words: if you're getting by alright in your present circumstances, don't seek
better circumstances. Instead, live out the remaining days of your fragile life
where you are now unless circumstances beyond your control force you to
relocate and make some changes.
● 1Tim 6:6-10 . . Piety, with contentment, is great gain. For we brought
nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. But if we have
food and clothing, we will be content with that.
. . People who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many
foolish and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction. For
the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for
money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with much
grief.
The love of money is quite a bit different than the necessity for money. The
love of money tends to be grasping, i.e. desiring material possessions
urgently and excessively and often to the point of ruthlessness. The love of
money says: more, more, more. Whereas the necessity for money says:
there's no need for more when adequate is enough.
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