"Flashes of
Your Life"
James 4:
13-17
I. THE
LANGUAGE OF OUR LIFE. Verse 11-12
.
II. THE
LENGTH OF OUR LIVES. Verse 14
Vr #14 For what is your
LIFE? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and
then vanished away.
Psalms 90:10-12 God tells us
to Number our Days and apply our hearts to wisdom.
How old are you today? The
average life span for a man is 72.06 Years, for a woman
is 77.01 Years. Our time on
this earth is from 70 to 80 years, and then like all others
before us, life on earth
"vanishes away".
When we think of "The Length
Of Our Lives" We Know.
(a). Life Is
Very Short.
Verse #14 "appeareth for a
little while and then is vanished away".
VANISHED AWAY = Morning
Mist, Story Soon Told, Weavers Shuttle, (life is short
no matter how we gage it).
You can think of someone this moment that has recently
went to meet God.
(b). Life Is
Significant.
Verse #14 "for what is your
life?" (You are no accident, life is for something, life has
meaning, it is important.
(Three things we should use LIFE For)
1. We
Should Use Life For Reaching God's World.
2. We
Should Use Life For Proclaiming God's Word.
3. We
Should Use Life For Learning God's Wisdom.
As We Look At Life, Let Us
Consider
III. THE
LORD OF OUR LIFE.
Verse #15 "For that ye ought
to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that".
There are three ways we can
know God's will. The first is through our Prayer Life,
The Written Word, and
through Circumstances In Our Life.
If life is a vapour we need
to seek God's will. Vr#15 "If the Lord will,"
(a). We Can
Know God's Will In Salvation.
II Peter 3:9 "The Lord ....
Is longsuffering to us-ward, not WILLING that any should
PERISH, but that all should
come to REPENTANCE. (See Romans 10:9-13).
(b). We Can
Know God's Will In Sanctification.
II Thessalonians 4:3-4 "For
this is THE WILL OF GOD, even your SANCTIFICATION,
that you should abstain from
fornication: That every one of you SHOULD KNOW how to
possess his vessel in
SANCTIFICATION and honor;".
SANCTIFICATION = "set apart
for God's use"
(c). We Can
Know God's Will In Service.
Romans 12:2 "And be not
CONFORMED to this WORLD: but be ye TRANSFORMED by
the RENEWING of your mind, that ye may
prove what is that good, and acceptable, and
perfect, will of God.
CHARLES G. FINNEY = Law
School. (God said, Charles what are you going to do now?)
IV. THE LAW
OF OUR LIFE.
Verse #17 "Therefore to him
that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin".
There Is Risk In Life, if
you leave God out of it. The risk is that you may live selffishley,
and sinfully.
(a). There
Are Sins Of Commission.
"Sins we commit, the bad
things we do."
(b). There Are
Sins Of Omission.
"The Good Things We ought to
DO, but we DO NOT DO THEM (We Omit Them) and
when we do they become SIN".
(1).
TITHING = Mat 23, Mal 3:7-12. (2). TOTAL SURRENDER = "total commitment"
(3).
PRAYER = Luke 18:1 "men ought" (4). WITNESSING = Matt 28:19 "follow me"
(5). TRUST
= Prov 3:5-6 "trust in the lord with all your heart" (6). GRUDGES