The Book of James: "Overcoming the Battle Within"

April 21, 2024

Lead Pastor Dr. Dan Acker

 

"When divisions are rife in religion, it is bound to happen that what is in men’s minds will soon erupt in real conflict. For while nothing is more effective for joining us together, and there is nothing which does more to unite our minds, and keep them peaceful, than agreement in religion, yet if disagreement has somehow arisen in connection with it, the inevitable result is that men are quickly stirred up to engage in fighting, and there is no other field with fiercer disputes." -John Calvin

"What! At peace with the Father, and at war with His children? It cannot be." -John Flavel

"Divisions in the church always breed atheism in the world." -Thomas Manton

"The cause of sin is never so much helped as when Christians waste their strength in quarreling with one another, and spend their time in petty squabbles." -J.C. Ryle

 

James 3:13-4:6

 

"Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live" -Oscar Wilde

 

”Nothing is bloodier than a religious war. Issues aren’t just as human squabbles; everything is elevated to eternal importance… How tempting… to mistake our will for God’s. How devilish to believe that disagreeing with me is disagreeing with God.” -Marshall Shelly

 

James 4:7-10

 

Romans 7:15

 

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