The Book of James: "Pursue One Another"

June 9, 2024

Lead Pastor Dr. Dan Acker

 

James 5:19-20

Isaiah 53:6

 

3 Causes of Wandering:

 

1) Believing that following Jesus is easy

 

Matthew 7:13-14

 

"Following Jesus is simple, but not easy. Love until it hurts, and then love more.
Charles Spurgeon: You cannot be Christ’s servant if you are not willing to follow him, cross and all. What do you crave? A crown? Then it must be a crown of thorns if you are to be like him. Do you want to be lifted up? So you shall, but it will be upon a cross." -Mother Teresa

 

2) Listening to anyone who claims to speak for Christ

 

Matthew 7: 15-23

1 Corinthians 2:1-5

 

3) Believing that words are more important than actions

 

Matthew 7: 24-27

 

 "Faith and works are bound up in the same bundle. He that obeys God trusts God; and he that trusts God obeys God. He that is without faith is without works; and he that is without works is without faith." -Charles Spurgeon

 

“We are the Bibles the world is reading; We are the creeds the world is needing; We are the sermons the world is heeding.” -Billy Graham

 

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