Passage: James 4:13-5:6
Summary
At the end of chapter 4 and beginning of chapter 5, James aims to show the insanity of two groups whom society typically regards as wise and together: “the competent” and “the wealthy.”
Sermon Questions
- How is your life both fleeting and forgettable?
- How has your life shown to be fragile?
- Modern society lives its life YOLO. (You Only Live Once) That’s actually a dumb way to live. Instead, we should live our lives YALF. (You Actually Live Forever). How does living your life with an eternal perspective change your focus and your priorities?
- Because life is fleeting, fragile and forgettable, don’t put off until tomorrow anything you know you should do today. If you were to die today, what would be undone?
- James is saying you live in a way totally disconnected from the people around you and their needs, and particularly when you do things to flaunt your wealth; when the clothes you wear or the bags you carry or the cars you drive and neighborhood you live in are supposed to make a statement about you, you have missed the point. What is God calling you to change in the ways you think about money?