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JAMES Marks of Maturity
James: Marks of Maturity Wealth Management James 5:1-6 • James 5:1-6: • Come now, you rich, weep and howl for the miseries that are coming upon you. Your riches have rotted and your garments are moth-eaten. Your gold and silver have corroded, and their corrosion will be evidence against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have laid up treasure in the last days. Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which
James: Marks of Maturity Wealth Management James 5:1-6 • James 5:1-6: • you kept back by fraud, are crying out against you, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts. You have lived on the earth in luxury and in self-indulgence. You have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter. You have condemned and murdered the righteous person. He does not resist you.
James: Marks of Maturity Wealth Management James 5:1-6 • 1) Is it a sin to be rich? • (No) • 2) Who is James writing to? • The rich James calls out were either saved and ignorant, or unsaved and pompous. • 3) Why all the warnings and harsh tone? • Because the issue isn’t wealth, it’s excess wealth. • Their excess was rotting • James was quite partial to the poor
James: Marks of Maturity Wealth Management James 5:1-6 • “So What?” • I am rich.
James: Marks of Maturity Wealth Management James 5:1-6
James: Marks of Maturity Wealth Management James 5:1-6 • “So What?” • I am rich. • So are you.
James: Marks of Maturity Wealth Management James 5:1-6
James: Marks of Maturity Wealth Management James 5:1-6
James: Marks of Maturity Wealth Management James 5:1-6 1) Acknowledge everything belongs to God.
James: Marks of Maturity Wealth Management James 5:1-6
James: Marks of Maturity Wealth Management James 5:1-6 1) Acknowledge everything belongs to God. 2) Work hard, provide for yourself and others. 3) Make God the CFO.
James: Marks of Maturity Wealth Management James 5:1-6
James: Marks of Maturity Wealth Management James 5:1-6 1) Acknowledge everything belongs to God. 2) Work hard, provide for yourself and others. 3) Make God the CFO.
James: Marks of Maturity Wealth Management James 5:1-6 1) Acknowledge everything belongs to God. 2) Work hard, provide for yourself and others. 3) Make God the CFO. 4) Invest in God’s kingdom, not your kingdom.