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JAMESFaith Applied
Worldliness: Cause and CureJames 4: 1 – 12
Worldliness is what makes sin look normal in any age and righteousness seem odd.
(David Wells)
WorldlinessCause
• Misplaced desires (James 4: 1 – 3)
Cure
Material gains will never be enough for America, if we achieve
full employment, have great economic growth, have cities of gold, but our children have not
learned how to walk in goodness, justice and mercy, then the
American experiment has failed.(William Bennett)
WorldlinessCause
• Misplaced desires (James 4: 1 – 3)• Friendship with
the world (James 4: 4 – 6)
Cure
Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your
earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust,
evil desires and greed, which is idolatry.
(Colossians 3: 5)
The man who tries to walk two roads
will split his pants.(West African Proverb)
No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and
love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise
the other. You cannot serve both God and Money.
(Matthew 6: 24)
WorldlinessCause
• Misplaced desires (James 4: 1 – 3)• Friendship with
the world (James 4: 4 – 6)
Cure• Submit to God
(James 4: 7 – 9)
WorldlinessCause
• Misplaced desires (James 4: 1 – 3)• Friendship with
the world (James 4: 4 – 6)
Cure• Submit to God
(James 4: 7 – 9)• Humble yourself
(James 4: 10 – 12)