4th quarter 2014 lesson 10 weep and howl! powerpoint presentation

8/10/2019 4th Quarter 2014 Lesson 10 Weep and Howl! Powerpoint Presentation

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James 5:1

THEY WILLBRING

MISERIES

James 5:2-3

THEY WILLDEVOUR THEIR

OWNER

James 5:4THE CRY OF

THE LABORERS

James 5:5

FATTENED

FOR THESLAUGHTER

James 5:6KILLING THE

JUST


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Come now, you rich, weep and howl for yourmiseries that are coming upon you!(James 5:1)

We see the wicked amass great fortunes

many times, and that may seem unfair to us:

Behold, these are the ungodly, who are

always at ease; they increase in riches. Surely

I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washedmy hands in innocence. (Psalm 73:12-13).

God commanded Habakkuk to wait when he

asked about that (Hab. 2:3). They will be

given their do in the right moment. The unjust

rich men will weep and howl that day.

Spiritual wealth is more long-lasting and more

worthy than those material possessions. Our

possessions may vanish anytime, but the

treasures in heaven (Mt. 6:20) will last

forever.


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Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten. Yourgold and silver are corroded, and their corrosion will be a witnessagainst you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have heaped up

treasure in the last days.(James 5:2-3)

James understood the wealth of the ungodly from a spiritual point of view.

Farm

productsare rotten

WEALTH

Expensive

garmentsare moth-

eaten

CLOTHES

Gold and

silver arecorroded

MONEY

Riches corrupt he who lays up treasure for himself, and is

not rich toward God. (Luke 12:21)The way we use our money is meaningful.

WHAT WE SEE

WHAT GOD SEES


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Indeed the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which youkept back by fraud, cry out; and the cries of the reapers have

reached the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.(James 5:4)

The salary must be paid according to

the agreement: after a day, a week, a

month The cry of those who are not

paid on timegoes up to God.

Holding back the salary of the employees is SIN:

You shall not cheat your neighbor, norrob him. The wages of him who is

hired shall not remain with you allnight until morning.(Leviticus 19:13)

The Lord Almighty will not

hold anyone guiltless who hold

back the salaries for his own

profit.


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You have lived on the earth in pleasure and luxury; you havefattened your hearts as in a day of slaughter.(James 5:5)

What can we learn from the parable of the rich man and Lazarus on this (Luke 16:19-31)?

God had made the rich man a steward of His means,

and it was his duty to attend to just such cases as that

of the beggar Everything with which he was

surrounded, his round of amusements, the praise and

flattery of his friends, ministered to his selfish

enjoyment. So engrossed was he in the society of hisfriends that he lost all sense of his responsibility to co-

operate with God in His ministry of mercy. He had

opportunity to understand the word of God, and to

practice its teachings; but the pleasure-loving society

he chose so occupied his time that he forgot the God of

eternity. E.G.W. (Christs Object Lessons, cp. 21, pg. 261)

Is it worthy to live on the earth in pleasure

and luxury for some years, but to lose the

chance to enjoy heavenly riches for eternity?


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You have condemned, you have murderedthe just; he does not resist you.(James 5:6)

Selfish oppressors have inflicted pain and killed many innocents

since the murder of Abel (Gen. 4:8).

The testimony of these condemned and

mistreated righteous will rise up in awful

condemnation of all oppressors in the day

of judgment. The oppressed righteous are

not able to resist the tyrannous rich in thislife, and will secure justice only when God

arises to avenge their cause. Then their

cause will be vindicated, they will be

compensated, and their ungodly

oppressors will be destroyed.(SDA Bible Commentary, on James 5:6)

The riches of the powerful corrupt justice on

earth many times.


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The talents which the Lord gives to

His servants are varied, but all are toblend in a perfect whole. God desires

us to regard money as His gift, and to

use it accordingly. To abuse any of His

gifts is a betrayal of sacred trust. Andin misusing his Lords entrusted

capital the steward does harm to his

own soul and blocks the way so that

truth cannot do its appointed work.

E.G.W. (Manuscript Releases, vol. 21, No. 1575, pg. 352)

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