Join us as we read the scriptures and a daily devotion written by Don Crisp. We pray these messages will bless us all at this time.
Mon 6th July – Read James 5:1 -3
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Mon 6th July – Read James 5:1 -3
V1-3: James again speaks very starkly to the rich, who put their trust and confidence in earthly possessions. These things will all fail them and leave them with nothing on which they can rely for eternity. All earthly things are ultimately corruptible, and all who trust in them will be left with nothing to plead on the day of judgement. Only misery awaits them. Many NT Scriptures point this same warning – e.g. Luke 12:16-21 ; 1 Timothy 6:9-10 , 1 Timothy 6:17-19. Is James addressing believers or unbelievers here? Surely, we best see such verses as a solemn warning against relying on the material things of this world, which can so easily possess our hearts. May the prayer – and balance – of Proverbs 30:8-9 truly be ours.