Message Title: The Crucial Importance of Submission
Message Truth: The sin that should grieve us the most is our own.
Message Text: James 4:4-7
Definitions:
World- the cultural system that leaves God out.
Flesh – our curved in corrupted selfish human nature.
Devil –The leader of evil and our main adversary (satan)
Warnings about Worldliness
1.Do not befriend the world (James 4:4)
2.Do not be polluted by the world (James 1:27)
3.Do not love the world (1 John 2:15-17)
4.Do not conform to the world (Romans 12:2)
5.Do not be condemned with the world (1 Cor. 11:32)
How To Fight the Unholy Trinity
World (4:4) Say No to the World
Flesh (4:1) Kill your Sin (Romans 8:13)
Devil (4:7) Submit to God and Resist the Devil
Challenge: Will we take God seriously by taking our sin seriously?
