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)