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James 5:1-3 Mo Money Mo Problems

James 5:1-3 Mo Money Mo Problems. James 1:9-11 9 But the brother of humble circumstances is to glory in his high position; 10 and the rich man is to glory in his humiliation, because like flowering grass he will pass away.

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James 5:1-3 Mo Money Mo Problems

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  1. James 5:1-3 Mo Money Mo Problems

  2. James 1:9-11 9 But the brother of humble circumstances is to glory in his high position; 10 and the rich man is to glory in his humiliation, because like flowering grass he will pass away. 11 For the sun rises with a scorching wind and withers the grass; and its flower falls off and the beauty of its appearance is destroyed; so too the rich man in the midst of his pursuits will fade away. James 2:5-7 5 Listen, my beloved brethren: did not God choose the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him? 6 But you have dishonored the poor man. Is it not the rich who oppress you and personally drag you into court? 7 Do they not blaspheme the fair name by which you have been called?

  3. James 5:1-3 1 Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries which are coming upon you. 2 Your riches have rotted and your garments have become moth-eaten. 3 Your gold and your silver have rusted; and their rust will be a witness against you and will consume your flesh like fire. It is in the last days that you have stored up your treasure!

  4. James 1:10 and the rich man is to glory in his humiliation, because like flowering grass he will pass away. James 2:6b Is it not the rich who oppress you and personally drag you into court? James 2:7 Do they [the rich] not blaspheme the fair name by which you have been called? James 5:4 Behold, the pay of the laborers who mowed your fields, and which has been withheld by you, cries out against you [the rich] James 5:6 6 You [the rich] have condemned and put to death the righteous man; he does not resist you.

  5. James 5:1-3 1 Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries which are coming upon you. 2 Your riches have rotted and your garments have become moth-eaten. 3 Your gold and your silver have rusted; and their rust will be a witness against you and will consume your flesh like fire. It is in the last days that you have stored up your treasure!

  6. Title: Mo Money Mo Problems Outline: 1. Where will money go? (vv1-3a)2. What will money say? (v3b)

  7. 1. Where will money go? (vv1-3a) 1 Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries which are coming upon you. 2 Your riches have rotted and your garments have become moth-eaten. 3 Your gold and your silver have rusted;

  8. 1. Where will money go? (vv1-3a) 1 Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries which are coming upon you. 2 Your riches have rotted and your garments have become moth-eaten. 3 Your gold and your silver have rusted;

  9. 1. Where will money go? (vv1-3a) 1 Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries which are coming upon you. 2 Your riches have rotted and your garments have become moth-eaten. 3 Your gold and your silver have rusted; and their rust will be a witness against you and will consume your flesh like fire. It is in the last days that you have stored up your treasure!

  10. The Last Days

  11. 1. Where will money go? (vv1-3a) 1 Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries which are coming upon you. 2 Your riches have rotted and your garments have become moth-eaten. 3 Your gold and your silver have rusted; and their rust will be a witness against you and will consume your flesh like fire. It is in the last days that you have stored up your treasure!

  12. 2. What will money say? Matthew 6:19-21 19 "Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. 20 "But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal; 21 for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

  13. Discussion Questions 1) Guy King once said “the harm comes not when we possess riches, but when riches possess us.” What does he mean? How can we rightly possess riches? 2) Often people want a lot of assets when they die But how our “assets” are sometimes really our “liabilities”? 3) What are ways we pursue idols through money? What are others ways we may we pursue our idols? 4) Would you be afraid to reveal your credit card statements and all the things you’ve spent money on, to your fellow church members? What will money say about you?

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