BOASTING ON TOMORROW | JAMES 4:13-17 | JOSH SEYKORA

Intro Two ways to assemble a wardrobe from Ikea: Submit to the instructions or resist them! How do we relate to the will of God in our life? Marks of a True Follower of Jesus Walk in the light, confess our sins, keep God’s commandments, Love one another, do not love the world (1 John 1 & 2) Do the will of the Father (1 John 2:17). For whoever does the will of God, he is my brother and sister and mother.” (Mark 3:35) Life Over God: The Proud James 4:13 Pay attention & listen up! Beware of excessive self-esteem and excessive self-confidence that says I will do it my way! Life Over God: The Ignorant James 4:14 You don’t know what you don’t know! Proverbs 27:1 Life With God: James 4:15 Humbly makes room for God’s will to be made known Boasting & Wickedness: James 4:16,17 Comfortable in boasting about all we do and plan to do. To do good, or the knowledge of good, is to do God’s will. To obey. If we did not do what we knew we should do, then most likely we did what we knew we should not have done!