God's Greater Grace

Doug Freeman
James 4:4-10

Focus: God's Grace is greater than the power of sin, the flesh, the world and Satan.

I. The Great Spiritual Battle

A. The WORLD
B. The FLESH
C. The DEVIL

II. God's GRACE is GREATER.

III. Pursuing Peace

A. SUBMIT To God
B. DRAW NEAR To God
C. HUMBLE Yourself before God

James 4:4-10
Easy-to-Read Version (ERV)
4 You people are not faithful to God! You should know that loving what the world has is the same as hating God. So anyone who wants to be friends with this evil world becomes God’s enemy. 5 Do you think the Scriptures mean nothing? The Scriptures say, “The Spirit God made to live in us wants us only for himself.”[a] 6 But the kindness God shows is greater. As the Scripture says, “God is against the proud, but he is kind to the humble.”[b]

7 So give yourselves to God. Stand against the devil, and he will run away from you. 8 Come near to God and he will come near to you. You are sinners, so clean sin out of your lives.[c] You are trying to follow God and the world at the same time. Make your thinking pure. 9 Be sad, be sorry, and cry! Change your laughter into crying. Change your joy into sadness. 10 Be humble before the Lord, and he will make you great.

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