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Dear #ser$ %his &ower&oint 'how is (reely sharedto all who !ay )nd it bene)cial *hileintended pri!arily (or personal use+

so!e )nd it use(ul (or teaching thelesson in church %here are those+ however+ who add

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or honest hristians+ it is not

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Carlos Steger, Principal Contributor



The Book of Jamesontents

1 James, the Lord’s Brother2 The Perfection of Our Faith 6 Enduring Temptation 4 Being and oing

7 Lo!e and the La"8 Faith That #or$s9 Taming the Tongue

The %umanit& of %ea!enl&

#isdom ; One La"gi!er and Judge10 #eep and %o"l'11 (etting )ead& for the %ar!est

12 Pra&er, %ealing and )estoration



The Book of JamesOur <oal

Our =ourney this >uarterspans the entire hristian

era+ as it includes so!e o(the earliest preaching+ aswell as special insights (or

these last daysLet us not miss these

insights*



The Book of James3esson 10+ Dec 8

*eep and

?owl@



Weep and HowlAey %eBt

Catthew 8:21

. For where your treasure

is+ there will your heart bealso



Weep and Howl5nitial *ords

Many people vicariouslyen=oy the ragsEtoEriches

(antasy and probably hope itcould happen to the!

so!eday

Fut wealth isnt all that !anybelieve it to be 5ncreasinginco!e (ollows the law o(

di!inishing returns: beyond



Weep and HowlGuic, 3oo,

1 %he *ealthys#retchedness

!James "#$%2 %he *ealths

#orthlessness!James "#&' (%

6 %he *ealthys

#ic$edness



Ha!es 7:1 NAHI

.Co!e now+

you rich+weep andhowl (or your

!iseries thatare co!ing

upon you@

Weep and Howl1 %he *ealthys *retchedness



$, The Wealthy-s Wretchedness Hustice *ill Fe Done@

Ja!es 1:10+ 11+ re!inded therich o( the i!per!anence o(

wealth hapter 7+ urges thosewho stubbornly hold on to itto .weep and howl %he vivid

description continuesthroughout our passagebringing to !ind the divine

retribution (or the wic,ed




" si!ilar attitude per!eates<ods lastEday church !2e3,

(#$/%,

5nterestingly+ the <ree, wordtranslated as .!iseries in

Ha!es 7:1 co!es (ro! thesa!e root used to describe3aodicea as .wretched in

Jevelation 6:19




%here is so !uch in=ustice inthe world+ especially econo!ic

in=ustice 'o!eti!es it is sohard to understand why so!epeople get rich eBploiting the

poor and see! to get awaywith it@*e should do what we can to

alleviate in=ustice+ while resting



Weep and Howl2 %he *ealths *orthlessness

Ha!es 7:2+ 6 NAHI.Y our riches are corrupted+

and your gar!ents are !othE

eaten Kour gold and silverare corroded+ and their

corrosion will be a witnessagainst you and will eat yourLesh li,e )re



&, The Wealth-s Worthlessness*rong #se

T he worlds econo!icsituation always see!s to be

going (ro! one crisis toanotherM even the .goodti!es+ when they co!e+

rarely last and are always(ollowed by a downturnDiscontent and instability

grows as the disparity




-one& has its place.the proble! is when people put

it

in the wrong placeConey will be .a witness

against those who !isuse it!James "#(%, %hough given in anendEti!e conteBt+ the point

should be clear: ho" "e use




%he i!age o( LeshEconsu!ing)re is !eant to wa,e us up tothe seriousness o( the choiceswe are !a,ing with our !oney

"re we heaping up treasure

thatwill ulti!ately be burned up+or are we saving (or eternity

See .uke $&#(( (),



Weep and Howl6 %he *ealthys *ic,edness

Ha!es 7:4E8 NAHI.Indeed the wages o( the

laborers

which you ,ept bac, by(raud+ cry out Kou have

lived on earth in pleasure andluBuryM you have (attenedyour hearts as in a day o(

slaughter



(, The Wealthy-s Wickednessries o( the &oor

In Fible ti!es+ as soon aswages were paid+ !any+ i( not

!ost+ o( the wor,ers usedthese earnings to buy (ood to

(eed their (a!ilies

*ithholding wages o(ten!eant the (a!ily had to gohungry

or so!eone already rich to



(, The Wealthy-s Wickednessries o( the &oor

.Jiches bring with the! greatresponsibilities %o obtain

wealth by un=ust dealing+ byoverreaching in trade+ by

oppressing the widow and the

(atherless+ or by hoarding upriches and neglecting thewants o( the needy+ will

eventually bring the =ust



(, The Wealthy-s Wickednessat and ?appy P(or NowQ

5n the ancient world+ thenotion prevailed that therewas a )Bed a!ount o( wealth

%he rich can get richer only by!a,ing the poor poorer %heissue o( wealth ine>uality still

rages today5n the parable o( the rich !an

and 3azarus+ the real (ocus is



(, The Wealthy-s WickednessFla!e the Iicti!

*hen so!eone has donewrong+ the natural tendency isto try to escape responsibility

O(ten people try to do this bytrans(erring the responsibility

to so!eone elseincludingthe person who has been

wronged



(, The Wealthy-s WickednessFla!e the Iicti!

Ha!es never conde!ns therich si!ply because they arerich 5t is their attitudes and

actions that !atter to <od'i!ilarly+ the bare (act o(

being econo!ically poor doesnot in itsel( endear a person to<od

5t is the .poor in spirit and

W d H l



Weep and Howlinal *ords

.Hoarded wealth is not !erelyuseless+

it is a curse 5n this li(e it is asnare to the soul+ drawing the

aRections away (ro! the

heavenly treasure?e who realizes that his!oney is a talent (ro! <od

will use it eco no!ically and

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