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THE ATTITUDES OF A CLOSER WALK
How To Come Near To God
September 27, 2017
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THE ATTITUDES OF A CLOSER WALK
• James 4:8-9 Is About • Submission To God • How To Get Close To God
• (James 4:8 NIV) Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
• (James 4:9 NIV) Grieve, mourn and wail. Change your laughter to mourning and your joy to gloom.
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THE ATTITUDES OF A CLOSER WALK
• (V. 8) The Actions
• Wash Your Hands
• Purify Your Heart
• (V. 9) The Attitudes
• Grieve
• Mourn
• Wail
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THE ATTITUDES OF A CLOSER WALK
Grieve, Mourn & Wail
• (James 4:9 NIV) Grieve, mourn and wail.
Change your laughter to mourning and
your joy to gloom.
• If We Are Going To Get Closer To God
We Cannot Treat Sin Lightly
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Grieve:
• GRIEVE -- (Greek -- talaiporos);
• to be wretched,
• to realize one's own misery
• to be afflicted -- Strong’s Concordance
• To Grieve = Disciplined Resistance
Regarding Worldly Lifestyles And Choices
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Mourn:
• A Humbling Of Ourselves
• To Be Brought Down To Ground Level
• The First Step In A Right Walk With God
• “Godly Sorrow Produces Repentance”
Mourning Is Part Of That Process
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Wail:
• To Cry Aloud
• Many Men And Women Of God
Cried & Wept In Scripture
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THE ATTITUDES OF A CLOSER WALK
Grieve, Mourn And Wail =
• Crying Over Sin And It’s Effect On You
• Crying Over Sin And It’s Effect On Others
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We Need To Look At Our World & Our Place In It
• Are We Grieved By Sin? Or Entertained By It?
• There Is A Dying Which Needs To Take Place -- If We Are Going To Follow After Christ
• “Be dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus" (Rom 6:11 NRSV).
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The Call To Repentance
• (James 4:9 NIV) Grieve, mourn and wail. Change
your laughter to mourning and your joy to gloom.
• Do we really HATE sin, weep over it?
• Genuine change should shake us to our soul.
• If never moved in heart, probably not converted.
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WHY DOES GOD WANT US TO REPENT?
• We Have Betrayed God With Our Sins
• It’s Necessary For An Ongoing Relationship W/ God
• To Receive God’s Mercy
• For Forgiveness Of Sins & Entrance To The K. Of Heaven
• Refusal To Turn Away From Our Sins Brings God’s Judgment
• It’s The Key To Having New Life From God
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• When We Deal With Our Sin -- It Enacts And
Enables Abundant Life -- Which We Appreciate
All The More In Seasons Of Repentance.
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• Mourning To Laughter Joy To Gloom = A Change Of Directions
• A Time For True Meaningful Repentance
• What We Used To Laugh About And Derive Joy From Now Causes Us To Mourn And Weep
• “Only after mourning can we move on to joy in the grace God gives us.”Life Application Commentary
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THE ATTITUDES OF A CLOSER WALK
• To Get Close To God --
Stop Playing Games With The Devil!
• Get Serious About Turning Away From Sin
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THE ATTITUDES OF A CLOSER WALK
• We Need To Resist The Devil In Every Area Of Life
• We Can’t Play with Sin Without Being Burned
• We Can’t Please God While Playing Games w/ Satan
• We Need To Declare War On The Enemy
• We Need To Resist Him
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• The Promise Is Clear— If We Resist Him,
Satan Will Flee From Us.
• Through Jesus Christ, We Are Assured Of
Victory Over The Devil.
• We Cannot Resist Him In The Flesh, But We
Can Resist Him As We Live In The Spirit!
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Why Should We Mourn Over Our Sins?
1. Our Sins Defy God
2. Our Sins Impede The Lord’s Work
3. Our Sins Deprive Us Of Joy
• O p e n i n g U p J a m e s