“These Things Ought Not To Be So”

James 3:10

Guilty of a Wicked Mouth

This is what our text teaches us. James 3:9-12 We should be careful of the words we speak.

James 1:19-20 We are to let our “yes” be “yes” and our “no”

be “no.” James 5:12 Our speech will give us away. Matthew 26:73 We are to never use corrupt speech.

Ephesians 4:29

“These Things Ought Not To Be So”

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Guilty of Immorality

If we focus on spiritual things, we will put to death evil desires. Colossians 3:1-7

Colossians 3:1-7 If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. 2 Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth. 3 For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. 4 When Christ who is our life appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory. 5 Therefore put to death your members which are on the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. 6 Because of these things the wrath of God is coming upon the sons of disobedience, 7 in which you yourselves once walked when you lived in them. NKJV

“These Things Ought Not To Be So”

James 3:10

Guilty of Immorality

If we focus on spiritual things, we will put to death evil desires. Colossians 3:1-7

We need to remember that our bodies are the temple of the Holy Spirit.

1 Corinthians 6:19 Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? NKJV

“These Things Ought Not To Be So”

James 3:10

Guilty of Immorality

If we focus on spiritual things, we will put to death evil desires. Colossians 3:1-7

We need to remember that our bodies are the temple of the Holy Spirit.

We are to keep ourselves pure.

1 Timothy 5:22 Do not lay hands on anyone hastily, nor share in other people’s sins; keep yourself pure. NKJV

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Guilty of Hypocrisy

Jesus condemned hypocritical judgment.

Matthew 7:1-5 “Judge not, that you be not judged. 2 For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you. 3 And why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye? 4 Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me remove the speck from your eye’; and look, a plank is in your own eye? 5 Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye. NKJV

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Guilty of Hypocrisy

Jesus condemned hypocritical judgment. We are to love without hypocrisy.

Romans 12:9 Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil. Cling to what is good. NKJV

“These Things Ought Not To Be So”

James 3:10

Guilty of Hypocrisy

Jesus condemned hypocritical judgment. We are to love without hypocrisy. Paul rebuked Peter for playing the hypocrite.

Galatians 2:11-13 Now when Peter had come to Antioch, I withstood him to his face, because he was to be blamed; 12 for before certain men came from James, he would eat with the Gentiles; but when they came, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing those who were of the circumcision. 13 And the rest of the Jews also played the hypocrite with him, so that even Barnabas was carried away with their hypocrisy. NKJV

“These Things Ought Not To Be So”

James 3:10

Guilty of Hypocrisy

Jesus condemned hypocritical judgment. We are to love without hypocrisy. Paul rebuked Peter for playing the hypocrite. God requires purity of heart.

1 Peter 1:22 Since you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit in sincere love of the brethren, love one another fervently with a pure heart, NKJV

“These Things Ought Not To Be So”

James 3:10

Guilty of Hypocrisy

Jesus condemned hypocritical judgment. We are to love without hypocrisy. Paul rebuked Peter for playing the hypocrite. God requires purity of heart. We need to lay aside hypocrisy.

1 Peter 2:1 Therefore, laying aside all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil speaking

“These Things Ought Not To Be So”

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Guilty of Unthankfulness

Psalm 100 Make a joyful shout to the Lord, all you lands! 2Serve the Lord with gladness;  Come before His presence with singing. 3Know that the Lord, He is God; It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves; We are His people and the sheep of His pasture. 4 Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, And into His courts with praise. Be thankful to Him, and bless His name. 5For the Lord is good; His mercy is everlasting, And His truth endures to all generations. NKJV

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Guilty of Unthankfulness

We are to give thanks in everything.

1 Thessalonians 5:18 in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. NKJV

“These Things Ought Not To Be So”

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Guilty of Unthankfulness

We are to give thanks in everything. In all we do, we are to give thanks.

Colossians 3:17 And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him. NKJV

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Guilty of Unthankfulness

We are to give thanks in everything. In all we do, we are to give thanks. The healing of the lepers illustrates the need

for gratitude.

Luke 17:11-19 Now it happened as He went to Jerusalem that He passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee. 12 Then as He entered a certain village, there met Him ten men who were lepers, who stood afar off. 13 And they lifted up their voices and said, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!” 14 So when He saw them, He said to them, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” And so it was that as they went, they were cleansed. 15 And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, returned, and with a loud voice glorified God, 16 and fell down on his face at His feet, giving Him thanks. And he was a Samaritan. 17 So Jesus answered and said, “Were there not ten cleansed? But where are the nine? 18 Were there not any found who returned to give glory to God except this foreigner?” 19 And He said to him, “Arise, go your way. Your faith has made you well.” NKJV

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Guilty of Neglecting One Another We are to exhort one another.

Hebrews 10:24-25 And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, 25 not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching. NKJV

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Guilty of Neglecting One Another We are to exhort one another.

We are to help each other with burdens.

Galatians 6:1-2 Brethren, if a man is overtaken in any trespass, you who are spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness, considering yourself lest you also be tempted. 2 Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.

“These Things Ought Not To Be So”

James 3:10

Guilty of Neglecting One Another We are to exhort one another.

We are to help each other with burdens. We are to do good to all men.

Galatians 6:10 Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all, especially to those who are of the household of faith. NKJV

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Guilty of Neglecting One Another We are to exhort one another.

We are to help each other with burdens. We are to do good to all men. We have a responsibility to help others.

Deuteronomy 15:7-9 “If there is among you a poor man of your brethren, within any of the gates in your land which the Lord your God is giving you, you shall not harden your heart nor shut your hand from your poor brother, 8 but you shall open your hand wide to him and willingly lend him sufficient for his need, whatever he needs. 9 Beware lest there be a wicked thought in your heart, saying, ‘The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand,’ and your eye be evil against your poor brother and you give him nothing, and he cry out to the Lord against you, and it become sin among you. NKJV

Deuteronomy 24:19-22 “When you reap your harvest in your field, and forget a sheaf in the field, you shall not go back to get it; it shall be for the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hands. 20 When you beat your olive trees, you shall not go over the boughs again; it shall be for the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow. 21 When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you shall not glean it afterward; it shall be for the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow. 22 And you shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt; therefore I command you to do this thing. NKJV

Proverbs 14:21 He who despises his neighbor sins; But he who has mercy on the poor, happy is he. NKJV

Proverbs 21:13 Whoever shuts his ears to the cry of the poor will also cry himself and not be heard. NKJV

Proverbs 29:7 The righteous considers the cause of the poor, but the wicked does not understand such knowledge. NKJV

1 John 3:17 But whoever has this world’s goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his heart from him, how does the love of God abide in him? NKJV

Matthew 25:31-36 “When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory. 32 All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats. 33 And He will set the sheep on His right hand, but the goats on the left. 34 Then the King will say to those on His right hand, ‘Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: 35 for I was hungry and you gave Me food; I was thirsty and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger and you took Me in; 36 I was naked and you clothed Me; I was sick and you visited Me; I was in prison and you came to Me.’ NKJV

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Guilty of Neglecting The church The church was purchased with the blood of

Christ.

Acts 20:28 Therefore take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God which He purchased with His own blood. NKJV

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Guilty of Neglecting The church The church was purchased with the blood of

Christ. The church is the body of Christ.

Romans 12:4-5 For as we have many members in one body, but all the members do not have the same function, 5 so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another. NKJV

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Guilty of Neglecting The church The church was purchased with the blood of

Christ. The church is the body of Christ. We need to conduct ourselves properly in the

house of God.

1 Timothy 3:15 but if I am delayed, I write so that you may know how you ought to conduct yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth. NKJV

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Guilty of Neglecting The church The church was purchased with the blood of

Christ. The church is the body of Christ. We need to conduct ourselves properly in the

house of God. We need to be able to get along with one

another in the church.

Philippians 2:14 Do all things without complaining and disputing, NKJV

Galatians 5:15 But if you bite and devour one another, beware lest you be consumed by one another! NKJV

“These Things Ought Not To Be So”

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A Wicked Mouth

Immorality

Hypocrisy

Unthankfulness

Neglecting one Another

Neglecting the Church