james 2 - hard life + good god = deep joy - ptr vetty gutierrez - 10am morning service
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HARD LIFE, GOOD GOD =
DEEP JOY
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JAMES 1:2-81 2 Consider it pure joy, my brothersand sisters, whenever you face trialsof many kinds, 3 because you knowthat the testing of your faith producesperseverance. 4 Let perseverancefinish its work so that you may bemature and complete, not lackinganything.
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JAMES 1:2-85 If any of you lacks wisdom, you shouldask God, who gives generously to allwithout finding fault, and it will be given toyou. 6 But when you ask, you must believeand not doubt, because the one whodoubts is like a wave of the sea, blown andtossed by the wind. 7 That person shouldnot expect to receive anything from theLord. 8 Such a person is double-minded and unstable in all they do.
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TRIALS and
WISDOM
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SUFFERING MAY
NOT END BUT
DEEP JOY
IS FOREVER.
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PROBLEM WHETHER
SOLVED OR NOT
SOLVED DEEP JOY IS
FOREVER.
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JOY DEEPENS ON
JESUS
CHRIST.
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John 16:33
"I have told you these things, sothat in me you may have peace.In this world you will have trouble.But take heart! I have overcomethe world."(NIV)
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LUKE 2:40
40 And the child grew and becamestrong; he was filled with wisdom,and the grace of God was on him.
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God became a man, he set aside the continual use of his divine
attributes, and he lived humbly as we must live. He had to grow as we grow, he had to learn as we learn, he had to endure as we endure.
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Jesus never cheated. He lived the perfect human life. God did that.
God became a man to identify with us, to set an example for us, and to
empower us to become like him. And he does that by the power of
God the Holy Spirit.
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LIFE is sometimes
wonderful,
Sometimes
PAINFUL
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James was there when no one was there. Before the disciples were
there, before the critics were there, James was there. James was there as Jesus’ little brother to see him learn, to see him grow, to see him
resist temptation, to see him overcome trial.
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6 things god is
not saying
in the midst
of trials
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1. He is punishing you.
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Jesus went to the cross, took upon himself all of the sin of all of his people, and suffered and died in
their place for their sin. It would be unjust for God to punish Jesus and you, much like sending two people
to prison for the same crime.
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2. He is failing you.
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God is not failing you. God may not be done with you, but God is not
failing you. God is not without power and God is not without a
plan. And when you’re hurting, you need to grow in trusting, and that’s
what faith is.
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3. He has abandoned you.
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When life is hard, it does not say that God has abandoned you. It’s
easy sometimes to believe that God is near when times are good, and
it’s hard to believe that God is near when times are hard. You need to
take God at his word.
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He sends the Holy Spirit so the presence and the power of God is available to us through the person
of the Holy Spirit. God has not abandoned you. You are not an
orphan. He doesn’t abandon you.
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4. He is acting eviltoward you.
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God is not acting evil toward you. And sometimes, when evil comes upon you, it can feel like God is acting evil toward you. There are things that happen that
grieve God, that break the heart of God, that are rebellion, folly, and sin against God. Not everything on the
earth is as God intends.
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God is not evil. God doesn’t do evil. God’s only good, God’s always good, and God is dealing with the evil. And the evil is not representative of God;
it’s war and rebellion against God.
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5. He will make itall better for you.
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God doesn’t promise that things will change, God promises that you can
change.
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6. He will answer every question for you.
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When life is hard, it does not say that God will answer every question for
you. When life gets hard—a trial, a test, a storm comes—it’s easy to have a list.
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God says, “Live by faith, not by sight. Look to me, don’t look to the answers.”
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3 things god
Does say
about trials
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1. You are going toget trials.
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JOHN 16:33
33 “I have told you these things,so that in me you may havepeace. In this world you will havetrouble. But take heart! I haveovercome the world.”
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2. It’s a test and anopportunity.
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Don’t forget this. Hold this truth in your hand. Cling to it. Here’s your life vest.
Know this: when a trial comes, it’s a test. A test can be a good or a bad thing. It
depends on how good you are at taking the test. If you pass the test, it’s actually
really encouraging. Life is filled with tests, spiritual tests. A trial is a test.
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Here’s what it means: it’s an opportunity. It’s an opportunity to prove who you are in Christ, to see
who you’re becoming in Christ.
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3. You will get trialsof various kinds.
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You need to know this, that the trials are of various kinds. Financial, emotional, physical, spiritual, mental, relational, marital, vocational. You don’t know
where it’s coming from next. It could be coming from anywhere. Any aspect of
your whole life, a trial could come from there. And they don’t always come one
at a time.
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Don’t comparetrials.
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We’re all different. We get various kinds of trials. And God doesn’t cause evil to come upon us, but he’ll use evil for our good and his glory. And sometimes God allows a trial to come in in our area of
weakness. And so what’s hard for you is easy for someone else, and the same is
true conversely.
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STEADFASTNESS
AND MATURITY
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We need to know that they are a test and that we shouldn’t compare our trials to others. And ultimately if we’ll avail ourselves to them, it could
produce two things: steadfastness and maturity.
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Steadfastness is this perseverance, You endure, you persevere, you weather the storm, you make it through, you don’t give up, you
don’t give in.
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What this means is you’ll become more godly, you’ll become more like Jesus.
The trial will be used to transform you. Steadfastness produces maturity. The
reason why some of you are immature is because you have no steadfast—you
have no steadfastness.
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Steadfastness produces maturity. What that means is your godliness is not in spite of your problem or around your problem, it’s what God will do in and through you through your problem.
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RELIGIOUS
CHEERLEADERS
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HAPPY because of
circumstances, while JOY is
inspite of circumstances, joy comes from jesus.
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Happy is connected to circumstances. Joy Is the domain of God’s people. Joy is not because of your circumstance; it’s in spite of it. Happiness is because of your
circumstance. Joy is in spite of your circumstances. It’s that peace that
surpasses understanding.
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You can become more steadfast and mature. You can rejoice, not in the
circumstance but in the Lord, who will change you through the circumstance to
become more like Jesus. You’ve got to know it’s a test. That test is an
opportunity. You need to learn to be steadfast. Let Jesus do a work in you. And if you’ll respond that way, there’s joy for
you because God loves you.
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GOD IS
ALWAYS GOOD
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ASK GOD FOR WISDOM, HE GIVES IT
GENEROUSLY.
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What do we do when we’re feeling unstable? Because we will. And don’t let the religious
people come up and give you the verse, “Count it all joy.” No, count it all joy that you
can do this: get wisdom. And wisdom will explain, Here’s how it happened. Here’s
what’s going on. Here’s what you’re supposed to learn. Here’s how you can get your sea legs. Here’s how you’re going to
feel. Here’s how you find your equilibrium.
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Here’s how you’re going to persevere through this.
Here’s how you’re going to become more like Jesus.
Here’s how he went through it.Here’s what the Holy Spirit can do in you. Not
the storm, but the goodness of God in the midst of the storm.
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So he says to do something. He says to ask God. And friends, because it really comes
down to two options: self-help or God help.Our life is filled with self-help. You need
more than self-help. You need God’s help.
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During your steadfastness and maturity you create
wisdom
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FAITH GIVES YOU
WISDOM TO MAKE THE PLAN
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Some of you are very unstable. You’re emotional, you’re volatile, you keep
changing your mind, you keep altering your life. You get wise counsel and
foolish counsel, and you try to integrate both. Our world is not lacking in
information; it’s lacking in wisdom.
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This is what we need to do. This is where the church, as we learn wisdom, could share it with one another. Faith is not opposite of planning. Faith gives you
wisdom to make the plan.
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No Jesus
no wisdom.
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FAITH GIVES YOU
WISDOM TO MAKE THE PLAN
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WHERE IS
WISDOM?
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IN SCRIPTURE
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Open the Scriptures, open the Scriptures, open the Scriptures, open the Scriptures. The one who wants to grow
in wisdom keeps it open. Spurgeon used to say that the Bible that is falling apart usually belongs to the person whose life
is not. Please open the Bible, read the Bible, study the Bible, memorize the
Bible, get into Faith Group, talk about the Bible.
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IN PRAYER
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Some of you only want to bring your wins to God, not your losses. You only
want to bring your solutions to God, not your problems. God can handle it all. He loves you. You’ve got a great Dad. You’re not a burden; you’re a blessing. You’re
not a burden; you’re a blessing. Ask your Dad.
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IN HOLY SPIRIT
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You can grow in wisdom by the power of the Holy Spirit. In fact, when Paul writes
to the Corinthians, he calls the Holy Spirit the Spirit of Wisdom. And the Holy Spirit always answers, “Yes.” He’s happy
to help. He’s happy to serve.
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IN GENERAL
REVELATION
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Special revelation is the Bible. It’s perfect, but there’s also general revelation where
common grace allows people who are perhaps not even Christians to have some
knowledge of things and some wisdom regarding how things work, that can be
insightful and helpful to the Christian. There are people that, because of general
revelation, they know some stuff that could be really helpful to you.
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IN GODLY TEACHERS
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The Holy Spirit gifts some people to be teachers. This might be a class you could
take, a podcast you could listen to, a curriculum you go through, a book that you read. Whatever the case may be,
somebody has some wisdom that they can impart to you.
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Beware of “The Mentor Myth.” The mentor myth is this: there’s one person,
and if you listen to them, you’ll learn everything you need to know. Not true.
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IN EXPERIENCE
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As God teaches you something, we don’t want you to be haughty, and
arrogant, and religious. There’s humility there. There’s a potential for ministry
there.
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IN EXPERTS
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Various people have various locations in their life and skills of expertise. You’ve
got to be humble. You’ve got to be teachable.
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Your joy is no longer dependent on circumstances, but it depends on Jesus
alone.
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IN
OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND
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This is not to deny your feelings, but to submit them to faith in the God who rules over all of your storms, and to say, “You know what, Lord Jesus? This is storm.
Thanks, Lord, that you will help and you are helpful.” Count it all joy.
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Colossians 2:2-3
My purpose is that they may beencouraged in heart and united inlove, so that they may have the fullriches of complete understanding,
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Colossians 2:2-3
in order that they may know themystery of God, namely, Christ, inwhom are hidden all the treasures ofwisdom and knowledge.(NIV)
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Colossians 1:9-10
For this reason, since the day weheard about you, we have notstopped praying for you and askingGod to fill you with the knowledge ofhis will through all spiritual wisdomand understanding.
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Colossians 1:9-10
And we pray this in order that youmay live a life worthy of the Lord andmay please him in every way:bearing fruit in every good work,growing in the knowledge ofGod,(NIV)
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1 Corinthians 2:13
This is what we speak, not in wordstaught us by human wisdom but inwords taught by the Spirit,expressing spiritual truths in spiritualwords.(NIV)
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1 Thessalonians 4:11
Make it your ambition to lead aquiet life, to mind your ownbusiness and to work with yourhands, just as we told you,(NIV)
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1 Corinthians 4:15
Even though you have ten thousandguardians in Christ, you do not havemany fathers, for in Christ Jesus Ibecame your father through thegospel.(NIV)
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Ecclesiastes 12:13
Now all has been heard; here is theconclusion of the matter: Fear Godand keep his commandments, forthis is the whole [duty] ofman.(NIV)
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1 Timothy 1:1
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by thecommand of God our Savior and ofChrist Jesus our hope,(NIV)
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1 Timothy 6:12
Fight the good fight of the faith. Takehold of the eternal life to which youwere called when you made your goodconfession in the presence of manywitnesses.(NIV)
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Ephesians 4:11-12
It was he who gave some to beapostles, some to be prophets,some to be evangelists, and someto be pastors and teachers, toprepare God's people for works ofservice, so that the body of Christmay be built up(NIV)
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FAITHWORKS CHRISTIAN CHURCH GLOBAL
Presented By:
Pastor Vetty GutierrezFCC Main
March 13, 2016
Website: http://faithworkschristianchurch.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/Faithworks-Christian-Church-Global-292363410916567/