Lesson 2201

(Lesson 2201)(12-18-17)  James 4:1-9
    “From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members? Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not. Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts. Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God. Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy? But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble. Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded. Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.”

   In today’s quote, Christian people are enouraged to keep their thoughts oriented toward Jesus Christ. If we do that, we will tamp down the hatred that overcomes us. We must turn that hatred into love and understanding so that we can begin to pull, all together, toward the perfection that is imputed into us through faith in Jesus Christ. The love of Jesus Christ can overcome evil and transform this world into a much happier and more peaceful place. We need only to sincerely call upon it and believe in it.~