- Selfish ambition and jealousy, according to James, cause disorder and every vile practice.
- Why and how do selfish ambition and jealousy cause these major problems?
- The wisdom from above is:
- Pure
- Peaceable
- Gentile
- Open to Reason
- Full of mercy and good fruits
- Impartial
- Sincere
- Which of these qualities is more difficult for you to exhibit? Why?
- Peacemakers create an environment for a harvest of righteousness.
- Why is that?
- Is it difficult for you to be a peacemaker?
- Why or why not?
- Jesus Christ is the model of humility and self-giving love.
- How can looking at Jesus help you learn to move from jealousy and self-ambition to being a person who pours their life out for others?
- What does it mean when Paul says, “count others as more significant than you”?
- We tend to overlook the sins of jealousy and self-ambition. Why?
- How does the gospel deliver us from our preoccupation with self?
- This is a long story of how Joseph’s brothers, in jealousy, sold Joseph into servitude.
- What were all the effects of this sin? Make sure to name all the people affected.
- This is a great story of Jesus as a ‘teenager’.
- What is amazing about this story is that Jesus seems to understand his divine mission and his parents seem to be confused.
- In spite of this Jesus was submissive to this parents.
- Luke finishes off the story be stating that Jesus increased in wisdom.
- How is wisdom connected to submission?
James 4:1-12
- Read James 4:1-12 in anticipation of next week’s sermon.
