1Where do those fights and quarrels among you come from? They come from your selfish desires that are at war in your bodies, don’t they? 2You want something but do not get it, so you commit murder. You covet something but cannot obtain it, so you quarrel and fight. You do not get things because you do not ask for them! 3You ask for something but do not get it because you ask for it for the wrong reason—for your own pleasure.
4You adulterers! Don’t you know that friendship with the world means hostility with God? So whoever wants to be a friend of this world is an enemy of God. 5Or do you think the Scripture means nothing when it says that the Spirit that Goda caused to live in us jealously yearns for us?b 6But he gives all the more grace. And so he says,
“God opposes the arrogant
but gives grace to the humble.”c
7Therefore,
- submit yourselves to God.
- Resist the devil, and he will run away from you.
- 8Come close to God, and he will come close to you.
- Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
- 9Be miserable, mourn, and cry.
- Let your laughter be turned into mourning, and your joy into gloom.
- 10Humble yourselves in the Lord’s presence, and he will exalt you
This video will grip your attention! I know it is long, but how many times have we wasted the same amount of time watching worldly movies? Jim Staley uses the OT scriptures and connects true believers who in faith are connected with the northern tribe of Israel. We become Israel believers in Messiah.
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