Jesus, Take the Wheel
July 2nd, 2023
James 4:13-17
1. Christians Don’t Leave
Out of their
. (Vs. 13, Acts 18:18a, Matt 6:10)
Acts 18:18a, “After staying for some time, Paul said farewell to the brothers and sisters and sailed away to Syria…”
Matthew 6:10, “Your kingdom come. Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.”
2. Christians:
a. Recognize their Time on
Psalm 39:5, “In fact, you have made my days just inches long, and my life span is as nothing to you. Yes, every human being stands as only a vapor.”
2 Corinthians 5:1-2, “For we know that if our earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal dwelling in the heavens, not made with hands. Indeed, we groan in this tent, desiring to put on our heavenly dwelling…”
b. Recognize their Lord’s
Acts 18:21, “but he said farewell and added, “I’ll come back to you again, if God wills.” Then he set sail from Ephesus.”
1 Corinthians 4:19, “But I will come to you soon, if the Lord wills…”
Romans 15:28, “So when I have finished this and safely delivered the funds to them, I will visit you on the way to Spain.”
1 Corinthians 16:5, “I will come to you after I pass through Macedonia—for I will be traveling through Macedonia…”
c. Have Been
The Issue is the Boastful Attitude, “For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, proud, demeaning, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy…” 2 Timothy 3:2
Luke 12:45-48, “But if that servant says in his heart, ‘My master is delaying his coming,’ and starts to beat the male and female servants, and to eat and drink and get drunk, that servant’s master will come on a day he does not expect him and at an hour he does not know. He will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the unfaithful. And that servant who knew his master’s will and didn’t prepare himself or do it will be severely beaten. But the one who did not know and did what deserved punishment will receive a light beating. From everyone who has been given much, much will be required; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, even more will be expected.”
Galatians 6:9, “Let us not get tired of doing good, for we will reap at the proper time if we don’t give up. Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us work for the good of all, especially for those who belong to the household of faith.”