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Message Notes
“Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries which are coming upon you. Your riches have rotted and your garments have become moth-eaten. Your gold and your silver have rusted; and their rust will be a witness against you and will consume your flesh like fire. It is in the last days that you have stored up your treasure!” —James 5:1-3
“And a final word to you arrogant rich: Take some lessons in lament. You’ll need buckets for the tears when the crash comes upon you. Your money is corrupt and your fine clothes stink. Your greedy luxuries are a cancer in your gut, destroying your life from within. You thought you were piling up wealth. What you’ve piled up is judgment.” —James 5:1-3 (The Message)
“Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.” —James 5:4
“You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened your hearts in the day of slaughter. You have condemned and murdered the righteous, who did not resist you.” —James 5:5-6
“Now this I say, he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. Each one must do just as he has purposed in his heart, not grudgingly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.” —2 Corinthians 9:6-7
“The first of your firstfruits of your land you shall bring to the house of the Lord your God.” —Exodus 23:19
“Honor the LORD with your wealth, with the first fruits of all your crops” —Proverbs 3:9
“But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.” —Matthew 6:33
“Be patient, therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient about it, until it receives the early and the late rains. You, too, be patient and strengthen your hearts, because the Lord’s coming is near.” —James 5:7-8
“And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that always having all sufficiency in everything, you may have an abundance for every good deed.” —2 Corinthians 9:8
“He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and increase the harvest of your righteousness. You will be enriched in every way to be generous in every way, which through us will produce thanksgiving to God.” —2 Corinthians 9:10