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Adult Bible Study Guide
Oct • Nov • Dec 2014
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Adult Sabbath School Bible Study G"n "ppeal
Dear #ser$ %his &ower&oint 'how is (reely sharedto all who !ay )nd it bene)cial *hileintended pri!arily (or personal use+
so!e )nd it use(ul (or teaching thelesson in church %here are those+ however+ who add
illustrations+ change bac,ground+
change (onts+ etc *hile their intention!ay be good+ this is not right 'lide -2says .designed by claro ruiz vicente
or honest hristians+ it is not
necessary (or anothers creation to be
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The Book of Jamesontents
1 James, the Lord’s Brother2 The Perfection of Our Faith 6 Enduring Temptation 4 Being and oing
7 Lo!e and the La"8 Faith That #or$s9 Taming the Tongue
The %umanit& of %ea!enl&
#isdom ; One La"gi!er and Judge10 #eep and %o"l'11 (etting )ead& for the %ar!est
12 Pra&er, %ealing and )estoration
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The Book of JamesOur <oal
Our =ourney this >uarterspans the entire hristian
era+ as it includes so!e o(the earliest preaching+ aswell as special insights (or
these last daysLet us not miss these
insights*
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The Book of James3esson 10+ Dec 8
*eep and
?owl@
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Weep and HowlAey %eBt
Catthew 8:21
. For where your treasure
is+ there will your heart bealso
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Weep and Howl5nitial *ords
Many people vicariouslyen=oy the ragsEtoEriches
(antasy and probably hope itcould happen to the!
so!eday
Fut wealth isnt all that !anybelieve it to be 5ncreasinginco!e (ollows the law o(
di!inishing returns: beyond
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Weep and HowlGuic, 3oo,
1 %he *ealthys#retchedness
!James "#$%2 %he *ealths
#orthlessness!James "#&' (%
6 %he *ealthys
#ic$edness
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Ha!es 7:1 NAHI
.Co!e now+
you rich+weep andhowl (or your
!iseries thatare co!ing
upon you@
Weep and Howl1 %he *ealthys *retchedness
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$, The Wealthy-s Wretchedness Hustice *ill Fe Done@
Ja!es 1:10+ 11+ re!inded therich o( the i!per!anence o(
wealth hapter 7+ urges thosewho stubbornly hold on to itto .weep and howl %he vivid
description continuesthroughout our passagebringing to !ind the divine
retribution (or the wic,ed
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$, The Wealthy-s Wretchedness Hustice *ill Fe Done@
" si!ilar attitude per!eates<ods lastEday church !2e3,
(#$/%,
5nterestingly+ the <ree, wordtranslated as .!iseries in
Ha!es 7:1 co!es (ro! thesa!e root used to describe3aodicea as .wretched in
Jevelation 6:19
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$, The Wealthy-s Wretchedness Hustice *ill Fe Done@
%here is so !uch in=ustice inthe world+ especially econo!ic
in=ustice 'o!eti!es it is sohard to understand why so!epeople get rich eBploiting the
poor and see! to get awaywith it@*e should do what we can to
alleviate in=ustice+ while resting
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Weep and Howl2 %he *ealths *orthlessness
Ha!es 7:2+ 6 NAHI.Y our riches are corrupted+
and your gar!ents are !othE
eaten Kour gold and silverare corroded+ and their
corrosion will be a witnessagainst you and will eat yourLesh li,e )re
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&, The Wealth-s Worthlessness*rong #se
T he worlds econo!icsituation always see!s to be
going (ro! one crisis toanotherM even the .goodti!es+ when they co!e+
rarely last and are always(ollowed by a downturnDiscontent and instability
grows as the disparity
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&, The Wealth-s Worthlessness*rong #se
-one& has its place.the proble! is when people put
it
in the wrong placeConey will be .a witness
against those who !isuse it!James "#(%, %hough given in anendEti!e conteBt+ the point
should be clear: ho" "e use
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&, The Wealth-s Worthlessness*rong #se
%he i!age o( LeshEconsu!ing)re is !eant to wa,e us up tothe seriousness o( the choiceswe are !a,ing with our !oney
"re we heaping up treasure
thatwill ulti!ately be burned up+or are we saving (or eternity
See .uke $&#(( (),
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Weep and Howl6 %he *ealthys *ic,edness
Ha!es 7:4E8 NAHI.Indeed the wages o( the
laborers
which you ,ept bac, by(raud+ cry out Kou have
lived on earth in pleasure andluBuryM you have (attenedyour hearts as in a day o(
slaughter
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(, The Wealthy-s Wickednessries o( the &oor
In Fible ti!es+ as soon aswages were paid+ !any+ i( not
!ost+ o( the wor,ers usedthese earnings to buy (ood to
(eed their (a!ilies
*ithholding wages o(ten!eant the (a!ily had to gohungry
or so!eone already rich to
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(, The Wealthy-s Wickednessries o( the &oor
.Jiches bring with the! greatresponsibilities %o obtain
wealth by un=ust dealing+ byoverreaching in trade+ by
oppressing the widow and the
(atherless+ or by hoarding upriches and neglecting thewants o( the needy+ will
eventually bring the =ust
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(, The Wealthy-s Wickednessat and ?appy P(or NowQ
5n the ancient world+ thenotion prevailed that therewas a )Bed a!ount o( wealth
%he rich can get richer only by!a,ing the poor poorer %heissue o( wealth ine>uality still
rages today5n the parable o( the rich !an
and 3azarus+ the real (ocus is
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(, The Wealthy-s WickednessFla!e the Iicti!
*hen so!eone has donewrong+ the natural tendency isto try to escape responsibility
O(ten people try to do this bytrans(erring the responsibility
to so!eone elseincludingthe person who has been
wronged
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(, The Wealthy-s WickednessFla!e the Iicti!
Ha!es never conde!ns therich si!ply because they arerich 5t is their attitudes and
actions that !atter to <od'i!ilarly+ the bare (act o(
being econo!ically poor doesnot in itsel( endear a person to<od
5t is the .poor in spirit and
W d H l
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Weep and Howlinal *ords
.Hoarded wealth is not !erelyuseless+
it is a curse 5n this li(e it is asnare to the soul+ drawing the
aRections away (ro! the
heavenly treasure?e who realizes that his!oney is a talent (ro! <od
will use it eco no!ically and