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@Livingwater Study 8B...Grace that is unlimited James 4:6-17 What if obeying God is not just dreary duty—going through the motions to avoid God's wrath or earn his favor? What if following Christ is pure joy—living in loving response to a grace so profound that it changes all our motivations and affections? Far from encouraging sin, this biblical understanding of grace fuels and empowers the obedience that God commands. 4 . Clean up your life inwardly and outwardly (verse 8 ) Compare 2 Corinthians 7:1. Now that we are Christians there are things that we must ““put to death”” (Colossians 3:5-9). One translation of James 4:8 is: “”Realise that you have sinned, and get your hands clean again; realise that you have been disloyal, and get your heart made clean once more””; and if you say, ‘‘I cannot do this’’, the answer is that you can, for ““God gives us more grace””! 5 . Stop pulling one another to pieces (verses 11 -12 ) This critical faculty, which we all possess, must

@Livingwater Study 8A.. UNLIMITED STORES OF GRACE THE LETTER OF JAMES Scripture Portion: James 4:6-17 Five wonderful words in James 4:6 provide the key to this study – _ ““He gives us more grace””. Here we learn the glorious truth that there is an adequate supply of grace to enable each of us to live a life of victory day by day. At every point of need ““He gives us more grace””. Notice three things here:- (1) The giver is God. What a great giver He is! –- look up 1 Timothy 6:17. (2) What He gives is grace; this is the unmerited favour that God shows to those who are guilty and undeserving. It is God’’s blessing given to His people. There are four kinds of grace: (1) Saving grace (Ephesians 2:8-10); (2) Sanctifying grace (2 Corinthians 9:8); (3) Sustaining grace (2 Corinthians 12:8-9); and (4) Serving grace (Hebrews 12:28). (3) This grace is always available and adequate, and it is ours for the taking. When we receive His grace He says, ‘’Come back again when you need some

@Livingwater Happy new month! Study 7B..Coming near to Him.He will take care of your case.... James 4:8,Hosea 6:6 But without knowledge it does not lead to salvation. Now here is the relevance of this thought when we come to this passage in Hebrews 10:19-22 . In these verses there is one main, straightforward command, namely, "Draw near!" That is what this writer wants you to do. Draw near. Look at these verses: there is only one exhortation, once you pull away all the defining and qualifying phrases and clauses. Since therefore, brethren, we have confidence to enter the holy place by the blood of Jesus, by the new and living way which He inaugurated for us through the veil, that is, His flesh, and since we have a great priest over the house of God, let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our body washed with pure water. 4 . Come near to God with your problem, and He will undertak

@Livingwater Happy new month! Study 7A COMING NEAR TO GOD: PRECEPT AND PROMISE THE LETTER OF JAMES Scripture Portion: James 4:8-12 In James 4:8 there is a precept, something we are to do – – “Come near to God””; there is also a promise, something God will do when we play our part – – “and he will come near to you.”” In one sense we are always near to Him (Psalm 139:7-10; Acts 17:27-28); in another sense, because He is holy and we by nature are sinful, we are estranged from Him (Ephesians 4:18). The amazing thing is that God invites, urges and pleads with us to come to Him, a fact that is reiterated throughout the Bible, and this is what James is saying. But how can sinful men and women come near to a holy God? There are three requirements:- (1) We must come in faith (Hebrews 11:6). (2) We must come through Christ (John 14:6; Acts 4:12; Hebrews 10:19). (3) We must come sincerely (Hebrews 10:22). The important thing is that we do come near, for then God guarantees that H