August 9th Daily bible reading
One Body.
There is one body and one spirit –Ephesians 4:4
Scripture reading: James 4:17; 5:1-12
Jas 4:17 To him therefore who knows how to do good, and does it not, to him it is sin.
Jas 4:17 –
The general principle illustrated by the particular example just discussed is here stated: knowledge without practice is imputed to a man as great and presumptuous sin. James reverts to the principle with which he started. Nothing more injures the soul than wasted impressions. Feelings exhaust themselves and evaporate, if not embodied in practice. As we will not act except we feel, so if we will not act out our feelings, we shall soon cease to feel.
Jas 5:1 You rich people should cry and weep! Terrible things are going to happen to you.
Jas 5:2 Your treasures have already rotted, and moths have eaten your clothes.
Jas 5:3 Your money has rusted, and the rust will be evidence against you, as it burns your body like fire. Yet you keep on storing up wealth in these last days.
Jas 5:4 You refused to pay the people who worked in your fields, and now their unpaid wages are shouting out against you. The Lord All-Powerful has surely heard the cries of the workers who harvested your crops.
Jas 5:5 While here on earth, you have thought only of filling your own stomachs and having a good time. But now you are like fat cattle on their way to be butchered.
Jas 5:6 You have condemned and murdered innocent people, who couldn't even fight back.
Jas 5:7 My friends, be patient until the Lord returns. Think of farmers who wait patiently for the spring and summer rains to make their valuable crops grow.
Jas 5:8 Be patient like those farmers and don't give up. The Lord will soon be here!
Jas 5:9 Don't grumble about each other or you will be judged, and the judge is right outside the door.
Jas 5:10 My friends, follow the example of the prophets who spoke for the Lord. They were patient, even when they had to suffer.
Jas 5:11 In fact, we praise the ones who endured the most. You remember how patient Job was and how the Lord finally helped him. The Lord did this because he is so merciful and kind.
Jas 5:12 My friends, above all else, don't take an oath. You must not swear by heaven or by earth or by anything else. "Yes" or "No" is all you need to say. If you say anything more, you will be condemned.
Thought for today
You will never advance in the kingdom unless you see that in every church there is a nucleus that has as real a God as you have.
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