Our Patient Habitation (James 5:9-11)
Theme: “Even after salvation, believers still have many flaws. We must leve patiently with each other and not begrudge each other.”
I. Our Patient Habitation (James 5:9)
A. The Sighing Against Each Other (Romans 8:23; Mark 7:34; 2 Corinthians 5:2, 4; Hebrew 13:17)
B. The Situation under Sin
1. Persecution from unbelievers
2. Grief from a mortal brother (1 Peter 4:8-8; Philippians 4:2)
3. Pain from a cursed earth
C. The Seat of Judgment (1 Corinthians 3:10-15; 1 John 4:4-13, 20-21)
II. Our God-Given Examples (James 5:10-11)
A. The Prophets (Jeremiah 1:16-19; 26:8-11; 15:15)
B. Job (Job 2:11; 6;14-15; 16:2-5; 19:19-22)
C. The Reason for Examples
1. We see their affliction
2. We see their endurance
3. We see their blessing
4. We see their God (Jeremiah 4:10; 15:18)