Presuming on the Future, Part 3 (TMF:2138)

Wednesday, July 19, 2023
Peace to Live By: Presuming on the Future, Part 3 (TMF:2138) - Daniel Litton
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       They presume upon the future. That’s why James is adding his correction here. The point here is the heart attitude, of course, as it always is in the Bible. It’s not either that God cannot promise a person something in the future. God can and still does promise people things. I’ve talked about in the past how I believe God has promised me a wife. Can I go around and say, “Well, everyone, I can’t get killed because God has promised me a wife. I know for sure I’m going to live for the next several years.” No, of course, I can’t say that. That’s because the promise is contingent upon greater, grander things. It’s first dependent on the fact that Jesus doesn’t return before that would happen. The second thing, I think you could say, is that it is dependent on the fact I don’t go around boosting about it. That’d just be asking for trouble. Arrogance is tied into self-righteousness. When we are arrogant, we are being disobedient to God, and we are hindering God’s power toward us in a positive direction.