Christians in Quarrels & Fights, Part 4 (TMF:2095)

Friday, May 19, 2023
Peace to Live By: Christians in Quarrels & Fights, Part 4 (TMF:2095) - Daniel Litton
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       The people in the world who don’t know God have a way of getting what they want in life. We know those ways. They are called sin. James points the finger here in saying that ultimately when we hate our fellow brothers or sisters in Jesus that we are actually murdering them. This is what we do when we go against them. Rather than setting our passion or desire aside, we kill to get it in the figurative sense. We hurt others and push them out of the way. We don’t allow others to get what is their due. We take that which isn’t ours out of our selfish ambition. We see what others have and get jealous of it, and try to get it for ourselves. It’s all about us when we are driven from our strong passions and desires. We, as believers, end up looking poorly behaved. How is it that we bring our passions and desires under control? Again, it’s not that passions and desires are bad; in fact, they can be quite good. It’s only when we want them too much that leads us to due stupid things.