When You Have a Need - May 2, 2021 Sunday Sermon
When you have a need…
The One Another’s in ABC form:
Accept one another Admonish one another
Agree with one another Don’t Bite each other
Build up one another Carry one another’s burdens
Be Compassionate to one another Don’t Complain about one another
Be Concerned about one another Confess your sins to one another
Don’t Criticize one another Don’t Detest each other
Don’t Devour each other Encourage one another
Don’t Envy one another Fellowship with one another
Show Family Affection with one another Forgive one another
Greet One Another Be Hospitable to one another
Outdo each other in Showing Honor Show Humility toward one another
Instruct one another Be kind to one another
Don’t bring Lawsuits against each other Don’t Lie to each other
Love one another We are Members of one another
Be at Peace with one another Pray for one another
Pursue what is good for one another Don’t Provoke one another
Sing to one another Serve one another
Speak to one another Submit to one another
Spouses: Do not deprive one another Teach one another
Wait for one another Wash each other’s feet
When you have a need…turn to your church leaders V. 13-15
When we call the church leaders to pray we are recognizing our complete dependence upon God in our situation.
Elders do two things when they pray over you: they minister the Word of God to your situation and they pray for your situation
After the prayer time with the church leaders, there should be great confidence that our lives are in God’s hands no matter what happens in the days ahead, and His grace will be sufficient for us to face whatever comes.
God always answers our prayer! Sometimes He answers ‘Yes,’ sometimes He answers ‘No,’ and sometimes He answers ‘Wait.’
And God said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” -2 Corinthians 12:9
When you have a need…turn to your fellow Christians V. 16-20
But here is a unique aspect of Biblical Christianity: the Priesthood of the Believer – that each of us is equipped by God at salvation to minister the truth of God’s Word to each other!
James is teaching that Christians need honest and open relationships with other Christians that help each root out the power of the sins we too often return to after confessing them to the Lord.
Confessing your sins to other believers has the following effects:
1. It helps you avoid self-deception
2. It keeps you from minimizing sin’s ugliness
3. It often robs sin of the power it has when kept in darkness
4. It allows another to minister to you, and you to another (It should be two-way)
5. It provides accountability to help defeat that sin over time (because you know the other person is going to ask you about it)
Folks, when you begin practicing mutual confession and accountability with other believers, you begin experiencing one of the highest forms of what one another can mean in your walk with God and one another!
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