Real Faith for Real Life Wk5

This powerful message from James chapter 3 and 4 challenges us to examine the battlefield within our own hearts. We're confronted with a stark contrast between worldly wisdom—rooted in jealousy and selfish ambition—and godly wisdom that flows from humility and produces honorable living. The truth is uncomfortable but liberating: when we come to Christ, we don't enter into peaceful ease, but rather begin World War III on the inside. Our old flesh wars against the new spirit God has placed within us. James pulls no punches, calling out the reality that unsettled internal battles always produce external conflicts in our marriages, workplaces, and churches. The root problem? Divided loyalty. We want Jesus, but we also want the shimmer and promise of worldly success. We scroll through social media feeling like we're missing out, we scheme for promotions, we compare our lives to others, and slowly our hearts drift from undivided devotion to God. But here's the hope: we are as close to God as we want to be. When we draw near to Him with humility and submission, resisting the enemy's temptations, He draws near to us. The question we must answer today is simple yet profound—where is our heart, and where are our eyes truly fixed?

Chapter 1: True Wisdom Produces Humility and Good Works

We explore how true godly wisdom is always coupled with humility and produces honorable living, contrasting it with worldly wisdom rooted in jealousy and selfish ambition.

Chapter 2: The Internal War and External Conflicts

We discover that unsettled internal battles produce outward conflicts in our marriages, churches, and workplaces, driven by evil desires and wrong motives.

Chapter 3: The Problem of Divided Loyalty

We confront the harsh truth that friendship with the world makes us enemies of God, and divided loyalty between God and the world is the root problem for many believers.

Chapter 4: Getting Serious: Purifying Our Hearts

We are challenged to quit dabbling in sin, purify our inner lives, and get down on our knees before God as the only way to truly get on our feet.