MURDER AND COVET.....FIGHT AND WAR (James 4:2)
James says "You murder," He uses the word largely in a figurative sense. We don't literally kill, but the anger, jealousy, and cruelty which we generate are murder in embryo.
We covet and cannot obtain. We want to have more things and better than others. In the attempt, we find ourselves quarreling and devouring one another.
Here then is the source of the bickering and strife among believers. It comes from the desire for more and from the jealously of others. It is greed, covetousness, and envy. The desire becomes so strong that people will do almost anything to gratify their lusts. They are slow to learn that true pleasure is not found in this way, but in contentment with food and clothing (1 Timothy 6:8).
James says "You murder," He uses the word largely in a figurative sense. We don't literally kill, but the anger, jealousy, and cruelty which we generate are murder in embryo.
We covet and cannot obtain. We want to have more things and better than others. In the attempt, we find ourselves quarreling and devouring one another.
Here then is the source of the bickering and strife among believers. It comes from the desire for more and from the jealously of others. It is greed, covetousness, and envy. The desire becomes so strong that people will do almost anything to gratify their lusts. They are slow to learn that true pleasure is not found in this way, but in contentment with food and clothing (1 Timothy 6:8).
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