What would you do? We are living through a pandemic called COVID-19 has caused, in our time, an unprecedented cost. No only to life but also to our way of life. What would you do to stop it. What would you pay for the cure? And let’s not focus only on COVID-19, what about cancer? How many people do you know that have died from cancer? What would you do, what would you be willing to do or pay to end cancer? What would you do to obtain the cure for cancer, for heart disease, for liver failure, kidney failure or dementia. All these are a result of sin, not my sin or your sin, but the sin that entered the world and caused death (Gen. 2:16-17), the expulsion from the garden (Gen 3:22-24) .
We cannot eliminate diseases, but here James will offer us 4 spiritual ways that Christians can take to eliminate spiritual adultery and eliminate spiritual death. “Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. 8 Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded. 9 Lament and mourn and weep! Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom” (James 4:7-9).
Bottom line, “Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up” James 4:10)