Sermon Video - Submit Yourself to God: James 4:7-10

There is much that humanity doesn't, by nature, like about the idea of submitting to God.  Americans, in particular, confuse their love of political freedom with their need for spiritual submission to God, resulting in a stubborn independence regarding the commands of God.  There is, however, no way to approach God that does not include submission to his will.
What does it mean to submit to God?  James explains several things that this involves: (1) Resisting the devil, we can't hardly submit to God and remain friends with his enemies at the same time.  (2)  Repentance from sin, (3) Removal of the double-mindedness that tries to keep our options open and entertains temptations, and (4) a serious attitude toward our sin that grieves for them as God does.  There are other aspects of submitting to the will of God, and James will discuss one of them in vs. 13-16, but these are enough to show us the difficulty and the necessity of the task.
In the end, submitting to God is an act of humility, one that cannot be accomplished by the proud, and another reminder why God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.

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