DRAW NEAR
INTRODUCTION:
YOUR CONVERSION MEANT YOU ARE JUSTIFIED (MAKE RIGHT) BEFORE GOD. YOU THEN START YOUR JOURNEY TO MATURE IN CHRIST (SANCTIFICATION). JUSTIFICATION IS A ONE-TIME REALITY. SANCTIFICATION IS A LIFETIME PROCESS OF LEARNING HOLY LIVING. SANCTIFICATION IS VERY TIME INTENSIVE.
SPIRITUAL INSIGHT:
READ JAMES 4: 7-10. TO DRAW NEAR YOU MUST:
JAMES 4: 7 SUBJECT YOUR WILL TO GOD AND RESIST SATAN.
JAMES 4: 8 DRAW NEAR TO HIM AND HE WILL DRAW NEAR TO YOU.
JAMES 4:8 YOU MUST CLEANSE YOUR HANDS AND PURIFY YOUR HEART BEFORE HIM. (CEREMONIAL WASHING-OLD TESTAMENT)
JAMES 4-9 TAKES A SOBERING ATTITUDE TOWARD TRUE REPENTANCE
JAMES 4: 10 HUMBLE YOURSELF BEFORE GOD AND HE WILL EXALT YOU.
APPLICATION: BY HUMILITY AND FEAR OF THE LORD (ARE) RICHES AND HONOR AND LIFE. (PROVERBS 22:4: NKJV)
