Bible Readings:
Luke 3:23-38, 16:19-31
Isaiah 5:1-25
Sermon Outline:
James 5:1–6 (NKJV)
1Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you!
2Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten.
3Your gold and silver are corroded, and their corrosion will be a witness against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have heaped up treasure in the last days.
4Indeed the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, cry out; and the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.
5You have lived on the earth in pleasure and luxury; you have fattened your hearts as in a day of slaughter.
6You have condemned, you have murdered the just; he does not resist you.
I To whom James is addressing here?
II What have these people done wrong?
III The judgment pronounced on the rich
IV How should we view riches?