Bible Gateway passage: James 4:1-3 - Christian Standard Bible
Proud or Humble - What is the source of wars and fights among you? Don’t they come from your passions that wage war within you? You desire and do not
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Jason Scott Montoya @JasonSMontoya
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Sep 9, 2023
What's Wrong With Society?
Part 7C. Driving the Machine.
If we’re only doing things because they are illegal or not, and not whether it’s right or wrong, then unveiling the facade of the system means we can unleash ourselves to do whatever we want. And without virtue, we’ll likely embrace vice.
And that gets to the heart of the problem.
James, the brother of Jesus said this is what causes war and conflict. War outside of us is a result of war inside of us coming out.
“What is the source of wars and fights among you? Don’t they come from your passions that wage war within you? You desire and do not have. You murder and covet and cannot obtain. You fight and wage war. You do not have because you do not ask. You ask and don’t receive because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your pleasures.” - James 4:1-3 CSB