Pastor Brian Overturf continues his verse-by-verse journey through James with the second half of James 5:1-6. After last week’s two charges — hoarding what God meant to circulate, and stealing the wages of the workers — James brings two more charges that get heavier before they get better.

Charge three: you have fattened your hearts. A life so absorbed in its own comfort and pleasure that it has lost the ability to feel anything for the person at the gate. Charge four: you have condemned, you have murdered the just. Where unchecked greed and a numbed heart ultimately lead.

But the same God who hears the cry of the oppressed is also the God who gives more grace. He does not give up on hardened hearts. He replaces them.

A message for two kinds of people: the one who has been wronged and did not resist, and the one who saw themselves in the charges. The Lord of Hosts has heard both.

Scripture: James 5:1-6 (NKJV) | alpastor.org