James 1:7-8, “For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord. A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.”
James 1:7 says don't expect anything from God if you are double-minded, that is...
James 1:5-8, “If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord. A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.”
What does this passage of Scripture mean? What does God mean when he warns about asking for wisdom and then wavering in faith? Part of the answer is found in Job 28:28...
Job 28:28, “And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.”
Many people ask God for wisdom, but have no intentions of departing from evil. They have no fear of God as Romans 3:18 says. Psalms 111:10, “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever.” Wisdom is not head knowledge. Wisdom is how we live with the truth that we have. My friend, you will never truly obtain God's wisdom until your heart departs from evil (committing deliberate sins). That's the difference between sin and evil. Sin happens, but evil is planned.
There are tens-of-millions of
people who attend church on Sunday and then live in sin the rest of the
week. Many men are quick to admit that they are sinful, while having
absolutely no intentions of departing from sin. God's curse is upon America
today because Christians are no longer living like Christians. As criminals
takeover our nation, God's children are as foolish as can be, going along to
get along. Our pastors are apostate, actually saying nice things about
criminals and unknowingly supporting the Communist takeover of America. Most
Christians don't realize that
America is very
much A COMMUNIST NATION! Wickedness abounds everywhere. People have
become malicious, cut-throat, vindictive, hateful, having no compassion,
cruel, liars, treacherous... just as 2nd Timothy 3:1-5 foretold. Truly, we
are living in the Last Days.
You Cannot Be Right With God And The World
Many people want to be right with God while also being right with the world. It's impossible. If you're right with God, then you'll be wrong with the world (John 15:19). If you're right with the world, then you'll be wrong with God (James 4:4). This is what it means to be double-minded, that is, trying to be right with both God and the world at the same time. We find a shocking example of this apostasy in
Jeremiah 7:9-10, “Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not; And come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered to do all these abominations?”
Can you imagine? They were stealing, murdering and committing adultery in the name of the Lord. They literally said it was God's will for them to do such evil things. This is America today. Homosexuals all over the country are saying that God made them gay, so homosexuality must be of God. They have changed the truth into a lie just as Romans 1:25 said they would.
I am thinking of a popular radio
host who says he loves God almost daily on his show, but then he plays
occult Rock music by Led Zeppelin and ACDC (who boast of traveling the
Highway
To Hell). Something is wrong with that man's testimony and walk.
If he truly loved God he would repent. He is double-minded. Every believer
is double-minded at times. God wants us to be single-minded. The best thing
you can do is just anchor yourself to the Words of God and hang on! As the
World changes, you just remain anchored to the unchanging King James Bible!
That's my plan! You can't go wrong in siding with God my friend.
If We Don't Pray and Abide In The Scriptures, We Are Saying We Can Do It Alone Without God
The Bible teaches in Revelation 3:15-17 that lukewarmness makes God wants to vomit. Carefully notice what God says in Verse 17...
Revelation 3:15-16, “I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth. Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked.”
In other words, they were a DEAD CHURCH. They had become indifferent in their prosperity. In their success they became failures, but they didn't know it yet. Oh, how this describes America today!!!
Lukewarmness is nor spending time with God in daily prayer and Bible reading. How can God speak to us if we don't read and study the Scriptures. As you read and come across things you don't understand, then you study. Don't just continue reading and skipping over things that you don't understand. I have put together a Bible Study page to help others learn the Scriptures.
Without God we are helpless and nothing. It's not the sermon that gets the job done, it's the depending on God. We cannot make it alone. The church of Laodicea had become complacent. They thought they had arrived. They thought because they were financially self-sufficient that they didn't need anything else. Is this not a perfect picture of most of America's churches today? Most churches today have plenty of money, spoiled with padded pews, plush carpeting and air-conditioning. Yet we are naked and poor in prayer.
Our churches are wretched and
miserable for our failure to stand against the sins of abortion,
homosexuality, television, pornography and booze. Our churches today are
totally blind to the blatant crimes in government, and the oppression of our
nation. America's churches
“knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind,
and naked.” Thou knowest not!
What a passage of Scripture. God says that the church of Laodicea didn't know they were naked, poor, miserable, wretched and blind. What was their great sin? THEY WERE LUKEWARM! They were half-on and half-off! They were trying to straddle-the-fence. They were trying to drive in the center-lane of the highway. In Biblical Christianity there is no middle ground. The ecumenical movement that seeks to unite churches by apostasy and error is straight out of the pits of Hell. It's better to be divided over truth than to be united by error. You're either God's friend or God's enemy (James 4:4).
You Cannot Serve Mammon (Wealth) And God
You either love God and serve Him, or you serve and love mammon (wealth). There is no middle ground. It is impossible to serve God and wealth (money). You can only serve one Master! A double-minded person foolishly THINKS they can serve both God and money, or God and the world, or God and the Devil, or God and self. It is impossible. A double-minded person Luke 16:13, “No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.”
I am thinking of a popular radio host who says he loves God almost daily on his show, but then he plays occult Rock music by Led Zeppelin and ACDC (they boast of traveling the Highway To Hell). Something is wrong with that man's testimony and walk. If he truly loved God he would repent. He is double-minded. He admits being as wicked as the day is long; yet, he allows it. God will not bless anyone who chooses to live with the frogs for another day as did Pharaoh. Every believer is double-minded at times. God wants us to have a single-eye (pure-hearted and single-minded).
Some of the most miserable people are wealthy people without God. They have more money than they know what to do with. They can't take one penny of it with them into the grave. 1st Timothy 6:7 says we came into the world with nothing, and we'll leave out with nothing. 1st Timothy 6:7, “For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.” Ah, but we can leave some things behind, that is, changed lives! And we can lay up treasures in Heaven through prayer, fasting, witnessing the gospel to others, and obeying God's Word. I speak this to Christians. only.
The only way into Heaven is by being born-again. No amount of good works can merit a person Heaven. All your good could never in a billion years erase the sins that you have committed. Even one sin recorded in God's Books means you'll be condemned to Hell forever. Thankfully, the blood of Jesus washes our sins away.
