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[571.92 --> 573.44] at the beginning of chapter 5
[573.44 --> 574.80] where he writes this.
[574.92 --> 575.62] Now listen.
[575.86 --> 577.18] So same phrase again
[577.18 --> 578.78] as the first scenario.
[578.94 --> 579.54] Now listen,
[579.68 --> 580.20] you who say.
[580.74 --> 581.76] Chapter 5, verse 1.
[581.76 --> 583.48] Now listen, you rich people.
[583.80 --> 584.64] Weep and wail
[584.64 --> 585.60] because of the misery
[585.60 --> 586.74] that is coming on you.
[587.56 --> 587.96] Be careful.
[588.18 --> 588.84] He hits hard.
[589.34 --> 590.52] Your wealth has rotted.
[590.70 --> 591.60] Your moths have eaten
[591.60 --> 592.32] your clothes.
[593.08 --> 594.08] Your gold and silver
[594.08 --> 594.82] are corroded.
[596.16 --> 597.20] Their corrosion
[597.20 --> 598.64] will testify against you.
[598.76 --> 600.04] Eat your flesh like fire.
[600.20 --> 601.28] You've hoarded wealth
[601.28 --> 602.20] in the last days.
[602.36 --> 603.12] Look, the wages
[603.12 --> 604.28] that you failed to pay
[604.28 --> 604.86] the workers
[604.86 --> 606.34] who moved your fields
[606.34 --> 607.76] are crying out against you.
[608.02 --> 609.70] The cries of the harvesters
[609.70 --> 610.56] have reached the ears
[610.56 --> 611.38] of the Lord Almighty.
[611.38 --> 612.80] You've lived on earth
[612.80 --> 614.54] in luxury and self-indulgence.
[614.68 --> 615.72] You've fattened yourselves
[615.72 --> 616.70] in the day of slaughter.
[617.06 --> 617.74] You've condemned
[617.74 --> 618.52] and murdered
[618.52 --> 619.70] the innocent one
[619.70 --> 621.22] who was not opposing you.
[623.14 --> 624.68] And here James characterizes
[624.68 --> 626.46] people who oppress others
[626.46 --> 628.06] for their own gain.
[629.22 --> 630.38] And I suspect that
[630.38 --> 631.78] James isn't necessarily
[631.78 --> 632.94] targeting the people
[632.94 --> 634.54] to whom he's actually writing
[634.54 --> 636.06] because they likely
[636.06 --> 637.14] weren't the rich
[637.14 --> 638.38] and wealthy people.
[638.38 --> 640.80] But the condemnation
[640.80 --> 641.66] of such people,
[641.76 --> 642.88] the judgment upon
[642.88 --> 643.74] such people,
[644.74 --> 645.92] isn't so much
[645.92 --> 647.38] to point them out
[647.38 --> 648.88] as it is to create
[648.88 --> 649.54] a background
[649.54 --> 650.88] for the real point.
[650.96 --> 651.72] And the real point
[651.72 --> 653.00] that James is trying to make
[653.00 --> 654.20] is that with a view
[654.20 --> 655.02] to eternity,
[655.44 --> 656.72] you not only can endure
[656.72 --> 657.32] hardship,
[657.78 --> 659.16] but you can also endure
[659.16 --> 659.86] the hardship
[659.86 --> 661.48] of that kind of oppression
[661.48 --> 663.14] that people place
[663.14 --> 663.96] upon you
[663.96 --> 665.38] or that circumstances
[665.38 --> 666.80] place upon you
[666.80 --> 668.90] and the assurance
[668.90 --> 670.02] that God
[670.02 --> 671.48] will make it right,
[672.04 --> 672.66] not you.
[674.50 --> 675.24] In other words,
[675.44 --> 676.42] waiting patiently
[676.42 --> 677.58] for the Lord's coming
[677.58 --> 678.56] reminds us
[678.56 --> 679.46] of those two
[679.46 --> 680.56] critical things
[680.56 --> 681.84] that one,
[681.94 --> 683.18] we are not in control,
[683.36 --> 684.14] we do not own
[684.14 --> 684.92] our own lives,
[685.58 --> 686.22] and two,
[686.58 --> 687.72] when we are mistreated
[687.72 --> 689.00] or when we think
[689.00 --> 690.96] we're suffering hardship,
[691.58 --> 693.78] God will set things right.
[694.78 --> 696.24] So living in the light
[696.24 --> 697.00] of eternity
[697.00 --> 698.58] solidly roots
[698.58 --> 700.48] our connection to God
[700.48 --> 701.68] no matter what
[701.68 --> 702.46] the circumstances
[702.46 --> 704.78] of our life are.
[705.66 --> 706.58] Maybe you're familiar
[706.58 --> 708.08] with Francis Chan,