Pericope: James 4: 13 – 17 ESV 13 Come now, you who say,

“Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and

spend a year there and trade and make a profit”— 14 yet you do

not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are

a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. 15 Instead

you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.”

16 As it is, you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil.

17 So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for

him it is sin.

Sermon Text: James 4:17 ESV So whoever knows the right thing

to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin.

Sermon Title: Should’ve, Would’ve, Could’ve Pt 1 Stay in The

Moment

Point 1: Be Present vs 13 Come now, you who say, “Today or

tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year

there and trade and make a profit”—

verse 14 yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is

your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then

vanishes.

Matthew 6: 34 “Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow,

for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its

own trouble.

Point 2: Be Humble vs 14, 16 - 14 yet you do not know what

tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that

appears for a little time and then vanishes. 16 As it is, you boast

in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil.

God only knows the end from the beginning - Is 46:10.

God is alpha and omega. Rev. 2:13

Point 3: Be Submissive vs 15 Instead you ought to say, “If the

Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.”

Point 4: Be Decisive vs 17 So whoever knows the right thing to do

and fails to do it, for him it is sin.

Luke 12: 47 And that servant who knew his master's will but did

not get ready or act according to his will, will receive a severe

beating.

Life Application: In the moment

1. Share Christ with your Family

2. Share Christ with your Friends,

3. Share Christ with your Neighbors,

4. Share Christ with your Co-workers