Keeping it Real: James 1:26-27

Is your faith the real thing? The genuineness of your ‘religion’ is verifiable. One of the challenges we face as followers of Jesus is genuineness – keeping and living out our faith in an authentic way. One of the greatest challenges we have as a community of believers is to help each other stay on the course of genuine, Bible obeying, Christ focused spirituality. For both you as an individual and us as a church, the greater danger is not apostasy – adopting false teaching but accepting an artificial spirituality – doing Christianity in a way that seems acceptable or even impressive but is not the real thing.

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There is an elephant in the room. In other words, there is an obvious problem or difficult situation that is not seen clearly and is uncomfortable addressing. Money – what you do with it and how generous you are with it – is the elephant in the Corinthian church room as well ours this morning. God’s word helps us to
talk about the uncomfortable and by God’s grace become people who joyfully excel in grace driven, Christ magnifying generosity.

Transparency, accountability and trust are crucial for any gospel ministry partnership to be effective. Where these things are absent or broken, relationships and reputations can be damaged. In our passage today, we learn how the Apostle Paul provided ‘offering management’ in such a way that trust is built, God is glorified, and the church’s reputation is guarded.

What drives generosity? Where does it come from? Can the person who is caught up in joyless and enslaving stinginess become generous? If you are a generous follower of Christ, that overflowing generosity begins at the motivational level. Let’s seek God’s help to address what drives our hearts in the areas of money, materialism and generosity.