Genuine Wealth and Justice

Genuine Wealth Is Not Found in Money, vv. 1-6

A. Idle Wealth, vv. 2-3

1. Rust is a symbol of disuse
2. Rust is a symbol of destruction

B. Tainted Wealth–Money withheld by fraud, v. 4, “taint mine”

C. Self-indulgent Wealth, v. 5

D. Ruthless Wealth, v. 6

E. Perishable Wealth, vv. 1 & 3b

Genuine Justice Comes When Jesus Appears, vv. 7-12

A. The Lord’s Coming Is the Christian’s Hope.

1. His coming ushers in an unbroken friendship.
2. His coming ushers in an unhindered service.
3. His coming ushers in an unclouded vision.
4. His coming ushers in an unsullied likeness.
5. His coming ushers in an unraveled skeins.

B. The Husbandman Reaps His Harvest, v. 7.

1. The expenditure on the field
2. The experience of the field
3. The expectation of the field

C. The Judge Announces His Decision, v. 9.

1. Their lives were in danger of getting distraught, v. 10.
2. Their language was a mirror of their minds’ disturbance.
3. Their lessons were set unmistakably before them.
4. Their Lord was assuredly coming to judge them.

D. The Lord Discloses His Purpose, v. 11

1. Job’s experience
2. Job’s ignorance
3. Job’s recompense

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