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What is the root cause of quarrels and fights according to the passage?
Why do people not receive what they ask for?
What is the result of being a friend of the world?
What should one do to resist the devil?
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What is the consequence of judging one's brother?
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What should one say when planning for the future?
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What is the consequence of boasting about the future?
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What is the consequence of knowing the right thing to do and failing to do it?
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Study Notes
Causes of Quarrels and Fights
- Quarrels and fights arise from internal passions and desires that are at war within oneself.
- When we desire something and cannot have it, we may resort to violence or quarreling.
- Not receiving what we ask for can also lead to quarreling, but this may be due to asking wrongly, to satisfy our own passions.
Friendship with the World and God
- Friendship with the world is considered enmity with God.
- Whoever wishes to be friends with the world makes themselves an enemy of God.
- Scripture says God yearns jealously over the spirit He has made to dwell in us.
Humility and Grace
- God gives more grace to the humble.
- God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.
- To receive grace, we must submit ourselves to God and resist the devil.
Purification and Humility
- We must cleanse our hands and purify our hearts to draw near to God.
- Double-minded individuals must purify their hearts and submit to God.
- We must humble ourselves before the Lord, and He will exalt us.
Judging Others
- Speaking evil against one another is equivalent to speaking evil against the law and judging the law.
- We are not judges of the law, but rather doers of the law.
- There is only one lawgiver and judge, who is able to save and destroy.
Boasting About Tomorrow
- We should not boast about tomorrow, as we do not know what it will bring.
- Our lives are like a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes.
- We should say, "If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that" instead of boasting about our plans.
- Not doing what we know is right is considered sin.
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