“Therefore, to him who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin.” James 4:17. “The context here is what we do with our money. What we do with our money is an important way to stay humble. When we do good with our money, we are saying, ‘Lord, thank you for blessing me and my family. Instead of saving all of this for a tomorrow which may never come, I want to give some of it away today. I don’t need this money to be self-sufficient. In fact, I never want to be self-sufficient. You are my sufficiency. Your grace is sufficient for my need. Giving this money today is my tangible way of proving what I am saying.’ “James is saying in verse 17, ‘Don’t hoard for tomorrow what you can afford to give today.’ After all, since we don’t know what the future holds, why should we hold onto the future?” Anderson, David R. (2013-07-08). Triumph Through Trials: The Epistle of James (Kindle Location 3319). Grace Theology Press. Kindle Edition.
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