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NASB | James 4:3 You ask and do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your pleasures. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | James 4:3 You ask [God for something] and do not receive it, because you ask with wrong motives [out of selfishness or with an unrighteous agenda], so that [when you get what you want] you may spend it on your [hedonistic] desires. |
Bible Question: Can anyone tell me if this is merely a statement or if there is Scripture to support it? "God is more concerned with our character than our comfort." Thank You for your time. |
Bible Answer: Hi, Heidi... Although the expression is not in Scripture per se, it certainly expresses the sentiment of Scripture. God has spared nothing -- even His own Son -- to insure the sanctification of His elect (Romans 8:32; 2 Peter 1:3). The object of human life is to bring God glory. Affliction and suffering often work a far more lasting work to the benefit of the saints both individually and corporately. The flesh, of course, always seeks the easy way. "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. For as we share abundantly in Christ's sufferings, so through Christ we share abundantly in comfort too. If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; and if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which you experience when you patiently endure the same sufferings that we suffer." (2 Corinthians 1:3-6 ESV) In Him, Doc |
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