should God’s people be preparing and helping one another to prepare to stand before our King?


H All of this, of course, is really 


How should we live this thing called the Christian life, as we look with longing for the day when we’ll see our Savior face to face? And living the Christian life is some- thing about which James has much  may be, they can really be distilled down into one very simple word that describes an attitude, which will naturally shape the way we think about our God, ourselves, and our relations to others in this world. It is the word humility. Humility is to describe the Christian as we daily live in light of the reality that we’ll soon be called to give an account to the Son of God, who humbled Himself to the point of death on a cross for us. And, to the end that we might understand what it looks like to            James explains four very practical ways in which a posture of humil- ity should be manifest in us, and in our lives.


Position


First, James says we should have humility with regard to our position in this world. To put it negatively, we shouldn’t spend our energy arrogantly jockeying for position and power for ourselves in this  living as if life is all about grow- ing a bigger church, or advancing in the workplace, or gaining peo- ple’s recognition. The world will


4 The Associate Reformed Presbyterian


ow should the church pre- pare for the return of the Lord Jesus Christ? How


Synod Emphasis


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