Topic: Divine Order
Text: James 3:1-8

Today, we shall examine the characteristics of the sanctified life. First, the sanctified person is time conscious. Any Christian who has no regard for time is not sanctified (Eccl.3:1-4). A sanctified wife keeps to time because she is aware that her husband is also time conscious. Anyone who is not time-conscious is not sanctified and anyone who is not sanctified will commit sin. A man who cannot keep to time is not a man of integrity and thus cannot be trusted. The sanctified also knows that there are times for different things. There is a time to laugh and there is a time to weep. There is time to be sober and there is a time to be cheerful. Second, the sanctified believer is organized. You cannot be a favourite of the King of kings without everything being in order. Our God is a God of order. There is order in Heaven. Many of us are disorganized and have to make restitution. In I Cor. 6:12-13, Paul says, “All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any. Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats; but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.” Not everything that you want to do is expedient. You must do the essentials according to priorities. You have to worship and praise God first in the morning. You do not begin by first asking Him for something, but praise Him. Third, the sanctified is always quiet. The sanctified is not a talkative. Believers must be grave and quite. A Christian who talks non-stop may be born-again but he is not sanctified. As a matter of fact, someone who talks too much needs deliverance. The Bible says, in Proverbs 10:19: “In the multitudes of words there wanteth not sin; but he that refraineth his lips is wise.” If you learn to keep your mouth shut, you are a wise person. James 1:19 says: “Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath.” Someone has rightly observed that the reason why God gave us one mouth and two ears is that we must hear twice before we speak once. I think this is correct. Many of us hear once and we speak twice. This is dangerous. Ask the Lord to change your disposition today.

Memory Verse: Proverbs 10:9 - “He that walketh uprightly walketh surely; but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.”