CHEATERS NEVER WIN!
The Consequences Of Cheating On God From James
 By Mike Gurganus

INTRODUCTION:
  1. People cheat on tests, people cheat on their taxes and people even cheat on their mates.
     

  2. Cheating have devastating effects upon a person—

  1. A person caught cheating on a test might be suspended from school.
  2. A person caught cheating his taxes might have to pay a fine or go to jail.
  3. A person caught cheating on his mate might have his marriage end in divorce.
  1. A person’s cheating ways will eventually catch up with him and we have even coined a phrase to denote this, "Cheaters Never Win."
     

  2. Have you ever stopped to consider what happens to a person we tries to cheat on God spiritually.
     

  3. James through inspiration makes us aware of ways that we can cheat on God and the consequence of this course of action (cf.. Gal. 6:7)
     

One Way That We Cheat On God Is By—
  1. PLAYING THE BLAME GAME. James 1:13-15
     

  2. HEARING AND NOT DOING GOD’S WORD. James 1:17-27
     

  3. SHOWING FAVORITISM. James 2:1-13
     

  4. BELIEVING AND NOT DOING. James 2:14-26
     

  5. BEING A FRIEND OF WORLD AND NOT GOD. James 4:4