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It's
here! Every place you go there are people sniffing and snuffling because the cold
and flu season is upon us. The virus that causes this malady is moving around
in our house, making person after person miserable.
We avoid the kind of contact that is sure to pass the "bug"
along, but it seems to make its way through the very air that we breath. Some
recent research has led scientists to believe that the virus just keeps reattaching
in our sinuses and throat, and the more of the viruses we have attached in those
places, the sicker we are. New medicines are trying to deal with the common cold
from that angle.
James describes a "virus" that seeks to make the
local church sick. He has some harsh words for his readers in verse
1. "What is the source of quarrels and conflicts among you? Is not
the source your pleasures that wage war in your members?".
Having conflict? Make sure you are not the cause and harboring
the virus yourself!
All Scripture references are from the New American
Standard Version unless otherwise noted.
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