To know good and not do good is sin

Jas 4:16 But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.
Jas 4:17 Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.

We boast that we have tomorrow when the truth is, it is in God's hands. We boast, not saying God's will be done, but ours and this is evil. When we are surrounded by news of vile murderers, thieves, rapist, child molesters, we tend to lose sight of evil in what we consider the 'small' things. Boasting is evil though, it really is. Our boasts are filled with self-centeredness, self-exultation, and so often we don't even realize it. We make assumptions and that is the last thing we should be doing, assuming. Yes, we must live our lives planning for our futures here and now but we have to do that with God's will in mind. We have to understand fully that any plans we make are subject to His acceptance, His approval, and out of LOVE He will guide our lives in ways we cannot begin to understand. We need to desire God's will for us in all things. Do I want to go out to the garage tomorrow and continue cleaning? Yes. And if it's God's will that's exactly what I'll be doing. Do I want my children to continue their education? Yes. And if it's God's will that's exactly what will happen. Do I want my husband to continue to heal and his back surgery be completely successful so that he's able to walk without his legs buckling? Yes. And if it's God's will this will happen. We do NOT stop desire things, we do NOT stop our arranging and planning, but we have to stop boasting about a tomorrow we might not even have. We have to stop living our lives outside of full acceptance of God's will.

We know to do good.
If we do not do good then we sin.

Choosing not to do good, choosing to abstain from doing good, excusing ourselves from doing good is SIN.

Remember sin is the transgression of the law and it is the law that we love God and love one another.

When we do good it is for a purpose. When we are presented with numerous situations throughout our life we have a choice to either do good or evil. We have to believe this is real, our reality. Those choices we make and some of them everyday, are made for good or evil. If we KNOW to do good and don't do that which is good then we are choosing to do evil. If we choose to do evil it is sin.

We need to repent of our sins. We need to repent when we choose not to do good.

By the grace of God may we choose good over evil, may we choose God over Satan, may we choose life over death. Please Lord, help us to know good and to do good in Your name, by Your grace, through Your mercy and love, all by Your righteousness. On our own we are nothing, nothing at all.

Help us Lord.
Save us.