What Is The Source Of Conflicts?
In James 4, Scripture confronts one of the most common and destructive realities within the life of God’s people: conflict. Rather than allowing us to explain quarrels and disputes by circumstances, personalities, or external pressures, James directs our attention inward, to the condition of the heart.
This message calls us to examine the true source of conflicts among believers. James teaches that fights and quarrels do not arise merely from disagreements or misunderstandings, but from sinful desires that are at war within us. When our desires are not governed by submission to God and His Word, they inevitably manifest in broken relationships, division, and unrest within the church.
As the passage unfolds, we are reminded that unresolved conflict is not merely a relational issue but a spiritual one. Pride, friendship with the world, and resistance to God’s authority lie at the root of many disputes. Yet Scripture also offers hope, calling us to humble repentance, renewed submission to God, and dependence on His grace.
May the Word of God search our hearts, expose the desires that give rise to conflict, and lead us toward humility, repentance, and peace as we submit ourselves fully to the Lord.
Capitol Commons Reformed Church, Sermon Recording for February 22, 2026
About the Speaker
Ray Caguin
Pastor at Capitol Commons Reformed Church
Ray Caguin serves as a pastor at Capitol Commons Reformed Church and works in business leadership and consultancy as part of his bivocational calling. His work in the marketplace is shaped by a commitment to integrity, stewardship, and faithful service.
He holds a BA in Integrated Marketing Communications from the University of Asia & The Pacific, pursued a Master of Divinity at Grace School of Theology, and is currently completing a Master of Arts in Theology at Westminster Theological Seminary, with further studies in Biblical Studies and Advanced Biblical Counseling at The Expositors Academy.
Ray serves the Lord alongside his wife, Celina, and their two Shih Tzus, Memo and Nava.
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About This Series
The Book of James
The book of James will look piercingly into our lives and how we behave and conduct ourselves, and will force us to see where we are not being who we ought to be in Christ. Are we truly living out in our lives Christ Jesus, who is truly living in us. My prayer is that as we go through this series—and according to the Lord’s will, I estimate this series to go on for about 23 Sundays at the minimum—that the Holy Spirit, as nobody else can, will do surgery on every one of our hearts and minds, so that Sunday after Sunday after Sunday, we are surrendering more and more of our hypocrisies and weaknesses in repentance to Him, but also maturing and being transformed more and more into Christlikeness.
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