7 For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.
I have to be truthful, verse 7 was not clear to me. I found some commentaries on it but to also be honest, I really don't know what they meant. I did find one that seems to make sense, so read it and see what you think.
For let not that man think,.... Imagine, conclude, or please himself with such thoughts,
that he shall receive anything from the Lord; wisdom, or anything else, he is seeking after; for wanting faith, he has nothing to receive with; faith is the grace, which receives the Lord Jesus Christ himself, and all grace from him; which receives a justifying righteousness, pardon of sin, adoption of children, and even the everlasting inheritance, at least, the right unto it; wherefore those who have not faith, as the wavering man, cannot receive any thing (Ref: Bible Hub)
Verse 8 is much clearer:
8 A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.
What is a double minded man?
A. gotquestions.org has an excellent definition for this kind of a person. I am going to copy part of it here. But there is nor on their site, if you would like to go there and read more about it.
A double-minded person is restless and confused in his thoughts, his actions, and his behavior. Such a person is always in conflict with himself. One torn by such inner conflict can never lean with confidence on God and His gracious promises. Correspondingly, the term unstable is analogous to a drunken man unable to walk a straight line, swaying one way, then another. He has no defined direction and as a result doesn’t get anywhere. Such a person is “unstable in all he does.” (Ref: gotqestions.org
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