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Dismiss children to children's church
I was fourteen, I finished installing the electric fence around our yard, plugged it in, tested it with the electric meter and it showed good, then i reached down to touch the wire.
NOTHING!
Didn’t feel right.
Tried to figure it out but just couldn’t.
Called my dad.
He asked if the meter showed a current.
It did.
He said well it is working then.
I did not trust him or the tool in my hand.
So my dad preceded to teach me a lesson… stick your finger in the ground, put the phone down, and touch the wire.
LESSON LEARNED!!!
Following the wisdom of the Lord seems contradictory, we don’t feel wise
Listen to your tools and listen to the wiser and more experienced (Remember says we should know the who and know you)
Contrast of Origins of Wisdom
Wisdom from Above
Wisdom from Below
Earthly, Natural, Demonic
Contrast of Outcomes of Wisdom
gives a clear example that what is produced directly relates back to what something is…
There is cultivation that needs to occur in ones life… That which is cultivated will determine what is produced.
Earthly wisdom is from Satan.
Plain and simple.
Satan is very skilled at making it look good
Worldly wisdom produces produces false wisdom:
Jealousy
Selfish ambition
These lead to Disorder and every evil thing!!!
Satan continues to attack the same way as when he did in the garden.
He uses what looks good and is desirable to us… NOT GOD!
I will speak about the verses as i go through
I will discuss the verses as i go
Jealous for what God had
Selfish ambition to make oneself wise… worldly wisdom(Demonic)
Satan knows how to use scripture even to fool one but the outcome bites
God has given us His tool for us to know, God’s Word, yet we often believe what we hear from the world more than what is stated clearly in scripture.
WHAT IF?
Let’s take time to focus on what true wisdom is…
We know it comes from above…
Proverbs states it begins with “Fear of the Lord”
Consider what James says about such wisdom in
Leave verse up until I begin to define the words...
James 3:17
James is giving us a list
“First” is going to indicate to us not only is this a list but it is a list given in importance!
Let’s take a few moments to look over each thing that should be produced in our life from true wisdom from above.
Pure
Pertaining to being without moral defect or blemish and hence pure—‘pure, without defect.’
Being not only morally pure but that also of pure motive.
It has the root meaning of Holy… wisdom from above is pure because the One who gives it is.
He is Holy.
Being not only morally pure but that also of pure motive.
When we seek wisdom from above a holy lifestyle will begin to be produced
Peaceable
Free from worry.
At peace with those around you.
Free from worry.
At peace with those around you.
Second in importance is peaceable!!!
There is a comfort knowing you are in the Lord’s will, no matter how crazy life is around you.
(Daniel in the Lions den, David before Goliath, Paul before his accusers, Moses before Pharaoh)
This is against human nature isn't it!
… This is why it comes from above.
Gentle
Not the gentleness we spoke of last week (power under control)
pertaining to being gracious and forbearing—‘gentle, gracious, forbearing.’
μηδένα βλασφημεῖν, ἀμάχους εἶναι, ἐπιεικεῖς ‘not to speak evil of anyone, nor to be quarrelsome, but to be forbearing
(3) The true wisdom is epieikēs.
Of all Greek words in the New Testament, this is one of the most untranslatable.
Aristotle defined it as that ‘which is just beyond the written law’ and as ‘justice and better than justice’ and as that ‘which steps in to correct things when the law itself becomes unjust’.
The person who is epieikēs is someone who knows when it is actually wrong to apply the strict letter of the law.
Such a person knows how to forgive when strict justice dictates that there is a perfect right to condemn.
Such a person knows how to make allowances, when not to stand upon individual rights, and how to soften justice with mercy, and always remembers that there are greater things in the world than rules and regulations.
It is impossible to find an English word to translate this quality.
The poet Matthew Arnold called it ‘sweet reasonableness’, and it is the ability to extend to others the kindly consideration we would wish to receive ourselves.
Barclay, W. (2003).
The Letters of James and Peter (3rd ed.
fully rev.
and updated, pp.
110–111).
Louisville, KY; London: Westminster John Knox Press.
Reasonable
pertaining to being easily persuaded, with the implication of being open to reason or willing to listen
This in the context of “Gentle” is even more so when you have the right to demand something…
Consider “Abraham and Lot” ;
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All of this in order to keep peace!
Mercy and Good Fruits
to show kindness or concern for someone in serious need
to show kindness or concern for someone in serious need
Mercy is our attitude and it plays our in our actions “good fruits”
Christian pity is not merely an emotion; it is action.
We can never say that we have truly pitied anyone until we have given our help.
Barclay, W. (2003).
The Letters of James and Peter (3rd ed.
fully rev.
and updated, p. 112).
Louisville, KY; London: Westminster John Knox Press.
This is harder to demonstrate in our lives when we see people who deserve the situation they are in.
Unwavering, Without Hypocrisy
Consistent, no matter the surroundings.
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