James 3:13-18: "Who is wise and understanding among you? Let them show it by their good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom.
But if you harbor bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast about it or deny the truth
Such "wisdom" does not come down from heaven but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.
For where you have envy and selfish ambition, there you find disorder and every evil practice.
But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere.
Peacemakers who sow in peace reap a harvest of righteousness.
*There is a difference between earthly and spiritual wisdom
*True wisdom is not philosophical. It has to be acted upon, just like faith without deeds is nothing
1. True Wisdom is active (v13)
*Respect is not due to age
*Respect needs to be earned
2. False wisdom is self-serving (v14-16)
*The difference between false and true wisdom is that false wisdom self seeking
*Earthly, Unspiritual, Relative to the Devil was how James describe false wisdom
*Wrote the book of Proverbs to give God's wisdom
*The story of Ester-save her people by addressing the problem to the king
*Saul's envy and selfishness destroyed him as a king
*Temptation of being successful is dangerous
*Revelation 21:8: But cowards, traitors, perverts, murderers, the immoral, those who practise magic, those who worship idols, and all liars- the place for them is the lake burning with fire and sulphur, which is the second death."
*2 Kings 20: (King Hezekiah's illness and recovery)
*Earthly wisdom cannot equate with God's wisdom because there is a God factor in it.
*Winning is true love and sacrifice
3. True wisdom is pure (v17)
*God's wisdom is a wisdom of peace
-Considerate and submissive
-Full of good fruit
-Impartiality- no matter what were wearing, we are cloth with Christ
-Sincerity- what God says, he will do. Thus, we must do the same
The only thing we have to care is the Kingdom of God
**Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path**
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