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WELCOME TO GOD FOCUS THIS MORING

The title of today’s episode is: WISDOM

The book of James is full of wisdom. I have been doing a study of James it is about Christian character. James encourages us to be intentional in our faith walk. He reminds us to be thankful for the gifts we have been given. Tells us to not be double minded. Explains how damaging our words can be if we don’t guard our tongue.

Wisdom is defined as having experience and knowledge about a subject. It is an understanding that comes from knowing and learning from living something. In other words to have wisdom about a Christian walk, we have to actually walk out our faith. Example: A farmer has farm wisdom, he understands by his experience and instincts how to go about farming. Someone from the city would not have a clue about farm life.

James 1:5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

Gaining wisdom comes from God. He has shared a lot of wisdom in his word. The book of Proverbs is known as the wisdom book.  It is full of practical wisdom. Today I want to focus on James 3:13-18

JAMES 3:13 Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.

If you have true wisdom it comes from God and will be meek. Our words will not harm but bring forth healing. Our understanding of God’s ways and how to live a Christian life is Godly wisdom. We will not be arrogant acting like we know everything. Wisdom is understanding we will never know everything, but we can learn every day.

James 3:14-16 But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. 15 This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. 16 For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.

There is another type of wisdom that is not from God. This wisdom is the wisdom of the world. It is earthly, sensual and devilish. It doesn’t bring peace and healing but envy and strife. It causes confusion. Verse 14 tells us to lie not against the truth.  In other words, this is a warning to the hypocrite trying to say they are a Christian but are walking in the wisdom of the world. This is why the word of God tells us to come out from among those that are worldly. Because we do not want our wisdom to become the wisdom of the things of the world.

Wisdom of the world is sensual or about physical gratification. The wisdom of the world is devilish. Which means that we walk in the ways of evil.

James 3:17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

Wisdom from above will give us traits that make us soul winners. Godly wisdom is pure. It is peaceable, gentle, easy to implore or pled with someone, full of mercy and good fruit. If we have wisdom we will walk with the fruit of the spirit.

James 3:18 And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.

If we have wisdom from God we will be without partiality or pretense. When people walk in man’s wisdom they may claim a moral standard but the worlds actions do not line up with their claim. The wise will sow peace by the Spirit of God.

 The word says ee that winneth souls is wise, we do this by walking in Godly wisdom and letting our light shine.

Until Next Time,

Be Bold, Be Brave and Keep your God Focus

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