STANDING ALONE

1
Lessons already seen on JAMES
Introduction
Faith and the Trials of Life
Faith and the Riches of the World
Faith and Sin
Faith and Obedience
Faith and Partiality
Faith and Works
Faith and the Tongue
2
Learn and then GO OUT and Practice
James...
3
Are we wise?
?
4

• Faith and Wisdom

Wisdom, what a word!
Are we wise?
5
James 313-18
Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him
show by good conduct that his works are done in
the meekness of wisdom. 14But if you have bitter
envy and self-seeking in your hearts, do not
boast and lie against the truth. 15This wisdom
does not descend from above, but is earthly,
sensual, demonic. 16For where envy and
self-seeking exist, confusion and every evil
thing are there. 17But the wisdom that is from
above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle,
willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits,
without partiality and without hypocrisy. 18Now
the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by
those who make peace
6
Faith is the motor that encourages us to desire
the spiritual things in our lives.
Without faith, you dont have the desire to read
your Bible.
Without faith, you dont have the desire to sing
a song.
Without faith, you dont have the desire to come
to church.
Without faith, you dont have the desire to think
and contemplate about heaven the same way many of
our brethren do.
Without faith you are dead.
7
Do you want to have wisdom?
Matthew 2123-27
Authority has two possible sources
Heaven or men.
Likewise wisdom has two possible sources
Heavenly or earthly
8
Who is wise and understanding among you?
Do we have the right wisdom?
VS
From Heaven!
From the world!
9
Contrasting the Source.
15This wisdom does not descend from above, but
is earthly, sensual, demonic.
1 Cor. 120,21
20Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where
is the disputer of this age? Has not God made
foolish the wisdom of this world? 21For since, in
the wisdom of God, the world through wisdom did
not know God, it pleased God through the
foolishness of the message preached to save those
who believe
Worldly wisdom can never guide man to obey the
gospel of Jesus.
10
15This wisdom does not descend from above, but
is earthly, sensual, demonic.
What is he trying to say when he says that this
wisdom is sensual?
Appeals to senses, emotions, and passions.
Subjective. Feels right. Is something that
appeals to the emotions rather than the facts.
11
15This wisdom does not descend from above, but
is earthly, sensual, demonic.
Are there people who have demonic wisdom?
Satan is very versatile. He teaches his ministers
to perform in many ways. One of these ways is to
obtain wisdom from Satan. How is that?
2 Corinthians. 113
Delicacy.
John. 844
Full of lies
12
Heavenly wisdom is from above
17But the wisdom that is from above
Why from the Above?
Heaven is God's throne!
How did that wisdom come to us?
By Asking God...
James 15-8
13
Contrasting Their Nature.
14But if you have bitter envy and self-seeking in
your hearts, do not boast and lie against the
truth.
It is easy to notice when a church has earthly
wisdom. It is also easy to identify a church that
has heavenly wisdom from above.
Power. Position. Privilege. Prestige.
Worldly Wisdom!!!
14
What is the wisdom from heaven like?
17But the wisdom that is from above is first
pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield,
full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality
and without hypocrisy.
Pure how?
15
God is three times Holy and this means that He is
pure and that our wisdom must also be the same.
1 Peter 115, 16
Are we pure in our wisdom?
16
What is the wisdom from heaven like?
17But the wisdom that is from above is first
pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield,
full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality
and without hypocrisy.
What is meant by peaceable?
Are we looking for peace?
17
What is the wisdom from heaven like?
17But the wisdom that is from above is first
pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield,
full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality
and without hypocrisy.
Easy to be entreated
Calm, Kind, Tender, temperate, soft, and quiet.
18
What is the wisdom from heaven like?
17But the wisdom that is from above is first
pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield,
full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality
and without hypocrisy.
Condones sin?
Tolerant to sin?
Is that what it is saying?
Be tolerant in
Rom. 141, 19-21
Opinions!!!
19
What is the wisdom from heaven like?
17But the wisdom that is from above is first
pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield,
full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality
and without hypocrisy.
Must give to receive
James 213
Matt. 57
A fruit producer is a doer
James 122.
20
What is the wisdom from heaven like?
17But the wisdom that is from above is first
pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield,
full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality
and without hypocrisy.
Remember my lesson about Faith and partiality?
Wisdom, or the one that comes from heaven, views
all with the same eye.
21
What is the wisdom from heaven like?
17But the wisdom that is from above is first
pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield,
full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality
and without hypocrisy.
What does that mean?
22
Contrasting Their Fruits.
Confusion.
Peace, as opposed to confusion.
23
Are we wise?
One sure way to demonstrate earthly wisdom is to
make excuses, in order to not obey the gospel of
Christ.
By contrast, one sure way to demonstrate heavenly
wisdom is by obeying the gospel of Christ.
Who is a wise man among you?
24
(No Transcript)