OUR LESSON THIS MORNING IS SIMPLE. WE ARE GOING TO EXAMINE THE WRONG TYPE OF WISDOM, THEN THE RIGHT KIND. OUR TEXT IS JAMES 3: 13-18.
1) THE WRONG KIND
A. EXPRESSED AS EARTHLY, SENSUAL AND DEVILISH. JAMES 3:16. THIS WISDOM HAS ALWAYS GOTTEN MAN INTO TROUBLE, LEADS TO NO GOOD AND ULTIMATELY WILL NOT STAND. 1 COR 1:19-25
B. RESULTS IN ENVY AND STRIFE - JAMES 3:14. LOOK WHAT HAPPENS - JUDGES 17:6. EVEN A FOOL OFTEN FEELS GOOD ABOUT HIS WISDOM - PRO 12: 15; 14:12. HOW DOES GOD FEEL THIS? GAL 5:20-21
C. THERE IS FOLLY IN FOLLOWING HUMAN WISDOM - THE RESULTS?
1. GAL 2:3-5 - TRICKERY
2. GAL 2: 12-13 - BRINGS HYPOCRISY
3. 1 COR 8: 12,13 - MADE CHRISTIANS STUMBLING BLOCKS
4. 1 COR 11: 18-21; 33,34. - CAUSED SOME TO BE INTOLERANT AND INCONSIDERATE
5. 1 COR 14:20 - CHILDISH
6. 1 COR 16: 17 - LACKING IN GOOD WORKS
7. 2 COR 10:10 - THE WRONG FOCUS
8. 2 COR 11:13 - DECEITFUL
D. WHAT HAPPENED BACK THEN, CAN AND DOES HAPPEN TODAY.
2) THE RIGHT KIND
A. MUCH IS SAID IN THE OT AND THE NT ABOUT BEING WISE
1. WHAT DID JESUS SAY? MATT 7:24-27
2. JUST AS BAD WISDOM PRODUCES SOMETHING, SO DOES GOOD WISDOM AND IS DISPLAYED.
A. GOOD BEHAVIOR - JAS 3:13
B. A MAGNIFICATION OF CHRIST - ACTS 18:28
C. IN A DISPLAY IN THE DEATH OF CHRIST - 1 COR 11:26
D. TELLING THE STORY OF JESUS, HELPING TO LEAD OTHERS TO SALVATION - ACTS 16:13-15
E. A DISPLAY OF FAITH AND WORKS - JAS 2: 18
F. PRODUCES A SHOW OF PROOF OF LOVE - 2 COR 8:24
G. PRODUCES A DISPLAY OF PURE DOCTRINE - TITUS 2:7; 2 JOHN 9; REV 22:19
H. MAKES ONE DILIGENT - HEB 6: 11
IS THERE A CHOICE? YES, BUT ONE LEADS TO DESTRUCTION AND THE OTHER ONE ETERNAL LIFE.