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Update
May 2007


Page date
April, 2000

  

Father I pray for this study and hope that it is a blessing to
those who read.  In Jesus name, amen


PEACE in the VALLEY by Thomas Kincade

ENDURING WISDOM
Teachings by Eileen Smith

James 3:13 
Who among you is wise and understanding? Let him show by his
good behavior his deeds in the gentleness of wisdom.

The word conservation means a manner of life, behavior, and
conduct. Knowledge here means intellectual knowledge, but it
also means understanding from experience and application.
We may have knowledge, but do we have understanding?
Do we have expereience? have we applied what we know to our life.
The wise man is not necessarily the one witha a number of
degrees from a university nor is it  necessarily the one who
is aged. the evidence of true wisdom is a controlled tongue.
The truly wise man will demonstrate his works through a good
manner of life. Essential to such behavior is a controlled
tongue. Eduring wisdom is a wisdom that is played out in life,
founded on the word of God & seeks to please Him and Him alone.


EARTHLY WISDOM



James 3:13-16 
Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show it by his
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,
of the devil. For where you have envy and selfish ambition,
there you find disorder and every evil practice.

Earthly wisdom is selfish and ego-centric. it is self seeking.
Bitter envyings basically means jealousy and strife, a self 
seeking spirit, an artifical spirit that cause contentions. 
These people here that James is speaking to wanted to be
teachers but their hearts were not right before God.

A man may be qualifed in every other way but if his spirit is
wrong, then spiritually speaking he is not qualified.
Our society today is characterized by me-ism. What's in this
for me? The concern is for number one and number one is self.
God gets the left overs which is usually not much.
Every Christian is called to be a minister of the gospel
of Jesus Christ.

We are all called. Minister simply means servant. A servant is
to serve others and not to be served. James accuses these
people of having earthly, sensual, and devilish wisdom.
This type of person is usually overly defensive and does not
have a teachable spirit. The consequences of earthly wisdom
breeds confusion and every evil work, which means instability,
disorder, disturbance and revolution. These have no place
in the church. God is not the author of confusion.




ELEVATED WISDOM 

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
raise a harvest of righteousness.  James 3:17-18

We have seen what earthlly wisdom is not lets look at what
heavenly wisdom is. Serenity, peace, and order. 
This is wisdom from above.

Colossians 3:2 
Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.

Affection here has to do with the mind.mind set. 
Our minds are to be set on things above or to be heavenly minded.

This wisdom glorifies God, puts others first, speads peace and
edification, works for the good of others, and is self giving.
There are 8 Characteristics of a heavenlly wisdom.

 1. PURE - free from defilement. not contaminated with the
world, sin, or self seeking motives.

 2. PEACEABLE - Does not cause contentions strsife or confusion.
He is a peacemaker.

 3. GENTLE - Moderate, forebearing, and fair. Gentleness. some
have the idea that gentleness or tenderness is a sign of
weakness. Not so. it is strenghth.

 4. EASY TO BE ENTREATED - Easily persuaded. one who is ready
to yield when truth requires himto do so. willing to sacrifice
his own self for the good of others.  HOWEVER!  NOT wishywashy!

5. FULL OF MERCY - compassion for others.
6. GOOD FRUITS - Good living, kind actions

7. WITHOUT PARTIALITY, Impartial to others
 does not show favoritism.

Treats everyone with respect, love, and kindness.

Philippians 2:3 
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit,
but in humility consider others better than yourselves.

8. WITHOUT HYPOCRISY, Being sincere in motives and all we do.

Not masquerading behind a mask tryint to be someone we are not.
Being genuine.  From all of these comes righteousness and peace.


GOD's NEWS



THIS IS THE JUDGMENT
that the Light has come into the world, 
and men loved the darkness rather than the Light, 
for their deeds were evil.  

GOD so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son,
that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have
Eternal LIFE. For God did not send his Son into the world
to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.

He who believes in Him is not judged;
he who does not believe has been judged already, 
because he has not believed in the name of the only 
begotten Son of God.  John 3:16-19