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James chapter 3 verses 17 and 18 but the wisdom from above is first pure

and peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits,

impartial and sincere, and a harvest of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.

Wow, what a description of wisdom from above, wisdom from God, this whole passage,

James 313 through 18, is so powerful. This contrast

in worldly wisdom and godly wisdom. And the Bible describes wisdom from God, wisdom from above in ways that I think challenge the way we often think about wisdom.

I think when we consider wisdom, we think about someone who knows the right thing to do in a certain situation,

which there's a sense in which that's true, but it's not just about knowing the right thing to do,

it's about doing the right thing.

We wouldn't say someone's wise just because they know the right thing to do and they do the

opposite. We would say that person is foolish. So it's someone who does the right thing and what is right?

Well, what's right according to James 317 is that which is pure, hecible, gentle?

I think about these words pure before God and before others,

peaceable, promoting peace with God and promoting peace between others.

Gentle, open to reason, the word there literally means to be willing to yield to others,

be willing to understand others, obviously not in a way that we compromise our convictions or that which is clear in God's

word but we listen and we're even open to submitting to others even when some of

our differences might remain then wisdom is full of mercy and good fruits.

Do we often think about wisdom in terms of being merciful?

And then wisdom is impartial, doesn't show favoritism, it's what James talked about in chapter 2,

and it's sincere, it's authentic, it's real.

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