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The Wisdom of Saints10

(The Wisdom That

Comes From Heaven)

[Jam 3 : 13-18]

/ Anne's Faith Column

 

 

/ By Pastor Priscilla

 

 

"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."

  (Jam 3:13)

            

 

 

When we have a life

of a saint, we really

need wisdom.

 

 

 

The Lord has known

this and given us the

word of God. 

 

 

 

Matthew 10 : 16 says:

 

 

 

"I am sending you out l

ike sheep among wolves.

 

 

 

Therefore be as shrewd

as snakes and as

innocent as doves. "

(Matt 10:16)

 

 

Today I'd like to

speak about the wisdom

that comes from God.

 

 

 

It is completely

distinguished

from man's wisdom.

 

 

 

Once we have the

wisdom from God,

 

 

 

we must always keep

it with faith so that

it may not be changed

 into worldly wisdom.

 

 

 

There are two kinds

of wisdom.

 

 

One is the wisdom

from man, and the other

is the wisdom from God.

 

 

 

God knows that we,

who will go through

 this rough world,

need wisdom.

 

 

 

So he has already

allowed the word of

comfort to be given to

those who lack wisdom

as follows.

 

 

According to

James 1:5

 

 

 

"If any of you lacks wisdom,

he should ask God,

who gives generously

to all without finding fault,

and it will be given to him."

(James 1:5)

 

 

 

The wisdom that comes

from selfish greed

makes not only others,

 

 

 

but also ourselves give

a bad influence to the

society where we are.

 

 

 

It's wrong and not wise

to condemn others

who are disappointing

and beyond our

comprehension.

 

 

 

And also 

over estimating

our own wisdom

or abilities,

 

 

 

it's not advisable

to brag about ourselves,

and try to reign

over others.

 

 

 

That's why there

are times that we think it

better for such a person

not to have wisdom.

 

 

 

However the wisdom

that comes from God

is pure and has

holy motives,

 

 

 

it enables us to lead

rewarding and

fruitful lives.

 

 

 

Especially in our human

relationships, we need

appropriate wisdom

to each situation.

 

 

 

It's a significant thing

in our lives that in

a wise relationship

 

 

 

we can give overflowing

joy and peace to individuals

or our socieety. 

 

 

 

Look! The Lord has

already had the

 correct answer:

 

 

According to

James 3:17

 

 

 

"But 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."

(James 3:17)

 

 

That's why we can see,

through the fruit caused

by the wisdom,

 

 

 

whether it comes from

heaven or from the world.

If it's the wisdom that

comes from God,

 

 

 

it will guide us into

nine kinds of the fruit

of the Spirit:

 

 

 

love, joy, peace, patience,

kindness, goodness,

faithfulness, gentleness

and self-control.

 

 

 

Even if we live our lives

with the wisdom from God,

there is something

we're sure to know.

 

 

 

1) Be considerate

of the other party.

 

 

Even if we work with him

in good motives, we

need to consider his

  situation and position.

 

 

 

We should keep in mind

that when we ignore it

and use wisdom to our will,

we can hurt him or ourselves.

 

 

 

2) Depending on the situation,

we should ask God

for proper wisdom

 

 

 

but we should not

judge all things with

worldly wisdom.

 

 

 

So we must ask the Holy Spirit

for the wisdom that comes

from God, not from world.

 

 

 

And we will have to pray

that we can distinguish

the fromer from the latter.

 

 

 

For this, we must

put arrogance, greed,

and false acts out of 

mind and cut off

 their roots in faith.

 

 

Prayer

 

 

 

Lord!

 

 

The communion

and fellowship of the

Saints are very important.

 

 

 

And in the communion

with saints, we really

need the wisdom

that comes from God.

 

 

 

However, even if there

is a good spiritual training

in us, there is a possibility

 

 

 

that we may break the

beautiful community

relationship in God

 

 

 

because

of the lack of wisdom,

and the weakness from

the personality defect.

 

 

 

And even if

our inner beings

want to have good

relationships with our

fellow believers,

 

 

we also commit a large

mistake that we can not

be turned forever

in our lives.

 

 

O Lord!

 

 

 

With the wisdom from God,

please give us the power,

courage, ability,

 

 

 

and purity to carry

ourselves well on earth.

 

 

Amen

 

 

 

2009/01/05

 

 

/ By Priscilla