We no longer need to wait for the nightly news, much less the morning paper to get in the know about what is going on. But more often than not, the onslaught of information produces weariness.
How should we interpret the abundance of information and then make actual decisions that will impact our lives and others? We need wisdom. Wisdom is a theme we have returned to several times in these devotionals. It is challenging to live as a faithful and God honoring disciple of Jesus in a fallen world. It was before the information age, and our day has brought new challenges. While there are many situations in our lives where drawing a line from the ten commandments to our circumstances is easy, there are also many other situations that we face that are several steps removed from what is clearly revealed in Scripture.
Wisdom is the ability to apply information in the right way. It is the ability to apply knowledge from special revelation truth supernaturally revealed in the Bible to the crisis or decision we are facing — even when there is no specific chapter and verse.
Wisdom is also the ability to apply knowledge from general revelation truth revealed in the created order to a crisis or decision. James tells us that if we lack wisdom, we can ask for it and God always gives it to those who ask in faith James Let them show it by their good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom. Let him show by good conduct that his works are done in the meekness of wisdom. Then they should show it by living right and doing good things with a gentleness that comes from wisdom.
Show this by living the right way with the humility that comes from wisdom. Show by your good life that your works are done with gentleness born of wisdom. Let him show by his good behavior his works, with the humility of wisdom. You should show it by living a good life. Let him show by his good behavior his deeds in the gentleness of wisdom. Get beautiful Bible art delivered to your inbox. Your Faithlife account signs you in to all our sites. Full Name. Show by your good life that your works are done with gentleness born of wisdom.
Yaakov OJB Who has chochmah and binah among you? James RHE Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge, among you? Let him shew, by a good contestation, his work in the meekness of wisdom.
James RSV Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good life let him show his works in the meekness of wisdom. James TMB Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? Let him show his works out of good conduct and with the meekness of wisdom.
James TYN So can no fountayne geve bothe salt water and fresshe also. If eny man be wyse and endued with learnynge amonge you let him shewe the workes of his good conversacio in meknes that ys coupled with wisdome. James WBT Who [is] a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? James WEB Who is wise and understanding among you? James WNT Which of you is a wise and well-instructed man?
Let him prove it by a right life with conduct guided by a wisely teachable spirit. James WYC Who is wise, and taught among you? James YLT Who [is] wise and intelligent among you? Chapter 3 Cautions against proud behaviour, and the mischief of an unruly tongue. The affairs of mankind are thrown into confusion by the tongues of men. Every age of the world, and every condition of life, private or public, affords examples of this. Hell has more to do in promoting the fire of the tongue than men generally think; and whenever men's tongues are employed in sinful ways, they are set on fire of hell.
No man can tame the tongue without Divine grace and assistance. The apostle does not represent it as impossible, but as extremely difficult. Other sins decay with age, this many times gets worse; we grow more froward and fretful, as natural strength decays, and the days come on in which we have no pleasure. When other sins are tamed and subdued by the infirmities of age, the spirit often grows more tart, nature being drawn down to the dregs, and the words used become more passionate.
That man's tongue confutes itself, which at one time pretends to adore the perfections of God, and to refer all things to him; and at another time condemns even good men, if they do not use the same words and expressions. True religion will not admit of contradictions: how many sins would be prevented, if men would always be consistent! Pious and edifying language is the genuine produce of a sanctified heart; and none who understand Christianity, expect to hear curses, lies, boastings, and revilings from a true believer's mouth, any more than they look for the fruit of one tree from another.
But facts prove that more professors succeed in bridling their senses and appetites, than in duly restraining their tongues. Then, depending on Divine grace, let us take heed to bless and curse not; and let us aim to be consistent in our words and actions. Verses These verses show the difference between men's pretending to be wise, and their being really so. He who thinks well, or he who talks well, is not wise in the sense of the Scripture, if he does not live and act well.
True wisdom may be know by the meekness of the spirit and temper. Those who live in malice, envy, and contention, live in confusion; and are liable to be provoked and hurried to any evil work. Such wisdom comes not down from above, but springs up from earthly principles, acts on earthly motives, and is intent on serving earthly purposes. Those who are lifted up with such wisdom, described by the apostle James, is near to the Christian love, described by the apostle Paul; and both are so described that every man may fully prove the reality of his attainments in them.
It has no disguise or deceit. It cannot fall in with those managements the world counts wise, which are crafty and guileful; but it is sincere, and open, and steady, and uniform, and consistent with itself. May the purity, peace, gentleness, teachableness, and mercy shown in all our actions, and the fruits of righteousness abounding in our lives, prove that God has bestowed upon us this excellent gift.
James Few govern the tongue well James , and only such as can govern it are fit for the office; therefore, "teachers" ought not to be many. The idea that faith so called without works James was all that is required, prompted "many" to set up as "teachers," as has been the case in all ages of the Church.
At first all were allowed to teach in turns. Even their inspired gifts did not prevent liability to abuse, as James here implies: much more is this so when self-constituted teachers have no such miraculous gifts.
Behold --The best authorities read, "but if," that is, Now whensoever in the case of horses such is the emphatic position of "horses" in the Greek we put the bits so literally, "the customary bits" into their mouths that they may obey us, we turn about also their whole body.
This is to illustrate how man turns about his whole body with the little tongue. Not only animals, but even ships. Compare "a world," "the course of nature," "hell," James , which illustrate how the little tongue's great words produce great mischief.
Translate, "The tongue, that world of iniquity, is a fire. While a man inflames others, he passes out of his own power, being consumed in the flame himself. Greek, "Gehenna"; found here only and in Matthew James has much in common with the Sermon on the Mount Proverbs The dative in the Greek may imply, "Hath suffered itself to be brought into tame subjection TO the nature of men.
Hence the truth of James appears. Nay, though nature has hedged it in with a double barrier of the lips and teeth, it bursts from its barriers to assail and ruin men [ESTIUS]. God --The oldest authorities read, "Lord.
0コメント