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Identifying False Wisdom

“This wisdom is not that which comes down from above, but is earthly, natural, demonic” (James 3:15).
True wisdom is from God; false wisdom is from the Devil.
Wisdom that is bitterly jealous and self-centered is not “from above.&rdq…

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Being Honest

“If you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not be arrogant and so lie against the truth” (James 3:14).
Humility is the hallmark of a wise person.
James says that if a person has a self-centered motive for life, he…

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Being Honest

“If you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not be arrogant and so lie against the truth” (James 3:14).
Humility is the hallmark of a wise person.
James says that if a person has a self-centered motive for life, he…

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Living Unselfishly

“If you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not be arrogant and so lie against the truth” (James 3:14).
A wise person lives for God and others, not for self.
Having characterized spiritual wisdom in the preceding v…

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Living Unselfishly

“If you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not be arrogant and so lie against the truth” (James 3:14).
A wise person lives for God and others, not for self.
Having characterized spiritual wisdom in the preceding v…

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Living Unselfishly

“If you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not be arrogant and so lie against the truth” (James 3:14).
A wise person lives for God and others, not for self.
Having characterized spiritual wisdom in the preceding v…

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Knowing the Right Answers

“Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?” (1 Corinthians 1:20).
Knowing Christ makes the believer wiser than the world.
Lawrence Toombs, in his 1955 article “O.T. Theology and the Wisdom Literature,” said, “Wis…

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Knowing the Right Answers

“Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?” (1 Corinthians 1:20).
Knowing Christ makes the believer wiser than the world.
Lawrence Toombs, in his 1955 article “O.T. Theology and the Wisdom Literature,” said, “Wis…

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Knowing the Right Answers

“Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?” (1 Corinthians 1:20).
Knowing Christ makes the believer wiser than the world.
Lawrence Toombs, in his 1955 article “O.T. Theology and the Wisdom Literature,” said, “Wis…

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Knowing the Right Answers

“Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?” (1 Corinthians 1:20).
Knowing Christ makes the believer wiser than the world.
Lawrence Toombs, in his 1955 article “O.T. Theology and the Wisdom Literature,” said, “Wis…

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Submitting to Wisdom

“The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; a good understanding have all those who do His commandments” (Psalm 111:10).
Saving faith is obedient faith.
The wisdom of God resulting from the fear of the Lord leads to obedience. When …

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Submitting to Wisdom

“The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; a good understanding have all those who do His commandments” (Psalm 111:10).
Saving faith is obedient faith.
The wisdom of God resulting from the fear of the Lord leads to obedience. When …

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Submitting to Wisdom

“The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; a good understanding have all those who do His commandments” (Psalm 111:10).
Saving faith is obedient faith.
The wisdom of God resulting from the fear of the Lord leads to obedience. When …

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Submitting to Wisdom

“The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; a good understanding have all those who do His commandments” (Psalm 111:10).
Saving faith is obedient faith.
The wisdom of God resulting from the fear of the Lord leads to obedience. When …

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Submitting to Wisdom

“The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; a good understanding have all those who do His commandments” (Psalm 111:10).
Saving faith is obedient faith.
The wisdom of God resulting from the fear of the Lord leads to obedience. When …

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Knowing God

“‘“The fear of the Lord, that is wisdom”’” (Job 28:28).
Being wise begins with knowing God.
The fear of the Lord is the most basic idea related to wisdom and is the key to understanding it. The Book of Proverbs esp…

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Knowing God

“‘“The fear of the Lord, that is wisdom”’” (Job 28:28).
Being wise begins with knowing God.
The fear of the Lord is the most basic idea related to wisdom and is the key to understanding it. The Book of Proverbs esp…

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Knowing God

“‘“The fear of the Lord, that is wisdom”’” (Job 28:28).
Being wise begins with knowing God.
The fear of the Lord is the most basic idea related to wisdom and is the key to understanding it. The Book of Proverbs esp…

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Knowing God

“‘“The fear of the Lord, that is wisdom”’” (Job 28:28).
Being wise begins with knowing God.
The fear of the Lord is the most basic idea related to wisdom and is the key to understanding it. The Book of Proverbs esp…

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Searching for Wisdom

“‘Where can wisdom be found?’” (Job 28:12).
Wisdom is found in a Person, not a place.
In ancient days men would drill a shaft deep into a mountain or the ground, suspend themselves with a rope, and hang in the shaft while they…