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A Tale of Two Wisdoms


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Speaker: Pastor Funmi Ojetayo

Text: James 3:13-18

Big Idea: wisdom is not measured by what you know, but revealed by what you grow – either disorder from below or righteousness from above.

I. The Test of Wisdom: Show, Not Tell (v. 13)

+ good conduct
+ meekness (power under control)

II. Hellish Wisdom: From Below (vv. 14–16)

+ Motive: bitter jealousy & selfish ambition (v. 14)
+ Origin: earthly, unspiritual, demonic (v. 15)
+ Outcome: disorder & every vile practice (v. 16)

III. Heavenly Wisdom: From Above (vv. 17–18)

+ Priority: first pure (v. 17)
+ Posture: peaceable, gentle, open to reason (v. 17)
+ Practice/Fruit: mercy, good fruits, impartial, sincere → harvest of righteousness sown in peace (vv. 17–18)

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