But Satan Hindered Us

But Satan Hindered Us

1 Thessalonians 2:18 WEL Therefore, we would have come to you, even I, Paul, over and over again, but Satan hindered us.

The context shows Satan preventing Paul and his team of evangelists from coming to Thessalonica.

Satan hinders Christians.

He will hinder us from doing God’s will, enjoying God’s peace and joy, knowing the blessings of forgiveness, and confidence in His promises.

We have the potential to be discouraged, troubled, sad, and defeated.

Because satan hinders, we must pray. Prayer should be one of the most important times for our worship whether in church with other believers or by ourself in the field.

Pray will not manipulate God, but it is our worship of thanksgiving for God’s blessings, supporting our fellow believers in trials, asking for wisdom in our everyday issues, and mentioning our sorrows.

We will be hindered, but we can pray.

So pray today for others then yourself. Life is rough.

Ephesians 1:1-14

Chapter 1

Chapter 1:1-14

A1 Scripture

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, To the saints who are in Ephesus, and faithful in Christ Jesus: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love, having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will, to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He made us accepted in the Beloved. In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace which He made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence, having made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He purposed in Himself, that in the dispensation of the fullness of the times He might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven and which are on earth—in Him. In Him also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will, (Ephesians 1:1-11 NKJV)

A2 Outline

B1 Intro

C1 Author: Holy Spirit

C2 Writer: Paul

B2 Addressees

C1 God's people in Ephesus

C2 The faithful in Christ Jesus (the rest of us)

A3 Notes: Dealings with God and His people (Christians)

B1 Who has blessed us .

C1 When the lesser blesses, he thanks and praises the greater.

C2 When the greater blesses, it is gifts of many types.

D1 Spiritual blessings

E1 Fruit of the Spirit: But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control–against such things there is no law. (Galatians 5:22-23, WPNT)

E2 Some blessing listed here

F1 Adoption

F2 Forgiveness of sins

F3 Knowledge of the mystery (The Gospel)

F4 Our gathering together (Unity—God's unity not the worldly unity that is currently preached uniting believers with heretics and apostates).

F5 An inheritance (Heaven and especially fellowship with God).

E3 God himself. (Jesus Christ is the ultimate blessing in this life, because of all He is and is, has, and will do).

D2 Heavenly blessings

B2 He has chosen us.

C1 Meaning of the word

D1 A choosing for Himself.

D2 To pick out as in upon seeing a number of choices, one is picked out. If I went with a brother to a cafe, and he said, "Pick out something on the menu; I'll pay for it," and I picked out the fried ehis word means.

C2 He chose us.

D1 This decision, the plan, was made before the creation of the world.

D2 This decision is God's plan.

D3 This does not seem to involve individuals as much as the group/set consisting of Christians. (Consider corporate election).

D4 Election is different than unconditional election.

E1 Unconditional election, in its various versions, is where God makes His choice of who goes to heaven and who goes to hell. The elect for heaven have no choice in the matter, nor those who are the elect for hell. God does the choosing. (See, Election is, therefore, that decree of God which He eternally makes, by which, with sovereign freedom, He chooses to Himself a people, upon whom He determines to set His love, whom He rescues from sin and death through Jesus Christ, unto Himself in everlasting glory.

This election is sovereign - God's sovereign and free choice. This election is eternal even as God's counsel is eternal. This election is unchangeable even as God's counsel is unchangeable. This election is efficacious so that the decree of election itself is, through Christ, the power by which the elect are actually saved. Source).

E2 Conditional election is, Therefore, election is corporate and embraces individual persons only as they identify and associate themselves with the body of Christ, the true church (Ephesians 1:22-23 and source).

C3 Chose for a purpose.

D1 For us to be holy

D2 And blameless

D3 To be adopted

E1 Sons and daughters of God

E2 Privileges of the family

E3 Possible because of the atoning death of Jesus Christ

E4 2 Corinthians 6:18 WPNT And, “I will be a Father to you, and you will be sons and daughters to me, says the LORD Almighty.”

B3 He predestined us.

C1 Meaning of the word

D1 Plan, though, because of theology it has picked up the meaning of exhaustively determined.

D2 Predetermine in the sense of a decision was determined before the situation that demanded it. So, it is a plan, a decision, that occurred in the past before creation.

D3 It does not mean to pick out an individual and determine him/her to heaven or hell.

D4 I would never chose him for I was dead and could not, but the Holy Spirit opened my eyes and heart to the Gospel and offered me salvation. I could resist or not resist. If God had not predestined me, I would never have believed.

C2 Predestination was done "in love," though "in love" might refer to verse 4 in which it would refer to our love to Him.

C3 Predestination is for adoption not salvation. It was God’s plan.

C4 The good pleasure of His will, that is, this was a happy decision.

C5 It is of grace, which is receiving what we do not deserve.

B4 He has made us accepted in the beloved.

C1 Grace has made us accepted.

C2 Grace is getting what we do not deserve.

C3 We deserve hell, but instead, because of His grace we are accepted, not rejected.

C4 Those who are rejected are those who resisted God's gracious call.

D1 Luke 13:34 EMTV "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, like a hen gathers her brood under her wings, but you were not willing!

D2 John 5:40 EMTV But you are unwilling to come to Me, so that you may have life.

B5 We have redemption.

C1 Meaning of the word

D1 Freedom because of something paid.

D2 Deliverance

D3 Jesus suffered and died to pay the penalty of sin.

C2 How

D1 Through His blood. No blood shed, no salvation.

D2 Because of His shed blood, we have forgiveness of sins.

C3 Some cross references

D1 Galatians 3:13-14 EMTV Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us, for it is written, "Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree," 14 so that the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

D2 Colossians 1:13-14 WPNT who delivered us out of the dominion of the darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, in whom we have the redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our sins.

D3 Romans 5:6 EMTV For while we were still weak, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.

D4 Hebrews 13:12 EMTV Therefore Jesus also, so that He might sanctify the people through His own blood, suffered outside the gate.

D5 John 19:30 EMTV Therefore when Jesus received the sour wine, He said, "It is finished!" And bowing His head, He gave up His spirit.

B6 His grace is abounded.

C1 Not just a little grace but lots of grace.

C2 Wisdom

D1 Wisdom deals with decision making.

D2 God shows His wisdom in salvation and the plan of salvation.

C3 Prudence

D1 Making a choice with moral insight

D2 Deals with the practical details of how to carry this plan/decision out.

B7 He made known to us the mystery of His will.

C1 The mystery of His will is the Gospel.

D1 1 Timothy 3:16 EMTV And confessedly, great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifested in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen by angels, proclaimed among [the] Gentiles, believed on in the world, [and] was received up in glory.

D2 t2 Timothy 1:10 EMTV but has now been revealed through the appearance of our Savior Jesus Christ, having abolished death on the one hand, [and] having brought to life immortality through the gospel on the other.

D3 A mystery: what was hidden is now known

C2 He knew the plan but did not reveal it until the time of Jesus on this earth.

D1 This plan was done in

E1 Accordance with His good pleasure (satisfaction, delight)

E2 His plan not a plan put together by others

E3 Psalms 33:11 GNB92 But his plans endure forever; his purposes last eternally.

D2 A plan hatched in justice and love

B8 He will gather us together.

C1 The true unity of believers is not the forced, and we are still a family in the 21st century.

C2 God does this gathering, not some pastor, church, or group of people.

B9 We have an inheritance.

C1 Our main inheritance is God himself.

C2 Jesus shares His inheritance with us (Romans 8:17 CSB - and if children, also heirs—heirs of God and coheirs with Christ—if indeed we suffer with him so that we may also be glorified with him).

C3 Includes

D1 Forgiveness of sins

D2 Heaven

D3 Fellowship with God, holy angels, and God's people

D4 Relief from the sufferings caused by sin.

B10 Applications

C1 God made a plan. He followed that plan.

C2 Jesus always was, is, and will be Messiah.

C3 God’s plan, through Abraham, was to have a physical nation, Israel, and a spiritual nation, the church. When one is born again, they enter the spiritual nation, the church, which is Christ’s body.

C4 We are a family of believers.

C5 We have an inheritance.

C6 We need to preach the Gospel.

1 Peter 3:1-7 and Submission

1 Peter 3:1-7 is often cited by those who wish to control wives. These are those men and pastors who feel a woman needs the strong hand of a man to guide her.

In reality, those types tend to be abusive. Abusive people are evil. There is no love if there is any abuse.

A careful study of the passage in the plain, normal sense and understanding English language will NOT interpret this passage to dominate women.

The plain sense of Scripture in 1 Peter 3:1-7 shows

• The situation of a Christian wife and non-Christian husband. The situation can be either husband or wife. It refers to one spouse being a Christian and the other is not.
• The nonbeliever will not obey God’s command to repent and believe the Gospel.
• The Christian can then, live the Gospel, by living the Christian life required by Messiah Jesus for both men and women, instead of pleading, perhaps nagging the unbeliever.
• Hopefully, the non-Christian will see the superiority of the Christian life, repent, and believe the Gospel.
• The Apostle reminds the Christian, whether wife or husband, to speak respectfully.
• Be respectful and give honor to each other.
• The Christian (this especially refers to the husband) will not have God answer his prayers, if he treats his wife with any hint of abuse.

In summary:

• A controlling spouse cannot lawfully use this Scripture passage to force the other.
• Word meanings in English have changed. Care must be taken to understand its use.
• God is supreme. He is omniscient and omnisapient. His will and lifestyle is the best.
• We must be of the mindset to do God’s will. To know God’s will, we must study the Bible and pray for wisdom.
• Love your spouse as I have written in other articles about love.

A better translation understanding that the Greek word implies no defiance or resistance: 1 Peter 3:1-7 God’s Word Wives, in a similar way, place yourselves under your husbands' authority. Some husbands may not obey God's word. Their wives could win these men for Christ by the way they live without saying anything. 2 Their husbands would see how pure and reverent their lives are. 3 Wives must not let their beauty be something external. Beauty doesn't come from hairstyles, gold jewelry, or clothes. 4 Rather, beauty is something internal that can't be destroyed. Beauty expresses itself in a gentle and quiet attitude which God considers precious. 5 After all, this is how holy women who had confidence in God expressed their beauty in the past. They placed themselves under their husbands' authority 6 as Sarah did. Sarah obeyed Abraham and spoke to him respectfully. You became Sarah's daughters by not letting anything make you afraid to do good. 7 Husbands, in a similar way, live with your wives with understanding since they are weaker than you are. Honor your wives as those who share God's life-giving kindness so that nothing will interfere with your prayers.

James 5

*A5 Chapter 5

B1 The sins of the rich James 5:1-6

C1 Often trusting in money instead of God

D1 We are offered a choice, who are we going to serve, who are we going to love? Luke 16:13 WEL 13 "No household servant can serve two masters, for he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and Mammon."

D2 Money and things have their place and what we have we are to be disciplined with. Luke 16:9-12 WEL 9 "And also I say to you, ‘Make friends for yourselves by the unrighteous Mammon, so that when you fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations.' 10 "He who faithful in what is least is also faithful in much, and he who is unjust in the least is also unjust in much. 11 "Therefore, if you didn't prove to be faithful with unrighteous Mammon, who will trust you with the true [riches]? 12 "If you didn't prove to be faithful in what is another's, who will give you what is your own?

E1 We are to use riches to help others in need. Our priorities.

F1 First, our spouse

F2 Second, our children

F3 The brothers and sisters of our local congregation

F4 Brothers and sisters elsewhere

F5 The unsave

E2 It is not wrong to give riches to those who are proclaiming the Gospel or other missionary work, but we are not to neglect those closer to us.

E3 If we can’t handle money, how can we handle God’s riches.

E4 We need to be faithful to what God has given/allowed us to have.

C2 Often money gotten with ungodly methods (unrighteous Mammon)

C3 Don't pay your employees

C4 Lived in pleasure instead of the fear of God and helping others

C5 Their evil treatment of the just

D1 Condemned

D2 Killed

D3 Note: "He does not resist you." Nonresistance, trusting God instead of war and revenge.

B2 Patience James 5:7-11

C1 The Christian life leads to persecution. This persecution may be spiritual (temptation), emotional, or physical. 2 Timothy 3:12 WEB  Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.

C2 Goal: wait for the Lord Jesus to return

C2 Example: Farmer waiting for rain and harvest

C3 While waiting,

D1 Establish your hearts James  5:8

E1 Establish means to be set fast, as in setting a posting in concrete.

E2 A dedication to God and His ways as outlined in His book—the Bible (the New Testament specifically).

D2 Don't spend time complaining about the brethren James 5:9

D3 Endure whatever comes your way

E1 As the prophets of God James 5:10

E2 Job 5:11

B3 False oaths James 5:12

C1 We must learn to tell the truth.

C2 Our "yes" must mean "yes" and our "no" mean "no".

B4 What to do in troubles/afflictions James 5:13-16

C1 Afflicted: Pray

C2 Happy: Sing psalms

C3 Sick: Call for the elders

D1 Pray

D2 Anointing

D3 Prayer

D4 Mutual confession of sins

B5 Praying James 5:17-18

C1 Effectual prayer

D1 Opposite of a dead, formal prayer

D2 Does NOT mean something is guaranteed (a prayer that God HAS to answer. There is no such thing.)

D3 Meets conditions

E1 Confessed sin (including asking forgiveness from those who we sinned against)

E2 Treating wife right (according to what the Bible says is the right way)

E3 Praying in faith (God can answer this prayer)

E4 Leaving the results to God

E5 Content to wait

E6 Not trying to manipulating God (which cannot be done)

C2 Waiting for God's answer

B6 What to do with those who err from the truth James 5:19-20

C1 Point it out

D1 In gentleness

D2 In truth

D3 Remembering that we too are sinners

C2 It's blessing

D1 Save a soul from death. Romans 6:16 Do you not know that to whom you present yourselves as servants to obedience, his servants you are whom you obey; whether of sin to death, or of obedience to righteousness?

D2 Hide a multitude of sins

E1 Comment: they will be forgiven, hidden under the blood of the Lord Jesus

E2 We must preach and live the Gospel for everyone faces 2 deaths—physical and spiritual. The final death is conscious suffering in the Lake of Fire. Revelation 21:8 WEB  But for the cowardly, unbelieving, sinners, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their part is in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”

E3 Messiah Jesus is the ONLY savior.

F1 2 Peter 2:9 NRSV  then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trial, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day of judgment.

F2 Acts 4:12 WEB  There is salvation in none other, for neither is there any other name under heaven, that is given among men, by which we must be saved!”

Our strength, our life, our hope is In Christ Alone

James 4

B1 James 4:1-10 An illustration of worldly attitude in believers

C1 Marks of worldliness

D1 Arguments and fights

E1 Due to evil attitudes

E2 Due to lust

D2 The lust leads to murder. J. Warner Wallace has written that murder is from only 3 causes—financial greed, sexual lust, and/or desire for power (control). (One source of many).

D3 Covetousness: wanting what is pleasurable to us.

D4 Impure motives in prayer

E1 Our motive can be to glorify God

F1 This is good

F2 1 Corinthians 10:31 WPNT Therefore, whether you eat or you drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

F3 It benefits others as a witness and testimony for the Gospel. Matthew 5:16 NRSV In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven.

F4 Moses is one example among many of putting God first: Hebrews 11:24-25 NRSV By faith Moses, when he was grown up, refused to be called a son of Pharaoh's daughter, 25 choosing rather to share ill-treatment with the people of God than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin.

E2 Our motive can be to glorify us

F1 Is following demonic desires. James 3:14-16 WPNT But if you have bitter envy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not boast and lie against the truth— such ‘wisdom’ is not coming down from Above, but is earthly, sensual, demonic. Because where envy and selfish ambition exist, there is unruliness and every foul practice.

F2 Yields no good fruit: Luke 8:14 MKJV And those which fell among thorns are the ones who, when they have heard, go forth and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of life, and do not bear to maturity.

F3 Life is not a joke; it is to be serious: Ecclesiastes 7:4 MKJV The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of laughter. People need to laugh and enjoy each other, but if a person’s life is only for selfish pleasure, that person is a fool.

F4 There is no satisfaction with things: Ecclesiastes 5:10 HCSB The one who loves money is never satisfied with money, and whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with income. This too is futile.

F5 There is only satisfaction in God: Philippians 4:19-20 NRSV And my God will fully satisfy every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus. 20 To our God and Father be glory forever and ever. Amen.

D5 Friend of the world

E1 This would be a friend of the world’s thoughts, desires, words, and deeds.

E2 It is of the devil. John 8:44 "You are of [your] father, the devil, and you want to do the lusts of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has not stood in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he tells a lie, he tells [it] from himself, because he is a liar and the father of it.

E3 We were delivered from this, when we believed and put our trust into Messiah Jesus. Romans 5:10 NKJV For if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life. Are we going to become an ENEMY of God again?

E4 The grief of Christians when one turns from God’s ways: Philippians 3:17-19 NKJV Brethren, join in following my example, and note those who so walk, as you have us for a pattern. 18 For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ: 19 whose end is destruction, whose god is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame—who set their mind on earthly things.

C2 The cure is to have thoughts, desires, words, and deeds that align with the desires of the Holy Spirit: Galatians 5:16-17 NRSV Live by the Spirit, I say, and do not gratify the desires of the flesh. 17 For what the flesh desires is opposed to the Spirit, and what the Spirit desires is opposed to the flesh; for these are opposed to each other, to prevent you from doing what you want.

D1 Living by the Spirit is not listening to some disembodied voice, a burning in your bosom, or a tingling in your leg.

D2 Do not follow your heart, because Jeremiah 17:9 WEB The heart is deceitful above all things and it is exceedingly corrupt. Who can know it?

D3 A true believer will want to live life God’s way.

D4 Humility before God

E1 Why does God hate pride? Pride proclaims itself. Pride believes it is good, when it is evil. It is the opposite of God’s character and His ways.

E2 Proverbs 16:5 NASB Everyone who is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD; Assuredly, he will not be unpunished.

E3 1 John 2:16 NLT - For the world offers only a craving for physical pleasure, a craving for everything we see, and pride in our achievements and possessions. These are not from the Father, but are from this world.

E4 God exalts. Our pride condemns and is debased. James 4:10 NLT - Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up in honor.

D5 Resisting the devil

E1 The word resist in Greek is different in verse 6 from verse 7.

E2 In James 4:6, God is arranged in battle against the proud. He resists. All know that God always wins.

E3 In James 4:7, is also stand against but it is not to fight. It is God’s grace that helps us. 2 Corinthians 12:9-10 NKJV And He said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness." Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ's sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

D6 Drawing near to God

E1 This is an active drawing, not passive. Many wish for the so called deeper life of contemplation, but contemplation is passive. God wants us to be active, or we will be devoured and deceived.

F1 1 Peter 5:8-9 NKJV Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. 9 Resist him, steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same sufferings are experienced by your brotherhood in the world.

F2 Matthew 24:42-44 GW Therefore, be alert, because you don't know on what day your Lord will return. 43 You realize that if a homeowner had known at what time of the night a thief was coming, he would have stayed awake. He would not have let the thief break into his house. 44 Therefore, you, too, must be ready because the Son of Man will return when you least expect him.

B2 Judging James 4:11-12

C1 Unrighteous judgment is to judge by appearance, and then to slander them.

C2 Righteous judgment is to judge by the book—the Bible

D1 False doctrine

D2 Sin

B3 In God's will James 4:13-17 An example of pride

C1 We must be aware that God controls the future. We must have the attitude in prayer, “God your will be done.”

C2 Shows submission and acceptance of God's will

C3 A warning and definition of sin: James 4:17 NLT - Remember, it is sin to know what you ought to do and then not do it.

B4 Applications

C1 God disapproves of pride. God approves of humbleness.

C2 We can serve God and His ways, or we serve the devil and his ways.

C3 God gives the grace to resist the devil. We have the armor of God to help us.

C4 Be careful what we say and think.

C5 Accept God’s will.

James 3

A3 Chapter 3

B1 Teachers

C1 This is teachers who teach the Christian faith.

C2 They must know the Gospel, Christian doctrine, and the Christian life.

C3 If a teacher teaches falsehood, God will judge.

C4 We should be careful to know the truth.

C5 We must interpret the Bible, read the Bible, and study the Bible in its plain, normal sense.

B2 Speech James 3:1-12

C1 What we say can be very dangerous. Our tongue cannot be tamed.

C2 The perfect man is one who is a mature Christian.

D1 Perfect has the sense of complete.

D2 In this case, complete in holiness in thoughts, desires, words, and deeds.

D3 Verses

E1 Matthew 5:48 CSB - Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

E2 1 John 4:18 CSB - There is no fear in love; instead, perfect love drives out fear, because fear involves punishment. So the one who fears is not complete in love.

C3 The Lord Jesus is the only one who is sinless and perfect..

C4 Some things:

D1 Lying VS truth

D2 Verbal abuse VS encouragement

D3 Foolishness VS wisdom

D4 Babbling VS quiet

B3 The life that the Lord Jesus wants of us is a life of wisdom towards others. James 3:13

C1 Words and self opinions may be OK.

C2 The truth is seen in actions, not just words.

C3 The Lord Jesus lived as He preached. Hebrews 13:8 CSB - Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

B4 Four things that we are NOT to have James 3:14

C1 Bitter envy The word has to do with zeal, a hot, angry jealousy, emotional passion for something. Our zeal must be for God and His ways, not for us and our ways. Notice that this and selfish ambition are a heart issue: Matthew 15:19 GNB For from your heart come the evil ideas which lead you to kill, commit adultery, and do other immoral things; to rob, lie, and slander others.

C2 Selfish ambition The Greek word implies a politician running for office making statements to get elected. These appear to be promises and truth but are not.

C3 Bragging which has the idea of having something, say an ability or talent, and shamelessly bragging about it. This bragging and lying is to oppose, negate, and hinder truth. It is implying that what I believe is truth rather than truth (reality).

C4 Lie against the truth An example of this is Paul: Acts 26:8-9 CSB - "Why do any of you consider it incredible that God raises the dead? "In fact, I myself was convinced that it was necessary to do many things in opposition to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

B5 Different kinds of wisdom James 3:15-18

C1 Worldly wisdom James 3:15-16

D1 This is the type of wisdom, philosophy, debate, argument, science, etc. against truth, especially the Christian faith. Some have left the faith from this “scholars.” 1 Timothy 6:20-21 NASB - O Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to you, avoiding worldly and empty chatter and the opposing arguments of what is falsely called "knowledge"-- which some have professed and thus gone astray from the faith. Grace be with you.

D2 Labeled as earthly, sensual, devilish.

D3 Leads to

E1 Disorder

E2 Every type of evil

D4 This wisdom is foolish: 1 Corinthians 3:18-20 NKJV - Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you seems to be wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise. For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, "He catches the wise in their own craftiness"; and again, "The LORD knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are futile.

C2 Godly wisdom James 3:17-18

D1 Facts, that is, based on God’s standards, truth, reality, and what is most reasonable. All these are in thoughts, desires, words, and deeds.

E1 God gives this wisdom: Proverbs 2:6 CSB - For the LORD gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.

E2 We need to ask from God: James 1:5 CSB - Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God—who gives to all generously and ungrudgingly—and it will be given to him.

D2 We can read and study wisdom—The Bible

C3 Table of 2 sources of wisdom

Wisdom Not From Above	Wisdom From Above
Earthly	Spiritual
Impure	Pure
Bitter jealousy	Peaceful
Selfish ambition	Gentle
Bragging	Compassionate
Lying against the truth	Reasonable
Sensual	Merciful
Selfish ambition	Produces good results (in the things we do)
Demonic	No prejudice
Confusion	No hypocrisy
Evil deeds and actions	Righteous

B6 Application

C1 We need to be careful what we teach.

C2 The Bible is the only source of 100% truth.

C3 We need to pray for God’s help so we can watch what we say.

C4 We need God’s wisdom, so we ask and study the Bible and apologetics as Cold Case Christianity.