Demonic Wisdom Series

False wisdom originates from the flesh, the world and the devil. Ultimately, just as the unbridled tongue is employed by demonic powers to destroy the work of God [e.g. JAMES 3:6], so the false wisdom that is esteemed by this world is used by demonic powers to destroy God’s holy work. Whenever we employ worldly wisdom, refusing to embrace godly wisdom, we become unwitting workers together with the evil one. This should be particularly distressing because we are each susceptible whenever we cease to think biblically.

Preaching such as James provides here would not be welcomed in most of our churches today; he would be considered too severe. However, this harshness is precisely the point. Anyone who thinks the church or the Christian Faith are to be exploited for their own personal use will find that James’ words cut to the quick! But his words need to be spoken repeatedly because of our tendency to betray the Faith through advancing our own personal agendas.

If you have been guilty of permitting such false wisdom to reign in your life, now is the moment to turn from this, asking for and receiving the wisdom that comes from above. Indeed, each Christian who asks for this wisdom will receive it, for God gives generously and without rebuking those who ask [JAMES 1:5-8]. As a congregation, we need to ask the Father to keep us from stumbling into the morass of earthly, unspiritual, demonic wisdom. We must make it a mark of the church that each time we face a choice we turn to the revealed will of God to determine the proper course of action.

You have no possibility of appropriating this divine wisdom if you have no relationship to the True and Living God. You need first to be born from above in order to receive the wisdom that comes from above. This is the way to be born from above. The Word of God is quite clear that “If you confess with you mouth, ‘Jesus is Lord,’ believing in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you shall be saved. For it is with the heart that one believes and is declared right with God, and with the mouth that one confesses and is saved.” That promise is emphasised as God declares that “Everyone who calls on the Name of the Lord shall be saved” [ROMANS 10:9, 10, 13, author’s translation]. Believe this message and be saved today. Amen.