Some wisdom is demonic.
Some wisdom is demonic. God’s wisdom is pure and peace-loving.
Morality is one part of your life. God is shaking every part of your life. God has been shaking everything. God is shaking all the so-called authorities and voices you trusted, and He’s exposing their corruption. You have a sense God is going to continue to expose the false prophets and false teachers of this age who proclaim lies from their newsrooms and classrooms. You see the newsrooms and universities falling from their high perches as God shakes their trees. You see scientists and teachers promoting ideas so insane they lose all credibility with anyone who has a hint of wisdom or understanding. God is exposing these and other false prophets and false teachers so you have the chance to choose. You have a choice. You can either love the lies or reject and expose the lies. You can choose the truth.
And yet, many people are still following these false prophets and false teachers. The false prophets and teachers are drawing them in. And those who follow the lies enjoy it. They like it that way. They want to follow the false prophets and false teachers.
Look who they’re following. Most scientists, politicians, media personalities, theologians, philosophers, and scholars have strong opinions about topics when they know little or nothing about those topics. And yet, thousands or millions want to follow them if they’re celebrities or authorities. It’s as if those following the false prophets and false teachers are blind and can’t see. They’re in darkness. They love darkness rather than the Light. They hate the Light and turn away from it.
The Light is Jesus Christ, and He anyone who turns their attention to Him in reverence and sincere desire for the truth and righteousness will find Him. He speaks to every person through Scripture and every means of divine revelation mentioned in Scripture. He speaks through His people, dreams, visions, an inner quiet voice, or just knowing by what we call intuition. If we are seeking His mind, we will receive His wisdom and knowledge. If we aren’t purposely seeking Him, we will receive something else: our own worldview and self-talk, or the voices of demons. Since the human mind can’t reason to knowledge of the truth and all knowledge and wisdom are hidden in Christ, any wisdom or knowledge of truth you have ever had came from Christ. Did you thank Him, or did you grab the credit for yourself?
James 3:14-18 But if you harbor bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast in it or deny the truth. Such wisdom does not come from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic. For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every evil practice.
But the wisdom from above is first of all pure, then peace-loving, gentle, accommodating, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial, and sincere. Peacemakers who sow in peace reap the fruit of righteousness.
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