James 3:13-18

Have you found yourself desperate for wisdom and then listening to the wrong advice (counterfeit wisdom)?  What happened and what did you learn?

 

Our culture often thinks of “humility” as a weakness – not as the foremost quality of true wisdom.  Yet men like Moses and Jesus Christ are described as “humble” in the Bible.  How do these men help us think rightly about what James describes as “humility?”

 

What do “bitter envy” and “selfish ambition” look like?  What do they look like in you?

 

When James speaks of counterfeit wisdom as “of the devil,” what does that mean?

 

Now look at the list of qualities that are found in God’s true wisdom (3:17-18).  List each one and define it (use a Bible dictionary or concordance for some help).

 

What changes need to be made in your life so that true wisdom is what you seek and what you speak?

 

Pray for your Connection Group and for our church that God would give us a hunger for true wisdom and the discernment to detect and rid ourselves of counterfeit wisdom.