Results of Worldly Wisdom

There are two sources of wisdom, from God or man. Wisdom is the ability to contemplate and act using knowledge, experience, understanding, common sense and insight. The different source of wisdom can be seen in the results it produces. Wisdom from God produces "...wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere. 18 And a harvest of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace." (James 3:17-18) Earthly wisdom, James says produces, " bitter jealousy and selfish ambition...jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every vile practice. James 3:14-16 So, we can use that as a standard to evaluate what we witness in people's behavior. James next shows how this can be seen in our treatment and interactions with each other. We should evaluate the results our behavior and see the type of wisdom we are using by the results we produce.