Good morning. Who among
you is wise and understanding? Did I see you raise your hand? Some people claim
that they are, and in the world's view point, they are wise and understanding.
It makes them feel better than others. Then: let him show by his good behavior
his deeds in the gentleness of wisdom. However, there is usually no gentleness
from them. They are very legalistic – if you don't agree with me, you are
wrong. And what happens a lot of times is – if you have bitter jealousy and
selfish ambition in your heart, do not be arrogant and so lie against the
truth. That is the result of this kind of wisdom. This wisdom is not that which
comes down from above, but is earthly, natural, demonic. For where jealousy and
selfish ambition exist, there is disorder and every evil thing. That is not the
kind of wisdom that we want. The wisdom from above is first pure, then
peaceable, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, unwavering,
without hypocrisy. That is just the opposite of the wisdom we were talking
about. The wisdom of the world is "me" centered. The wisdom from
above is "others" centered. It promotes harmony instead of disorder.
Father thank You that the reader is overflowing with the wisdom from above.
Everything he/she says and does is based on that wisdom!
Therefore I exhort you, be imitators of me
Good morning. Paul then gives a list of a lot of things that he has gone through as an apostle. I do not write these things to shame you, but to admonish you as my beloved children. For if you were to have countless tutors in Christ, yet you would not have many fathers, for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel. There could be many people that you listen to either in church or through the Internet or other means; but there was only one person (as a general rule it was a person) that lead you to Christ. Therefore I exhort you, be imitators of me. He was saying that just like a child imitates his or her father, they were to imitate him. He says that again seven chapters later. Since it is easy to forget some things about people we have not seen in a while, Paul says that he sent Timothy to them to remind them of his ways which are in Christ, just as he taught everywhere in every church. Some have become arrogant, as though I were not coming to you. I shall find ou...
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