Hell's Wisdom
James 3:13-16
What is worth living for?
"Looking out for Number One." By Robert Ringer
James compares and contrasts these two kinds of wisdom in 3:13-18.
Hell's wisdom, how it is known. V 14a
Bitter jealousy
Selfish ambition
What's in it for me?
They emphasize their rights, not their responsibilities.
Tertullian said, "He who lives to benefit himself, confers on the world a benefit when he dies."
"Selfishness is a very little world, inhabited by one man." Anon.
One Exhortation v 14b
Don't boast about your selfish wisdom and lie against the truth.
Selfish people generally do not see how self-consumed they really are.
Examples of Hell's wisdom
To live for self is to implode.
Hell's wisdom, where it comes from.
Earthly (Phil 3:18-19)
Unspiritual, or natural (1 Cor 2:14; Jude 19)
Of the devil, demonic
Hell's wisdom, what it produces.
Disorder, (Unstable, restless)
Every evil practice