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<div class="SSN_rnum">I. "AND THEY THAT BE WISE."</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">A. James asks in 3:13 "Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? Let him show it by the way he lives in good works in meekness of wisdom.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. He then declares that there is a wisdom that does not come from God that is earthly, sensual, and devilish. It is marked by bitter envy and strife in your heart.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. Those who compete for glory in this world, who want to shine in earthly glory, are often marked by this bitter envy of those who are outshining them. This is not true wisdom.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. Harbored bitterness will produce among other things ulcers.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">b. It will produce tension, and destroy relationships.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">3. He contrasts this wisdom of this world with the wisdom which is from above, which is pure, peaceable, gentle, and easy to entreat. It is full of mercy and good fruit, without partiality and hypocrisy.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">B. The wisdom of this world that brings a man success is measured by how much of the material things a man has brought under his control.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. They will usually admire his skillful ability to manipulate others.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. Their admiration is not dimmed by the deceitful ways that were used.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">3. I often hear of Madonna being touted as being very wise, of having great business savvy.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. She is held in great admiration by millions in this world.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">b. Little girls all over the world are seeking to emulate her, for she is their shining star.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">c. James said that this kind of wisdom is sensual. He surely hit it right on the mark.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">d. One day Madonna is going to die, for the scriptures declare that it is appointed unto man once to die, and after that the judgment.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">e. Though she may shine as a star in this world, if she does not give her life to Jesus Christ, the Bible says that the mist of darkness forever will be her destiny.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">d. To shine as a sex symbol in this world certainly has a limited duration. How sexy can a 95 year old great grandmother be? If she should live that long and have a family.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">e. Being generous let's give her 30 years in the limelight of this world. What <a onClick="return mV('Isa',30,1);">is 30</a> years compared to the eternal darkness?</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">4. Jesus spoke of the man who did not consider the eternal things as a fool though he would have been considered wise by the worlds standards.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">e. Jesus said that he was rich, and had increased his goods to the extent that he did not have enough space to store his riches. Facing this dilemma, he decided to tear down his old barns and build bigger ones to have room for his riches. Jesus said that the Lord said to him, "You fool you are going to die tonight, then who will spend your riches?"</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">5. Paul in Corinthians tells us that the wisdom of this world is looked upon as foolishness by God.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">6. Any man who lives only to shine in this worldly sky and does not take eternity into consideration is a fool.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">C. The man that is truly wise will measure the activities of his life by eternity. What eternal value can come from this?</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. Jesus spoke of laying up treasure in heaven rather than here on this earth.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. In <a onClick="return mV('Col',3,1);">Col. 3:1</a> Paul said, "If you are risen with Christ seek those things that are above, where Christ sits on the right hand of God. Set your affections on things above, and not on the things on the earth."</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">D. As Daniel is speaking of those that are wise, he is speaking in context of the resurrection and eternity.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. "And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt."</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. You that have prided yourself as being wise, have you truly been wise in light of eternity?</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">E. The result of true wisdom will be to shine as the brightness of the firmament.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. The firmament is the atmosphere that surrounds the earth that is illuminated by the sun. Shining as a bright day.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. Your life illuminated by the Son of God should shine in the darkness of this world.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">3. Jesus said to His disciples that they were the light of the world. They were to let their light so shine that when men saw their good works they would glorify their Father in heaven, who was the true source of light.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">F. There is even a greater shining.</div>
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<div class="SSN_rnum">II. THOSE THAT TURN MANY TO RIGHTEOUSNESS.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">A. The main purpose that God has left you here on this earth is that you might bear witness for Him.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. If the very moment a person accepted Jesus as his Savior, God would rapture them out of this world, there would be no one left here to witness for Him.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. We are left here to be his witnesses of how His grace and love can sustain us in this environment ruled by the power of Satan.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">3. This world ruled by sin is filled with pain, sorrow, and death.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">4. Being a Christian does not exempt me from these things, but it does give me a source of power by which I can joyfully endure these things.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">5. Many times the greatest witness that you can give to a worldly person is the joy and peace that you exhibit in the midst of a great trial of suffering. That joy and peace that comes from fully committing yourself to the loving purpose of a heavenly Father, knowing that all things are working together for good because you love God and are called according to His purpose.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">6. The witness of your life will always have a greater effect than the words that you might share.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. Many times your words are nullified by your actions.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">b. If you are witnessing to your friends of the peace that Jesus has brought to your life, and then you panic and go to pieces under pressure, your witness has been destroyed.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">c. But if you exhibit that peace under great pressure, then your witness is verified, and they will be far more apt to listen to you.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">d. I believe that this is the purpose that God sometimes allows us to go through heavy trials, and tells us to rejoice in tribulations.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">e. What a powerful witness it is to the world to see you rejoicing in tribulation.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">f. I think of the powerful witness given to this community by our organist, when she requested to speak to the man who sought to rape her and cut her throat, that she might witness to him about the love of Jesus Christ, and give him a Bible that he might read it in prison.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">B. Are you seeking to turn many to righteousness?</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. Sometimes we take the worldly view that a persons religion is a very personal thing that should not be talked about.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. That is a lie of Satan to discourage one to witness.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">3. Your loved ones and friends are going to face eternity without hope, if you do not talk to them of the fact that Jesus was the Son of God and He gave His life to provide us forgiveness of our sins.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">C. What is the result of turning many to righteousness? They shall shine as the stars, forever and ever.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. There are many who strive for stardom in this world.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. There are those that we refer to as superstars. How many people aspire to this status. They live their whole life dreaming of being superstars.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">3. They picture themselves walking forward to receive the Oscar award and think of the clever things that they will say to the adoring, applauding crowd.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">4. They want their name to be placed in a star in front of the Grauman Chinese Theater. They want to be placed in the Hall of Fame. They want to be known as being in the Who's Who rather than Who's He?</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">5. Again, there is no thought of eternity. They want to shine now in this world.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">6. This is in marked contrast to shining as the stars forever and ever.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">7. I enjoy the fourth of July. I love to watch the fireworks, I love skyrockets.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. I love it when I hear the loud boom, and I see the night sky illuminated by the brilliant bursts of colors. I with the rest of the crowd, oh, oohs, and ah's.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">b. For a time it obliterates the stars from our view. But the flash is so soon over, and there is nothing left but ashes.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">8. Some peoples lives are like the skyrockets, they make a great flash on the worldly scene, but their lives are soon turned to ashes.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">9. When the fireworks display is all over, and your eyes once again become accustomed to the darkness, you see the stars still shining in that night sky. They go on night after night not making as big a display, yet permanent.</div>
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