WISDOM - JAMES

 “Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like someone who looks at his face in a mirror and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. But whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues in it

—not forgetting what they have heard, but doing it—they will be blessed in what they do."

James 1:22-25 

With the main thought of faith and works in the book of James, it also identifies a twofold God-given means of acquiring wisdom - prayer in faith and obedience to God’s Word.  It is often considered the New Testament book of wisdom as the subject changes constantly and has diverse admonitions a little like Proverbs or Ecclesiastes.  James is a very practical call to a life of faith in Christ Jesus with direct, pungent statements on wise living and godly behavior. 

                                                            Joyce