The Truly Wise Person: Peaceable Not Pugnacious
We often think of wisdom as:
The ability to relate God’s truth to real life.
It is that. But biblically, wisdom is more than that. Biblical wisdom is:
The ability to relate well while we relate God’s truth to life.
Do you detect the difference?
Someone potentially could be “smart enough” to apply a biblical passage, but they do it in an arrogant, belligerent, pugnacious way. They speak truth harshly and punitively, rather than in love with gentleness.
As we’ll see from James 3, the truly wise person is peaceable, not pugnacious. The sage is patient, not quick tempered. They are gentle, not quarrelsome.
Biblical wisdom is not just about content and knowledge. Biblical wisdom is about character and relationships. The pseudo-sage is pugnacious. The genuine sage is a peacemaker. Two Very Different Portraits of “Wisdom”
In James 3:13-18, we read:
13 Who is wise and understanding among you? Let them show it by their good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom. 14 But if you harbor bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast about it or deny the truth. 15 Such “wisdom” does not come
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