My Favorite Verses - Vol V (Feb 17 to Jun 17)

James 3:13 … Works done with Gentleness
(05/18/2017)
“Show by your good life that your works are done
with gentleness born of Wisdom.” ~ James (James 3:13)
First & foremost, realize that the writings of James – at least according to
Jesus Christ – should take precedence over the beliefs & expositions of all the
other disciples (“And the disciples said to Jesus, „We are aware that you will depart
from us. So who will be our leader [once you are gone]?‟ And Jesus said to them, „No
matter where you come it is to James the Just that you shall go, for whose sake heaven
and earth have come to exist.‟” ~ Gospel of Thomas 12) … And note as well that the
teachings of James should especially take precedence over the competing
theological delusions of the self-appointed “apostle” Paul (who Jesus clearly
forewarned us all not to follow – see Matthew 15:13-14, Mark 7:6-8 & Luke 12:1 vs
Acts 23:6, Acts 26:5, Galatians 1:14 & Philippians 3:4-5 … see John 5:43 vs Acts 13:9
… see Matthew 24:26 vs Acts 9 & Galatians 1:11-12 .. and see 2 Corinthians 11:13-15 in
conjunction with 2 Corinthians 11:16-33, Romans 1:1 & 1 Corinthians 3:19 et al).
Indeed, the entire Way of Christ is predicated not on mere mental thought or
emotional belief or verbal worship, but rather upon radical, selfless, Caring
actions. Jesus‟ teachings say so (see Matthew 5:3 to Matthew 7:27, especially
Matthew 7:21-24 et al), Jesus‟ parables essentially say so (see Matthew 13,
especially Matthew 13:18-23), and even Jesus‟ actions consistently said so (see
Matthew 9:36, Luke 17:11-19 & John 8:1-11 et al).
Finally, note that it is not mere “good works” that qualify, but rather
“gentle” (i.e. humbly Kind – see Matthew 18:3-4) deeds “born of Wisdom” (the
Greek sophias, a word that meant “Divine Intelligence” – or perfect LOVE; see
Matthew 5:48 et al) that do so.
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