Take Johnny boy off ignore and see what he said about you.
A man that is an heretick after the first and second admonition reject;
Oh, now I see, thanks.
8 But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
You can tame a lion or tiger, they can be taught to imitate a domesticated animal. They aren't, but they can put on a good show at the circus. But the tongue, no one can tame. That is where you see the true nature of the beast.
9 Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.
This is like introducing God, the potter, and blessing Him and saying what a wonderful creator He is, and then cursing and insulting all of the clay pots he made. I don't think God will be too pleased with that introduction.
10 Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.
We have pots that we cook in, and we have pots that we use for human waste. You should not use the same pot for both.
11 Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter?
Sounds like something right out of Jim Crowe. White person drinks from the fountain it is water, black person and it is salt water. Something is really wrong with this fountain.
12 Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh.
Did you catch that? James is the best book in the entire New Testament for identifying false prophets and cults. He is telling you right here that this person's mouth is false. i like Hitler as an example because we are all familiar with him and he is at the extreme on the spectrum of personality cult. He would tell the Germans how wonderful they were, they were the chosen race and then in the next breath he would be cursing people made in the image of God. Maybe many people wanted to hear the good things and wanted to ignore the cursing. That was a big mistake.
13 Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.
Notice there is a meekness of wisdom. These cult figures and false prophets have no meekness and despise that. Instead they see themselves as some kind of conquering hero slaying everything in their sight. Again, Hitler is a very good example of this. His attack of Russia showed he had no meekness and no wisdom.
14 But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
This is why they are not meek. To "glory against the truth" is what we see all the time. Recently Joe Biden talked about his legislative accomplishments and how one bill was going to create 1 million new jobs in the "green industries". Analysis later showed that the number would be about 6,000 new jobs. He said that the exit from Afghanistan was a success. He said that inflation is 0%. This is to glory against the truth and to lie against the truth.
15 This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.
It is a wisdom. Some people are buying it up. You see how they are able to accomplish their goals. Liz Cheney served one term as senator for Wyoming and then lost in the primary a week or two ago. And yet, after only six years she has increased her net worth by $36 million. That is over and above her living expenses and that is after a 30% drop in the stock market.
16 For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.
Today what do we have? We have confusion on an incredible scale. Today I heard on the news about all the things "Biden has accomplished". The viewpoint on Biden's presidency is utterly confused with half the country seeing him as the worst president ever and the other half touting all his "great accomplishments". And we are seeing evil works galore. No need even to enumerate them here, crime, the border, fentanyl, inflation, runaway government spending, mobs threatening SCOTUS, etc., etc.
17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
This is the part that many are struggling with. They want tit for tat. They are partial and they are hypocritical. This corruption that is in Washington is not unique to one party, and it certainly didn't begin with Joe Biden.
18 And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.
The reason Hitler was able to come to power is because Germany had a very weak and ineffective government. You can talk about how terrible Hitler was, but the Weimar Republic paved the way for Hitler to take power. When the US was a great country we had great leaders: Teddy Roosevelt, FDR, and Eisenhower. The same is true with the church. This person that has everyone up in arms is irrelevant. Paul said after the first and second admonition turn away from them.
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