Author: Drena Green

Miracle of mercy

The Seeds of True Wisdom that Will Sow Peace

James 3:13-18

ThurSday, October 23, 2025

Reverend Sirrnest T. Webster, Teaching Pastor

Bible Baptist Church of Palmetto
1720 6th Ave West
Palmetto, FL 34221
Facebook: Bible Baptist Church of Palmetto

God wants to help us
The first thing James tells us is this…
If I’m truly wise, I will not ___________________ goodness and truth.
17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy. 18 Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace. James 3:17-18
If I’m truly wise, I will seek to form ___________________ rather than conflict.
17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy. 18 Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace. James 3:17-18
If I’m truly wise, I will ___________________ what others feel and fear.
17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy. 18 Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace. James 3:17-18
If I’m truly wise, I will ___________________ open to reason.
17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy. 18 Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace. James 3:17-18
If I’m truly wise, I will not ___________________ others.
17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy. James 3:17

God Speaks

God invites

Dear God, I want to stop being shaped by the false wisdom of this word...and develop my life according to the true wisdom that comes from above...that comes from you. I want to be a peacemaker... to sow peace in my relationships. I want to acknowledge that I am a sinner...amidst a field of sinners...that nothing makes me fundamentally better than others. So I want to accept your mercy in Christ. I receive the death of Christ as the price of my own sin...and I receive his resurrected life as the power that has defeated death and welcome that life to now come indwell me...to be the ling of my heart...by the Spirit. I pray this humbly in your name, amen.

NOTES

Diving deeper

If you make the first move and reach out to someone who has hurt you, what assurances do you have that the person will change his or her behavior and/or apologize to you? Does it matter, from an eternal perspective?
Looking at the entire list that James writes in James 3:17, what is one characteristic of Godly wisdom that you desire to mature in? Thinking about that characteristic, what needs to change in your life today so that can be a reality?
James teaches us that peace-makers sow in peace and will reap a harvest of righteousness. We all know that if you sow corn, you will harvest corn. What does it look like to sow peace in our lives?
How should this make a difference in your life: Jesus didn’t wait for us to apologize. Jesus made the first move?