Review – Getting Closer through Christ

• Jesus was “God with us”• Jesus revealed God’s grace• We were created in Christ for

good works• Jesus gives us insight into

eternity

Increasing in Wisdom

Wisdom Is a Necessity• Why is zeal without wisdom

dangerous?• Lk. 9:51-56• Rom. 10:2• Mt. 23:15

Increasing in Wisdom

Proper Wisdom: How/What• How do we obtain proper

wisdom?– Jas. 1:5– 2 Tim. 2:15

• What does godly wisdom look like? (Jas. 3:13-18)

Increasing in Wisdom

Two Critical Limits• Zeal must be exercised with

moral integrity–How can Satan use zeal to corrupt

our moral integrity?• Jn. 9:4• Eph. 2:10

– Protecting our moral integrity in our works (2 Pet. 1:5-11)