God is not the Author of Confusion

 

For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.” (James 3:16)

 

The interpretation can easily be that confusion and evil work result from envying and strife or just as readily that envying and strife result from confusion and every evil work. The two halves of this verse go hand in hand.

 

Where does confusion among brethren in a church come from?  The Bible says, “For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.”  (I Cor. 14:33) If there is confusion in a church you can be sure that God did not initiate it.  

 

This envying, strife, confusion and every evil work of which James writes is the product of the earthly, sensual, devilish wisdom described in verse fifteen.

 

Satan will use anyone who will cooperate with him to propagate envying, strife and confusion in a church. He knows it will result in a church split and ultimately will result in lost souls not being saved.