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If Anyone Lacks Wisdom…

If Anyone Lacks Wisdom…. Jack D. Eggar July 26, 2009. What is Wisdom?. Webster’s dictionary says wisdom is: Accumulated philosophic or scientific learning. A wise attitude, belief or course of action Webster’s 1828 edition: The right use or exercise of knowledge.

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If Anyone Lacks Wisdom…

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  1. If Anyone Lacks Wisdom… Jack D. Eggar July 26, 2009

  2. What is Wisdom? • Webster’s dictionary says wisdom is: • Accumulated philosophic or scientific learning. A wise attitude, belief or course of action • Webster’s 1828 edition: • The right use or exercise of knowledge. • …It is the faculty of discerning or judging what is most just, proper, and useful…is nearly synonymous with discretion.

  3. What is Godly Wisdom? • The ability to see life from God’s perspective • Being committed to seeing and living life as God desires for His loved ones • Wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, full of mercy, without hypocrisy and without partiality • The wisdom of this world is foolishness to God

  4. The Book of Proverbs • It’s God’s book of wisdom • It defines where wisdom begins: • The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom • And knowledge of the Holy One is understanding • Proverbs 9:10 • Fear = awe, wonder, respect, honor • This is wisdom’s foundation

  5. Word Descriptions of a Wise Person • Perceptive • Insightful • Seldom manipulated or conned • Understanding • Discerning • Can distinguish truth from lies • Mature

  6. The Wise Man vs. the Foolish Man • The wise man is perceptive, understanding, insightful • The foolish man is one who is committed to going his/her own way, without God’s input and direction • The foolish one is not ignorant, mentally lacking or simple

  7. Need Wisdom? Ask God! • He gives generously • He won’t go on a fault-finding hunt However there’s one requirement if you want wisdom

  8. James 1: 5-8 If any of you lacks wisdom, He should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him. But when he asks, he must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. That man should not think he will receive anything from the Lord; He is a double-minded man, unstable in all he does.

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