JOTS FROM OLD JAKE
WISDOM
Monday, Jan. 15, 2007 - 1:09 p.m.
Wisdom: (occurs 234 times in the King James Version in 222 verses.)
knowledge; insight, common sense ; opinion; reason; words of wisdom
Wisdom is the ability, developed through experience, insight, and reflection, to discern truth and exercise good judgement. It is sometimes conceptualized as an especially well developed form of common sense. Most psychologists regard wisdom as distinct from the cognitive abilities measured by standardized intelligence tests. Wisdom is often considered to be a trait that can be developed by experience, but not taught. When applied to practical matters, the term wisdom is synonymous with prudence. Some see wisdom as a quality that even a child, otherwise immature, may possess independent of experience or complete knowledge. Wisdom is often associated with old age.
(An old clich�: A wise old Indian told me one time�) I used to use that saying a lot.
Wisdom is such a complex word. Volume after volume has been written about it. The book of Proverbs is basically all about wisdom. Yet the rest of the Bible follows that same theme to some extent all the way through.
There are at least two types of wisdom� Man's wisdom and God's Wisdom. James 3:13-17 speaks of both.
James 3: 13 Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him show out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.
14 But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. 15 This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. 16 For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work. 17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
1 Corinthians 3: 19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.
All man's wisdom is nothing in the eyes of God. Yet it is what seems to rule many people on this earth. The children are sent to public schools to become educated. They are impressed to believe everything they are being told by their teachers and classroom materials. The texts are written by persons utilizing man�s wisdom, the teachers were trained and taught the same way� by man�s wisdom. Is it any wonder that the general public is brain washed into man�s wisdom? They believe that evolution is the truth and that the Holy Bible, the Word of our Creator, is myth.
Daily I become more perplexed with the man�s wisdom that expounds out of our so-called �News Media.� The task of informing the public has become a talk of propagandizing the public. The facilitators of the so called �News� are basing it all on man�s wisdom and just giving you the so called �facts� twisted to fit the profile of man�s wisdom.
To ever have an idea of what is actually going on� you need to call on the special spiritual gifts as spoken of in 1 Corinthians 2 and 12.
1 Corinthians 2: 12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God. 13 Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual. 14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
1 Corinthians 12: 8 For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit;
These gifts are given to minister to the body of Christ but can also come in handy it finding truth in all things.
Blessings to y�all
Be filled with the Holy Spirit and seek Wisdom.
