7-10-2016 Weekly Message

This week’s meditation: Psalms 14:1-7

Scripture: Proverbs 4: 1-27

Title: Do you want to be filled with the wisdom of God?

           God speaks of the wisdom of God throughout all the scriptures. Therefore, to realize what is the wisdom of God is to eat the words of God book by book, chapter by chapter, and verse by verse in details. The people in the also are so busy to seek the wisdom for their successful life financially; they study hard in school, and continuously  accumulate various kinds of information through the medias.

          Today we hope to understand what the wisdom of God is through the scriptures including the main passage given unto us. We also may be blessed to be filled with the wisdom of God through understanding.

         The Holy Ghost teaches us through the words of King Solomon given to his son: ” Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth. Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee. Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding. Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her. She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee. Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.…… My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh“(Proverbs 4: 5-10,20- 22)

             Solomon became the king of Israel in his young age. He submitted a thousand burnt offering unto the LORD God to seek the wisdom of God so that he might be able to judge the people of Israel.  God gave him not only wisdom but also rich and honor, because he never asked for himself long life; neither riches for himself. (I Kings 3: 4-13). he was able to judge the people of Israel with the wisdom and understanding.

            The Holy Ghost has spoken to us through the whole scriptures of the wisdom and understanding from God so that we may be wise to ask for the wisdom of God as Solomon. Before we begin a new week, we may be blessed to understand of the wisdom of God.  

          When God created all things in the earth, he  made them in his wisdom; and then all the earth  was full of his riches (Ps. 104:24). He also made heavens by his wisdom(Ps. 136:5). In other word, the wisdom of God is in his word; and the wisdom of God has the power of creation.

          God recognized Job as the upright. He testified of the wisdom of God: ” And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.. “(Job 28:28)

He witnessed, the fear of the LORD is to tremble before the words of God, and obey them.

            Prophet Isaiah testified of the Holy Spirit gievn unto them that believe in the Lord Jesus Christ:

” And the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord;“ (Isaiah 11:02)

           God of wisdom manifested in flesh; he spoke of what kind of people he will give his wisdom:

” I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.  Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in thy sight.  All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.“(Matthew 11: 25-27)

         The Lord Jesus testified of himself as the LORD God that had given the wisdom unto king Solomon:

”  The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and condemn them: for she came from the utmost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here..” (Luke 11:31)

          Apostle Paul also testified of the wisdom of God through the Holy Ghost being filled with the wisdom:      ” O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out! For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor? Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again? For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen. “(Romans 11: 33-36)

           Apostle Paul understood of all things for of him, and through him, and to him through the wisdom of God. He testified unto the Roman Christians of the reasonable service as well as reasonable life style very clearly:

 ” I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God “(Romans 12: 1-2)

          He testified that it would make  the cross of Christ of none effect, if he preaches the gospel with wisdom of words (1 Cor. 1: 17). He also testified saying, Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this world? (I Corinthians 1:20). Of the wisdom of God, he also testified saying, for after that in the wisdom of God. It pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe(1Cor. 1:21)  In addition, unto them which are called , both Jews and Greeks, Christ power of God, and wisdom of God (1Cor. 1:24)

          The apostles received the wisdom of God the world look foolish when people see the evidence against Paul in his sermon to the church in Corinth:

“And not the words of my words and your sermon linking human wisdom convincing the hath to represent the Holy Ghost and with power because he tried to be in the power of God nor to make of your faith in human wisdom.” (I Corinthians 2:04 -5)

          Apostle Paul received the wisdom of God which is seen foolish unto the world; he testified of his preaching unto the saints of Corinthians: ” 4And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man’s wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power: That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God. (I Corinthians 2:06)

        The Holy Ghost made Apostle Paul testified of the wisdom in the world not from God:

“Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought:”(1Cor. 2:6)

          He continued to testify of the wisdom of God: It was also witness to the wisdom of God: ” But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:8Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God. For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God. 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. 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.“(1 Corinthians 2: 7-13)

          That’s right! The natural man that is not born of the Spirit of God consider the words of God as foolish; he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned (1Cor. 14)   

             Apostle Paul sent a letter unto the Ephesians saying,  “That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,  (Eph. 1: 17-18).

          Apostle James encouraged to ask for the wisdom of God: .” If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.” (James 1:5)

       Only the way to ask for the wisdom of God is to search the words of God to find out the hidden wisdom within them. Obeying his words of wisdom, we shall have our life not repenting at all forever.  Amen! Hallelujah!