Tag: Wisdom
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The Word of God
(Hebrews 4:12-13 – The Word of God) How powerful is the word of God? Surely it is the most powerful force in existence. It is by the word of God that the Creation as we know it exists and came into being in the first place. God’s word gives us salvation over sin and freedom.…
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How to focus on the True knowledge of God
How to focus on the true knowledge of God is as simple as focusing on Jesus. But there are many false teachings in the modern church.
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Where will you find wisdom and knowledge?
The world today is awash with information and data more so than at any other time in history. But that is not the same as wisdom and knowledge.
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Prevention Is Better Than Cure
(1 Corinthians 7:25-31) This is an interesting section of scripture for although Paul spends a significant amount of time in this whole chapter speaking about issues of marriage and those who are married or seeking to be married, in this section of scripture he is teaching a principle that extends to all parts of our…
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Folly of Mans Wisdom
(1 Corinthians 3:18-23) When we consider the wisdom of this world in comparison to the wisdom of God there is no comparison. The wisdom of God is so much greater that a simple comparison shows the wisdom of man to be mere folly. What man has the wisdom to be able to create the world…
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Wisdom From God
(1 Corinthians 2:6-9) When King Solomon wrote the proverbs he filled them with wisdom and insight. He was blessed with wisdom greater than any other man for when asked by God what he wanted, Solomon asked for the wisdom and insight to rule Israel with justice and right decisions. So when Solomon wrote the proverbs…
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God’s Wisdom
(1 Corinthians 1:18-25) Paul begins this section with statements about the foolishness of what we as Christians believe. He talks about it as the foolishness of God and the folly of the word of the gospel and the death of Jesus Christ. He makes the point that to the rest of the world, what we…
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Seeing But Not Believing
(Romans 1:18-23) They say there are none so blind as they who will not see. And this is an apt and accurate description for those who choose to reject a God and seek to understand the world around us without accepting His sovereign power. They also say that seeing is believing and many reject God…
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Making Things Happen
(Acts 25:13-27) There is an old saying that goes like this. “There are people who make things happen, there are people who watch things happen, and there are people who wonder what happened.” Christians fall into the first group. We make things happen. Not in the sense that the world understands, but in the spirit.…
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Wisdom of Gamaliel
(Acts 5:33-42) As humans we frequently generalize about all kinds of things. We make broad sweeping statements and too often it is wrong to do so. Paul pointed this out in the Bible when writing to Titus in Titus 1:12 saying, One of themselves, a prophet of their own, said, “Cretans are always liars, evil…
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Who Should You Listen To
(Acts 5:27-32) The apostles had been imprisoned for the sake of the word of God and their testimony to the resurrection of Jesus Christ. But the lord sent His angel to release them and tell them to continue to teach and proclaim God’s message. When the leaders sought to examine them they did not find…
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Think Before You Act
(John 18:10-11) My aunt used to have a poster on the wall that said, “Make sure brain is engaged before putting mouth into gear.” In other words, “Think before you speak.” It is equally important to think before you act as we will see in this couple of verses of scripture today, which are: 10…
