What Wisdom Looks Like
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Introduction
Introduction
1. Wisdom looks like discipline (11,12)
1. Wisdom looks like discipline (11,12)
11: 2 bad reactions to discipline
Rejecting it (despise)
Thinking badly of it (loathe CSB, grow weary KJV)
12: God disciplines because He cares for us
The Biblical illustration is of a parent/child
Questions:
What is the difference between the discipline of God and the wrath of God?
Describe someone raised without discipline
How does discipline teach us wisdom?
2. Wisdom looks like happiness
2. Wisdom looks like happiness
13-Notice that when it comes to wisdom and understanding
They bring happiness
They come through pursuit
The best students in a school are not always the most intelligent, but they are almost always the most diligent.
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Wisdom is worth more than the things we think are the most valuable
You search for what is valuable
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Wisdom provides the opportunity for a long life
Wisdom provides the opportunity for riches and honor
17- ways and paths refer to the journey of life. The most peaceful journey you can have comes with wisdom
Don’t blame all stress on:
Others
Satan
Bad Luck
It could be you!
18-Wisdom is compared to the tree of life
Questions:
What are some things wordly people pursue for happiness
Why don’t these thing work?
3. Wisdom looks like knowledge
3. Wisdom looks like knowledge
19,20-There is no conflict between Biblical wisdom and science
Why does there seem to be a conflict today
The idea of “autonomy” and how it destroys faith
4. Wisdom looks like security
4. Wisdom looks like security
What are people really afraid of?
How does Biblical wisdom overcome these fears