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| March 22, 2002 |
| "For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding." Proverbs 2:6 If you want wisdom, ask God for it. ". . . 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." You may ask, "Then how are we to know them?" 1Corinthians 2:9-10 tells us: "But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God." They are revealed to us by the spirit of God. He is here today to be our Teacher. Through His Word, the Spirit of God will open up things to us. The writer of Proverbs taught that true spiritual knowledge is the result of a visitation of heavenly wisdom. It is a kind of baptism of the Spirit of Truth that comes to God-fearing men and women. This wisdom is always associated with righteousness and humility. It is never found apart from godliness and true holiness of life. We need to learn and declare again the ministry of wisdom from above. It is apparent that we cannot know God by the logic of reason. Through reason we can only know about Him. The deeper mysteries of God remain hidden to us until we have received illumination from above. We were created with a capacity to know spiritual things ~ that potential died when Adam and Eve sinned. Thus, "dead in sin" is a description of that part of our being in which we should be able to know God in conscious awareness. Christ's atoning death enabled our Lord and Savior to take God the Father with one hand and man with the other and introduce us. Jesus enables us to find God very quickly! "For the Lord giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding." How can we hear Him speaking? As we know, the Bible is the Word of God. He speaks to us by means of this Holy Book. May the good Lord bless you with spiritual wisdom and knowledge of His Holy Word. Love in Christ Jesus, Sandy |
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