Wisdom’s Partners

May 2, 2021

Session 9

Counterfeit “wisdom” (1 Corinthians 1:18-20; Genesis 3:6; John 8:44)

Sources of God’s Wisdom:

Father [Proverbs 1:7; James 1:5]

Son [1 Corinthians 1:24; Colossians 2:3]

Holy Spirit [1 Corinthians 2:6-15]

Wisdom and its’ Partners

Knowledge: Information collected under the filter of God’s truth

Understanding: Spiritual insight on how true knowledge (information)

fits and works.

Wisdom: God’s ability to see matters and to apply His perspective (how, when, where, etc.)

Discernment: the ability to see beneath the surface appearance of issues and spiritual entities and activities (1 Corinthians 2:14; 1 Corinthians 12:10)

Discernment not to be contaminated by critical Judgement. Judgement is out of order:

Renders a verdict not qualified to make

Assumes the right to act as a moral absolute, condemn

Reaps a return (Matthew 7:1, 2; Luke 6:37)

We should not condone behavior that God says is wrong, but should love and pray for the wrong-doer!