{"id":1009,"date":"2020-11-15T17:17:55","date_gmt":"2020-11-15T23:17:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/?p=1009"},"modified":"2020-11-15T17:17:55","modified_gmt":"2020-11-15T23:17:55","slug":"receive-the-instruction-of-wisdom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/2020\/11\/15\/receive-the-instruction-of-wisdom\/","title":{"rendered":"Receive the Instruction of Wisdom"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\u201cThe fear of the LORD is<\/em> the beginning of knowledge: but<\/em> fools despise wisdom and instruction.<\/strong>\u201d
Proverbs 1:7 <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Wisdom is the major theme of the book of Proverbs and King\nSolomon wrote much of it. If you remember, shortly after Solomon became king,\nGod came to him in a dream. \u201cIn <\/strong>Gibeon<\/strong> the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by\nnight: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee<\/strong>\u201d (I Kings 3:5).\nSolomon understood the great things God had done for his father, King David,\nbecause he had followed after God. See what King Solomon asked of God: \u201cGive therefore thy servant an understanding\nheart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is\nable to judge this thy so great a people?<\/strong>\u201d (1 Kings 3:9). This pleased\nGod. Because King Solomon asked for such a good thing (discernment that comes\nfrom wisdom), God gave King Solomon great wisdom. He also blessed King Solomon\nwith great wealth and fame. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The book of Proverbs deals with much of this great wisdom\nfrom God. We understand this from the first verses of the book of Proverbs: \u201c1.\nThe proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of <\/strong>Israel<\/strong>; 2.\nTo know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding; <\/strong>3. To receive the instruction of wisdom,\njustice, and judgment, and equity<\/strong>\u201d (Proverbs 1:1-3). Read how a wise\nman is described. \u201cA wise man<\/em>\nwill hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain\nunto wise counsels<\/strong>\u201d (Proverbs 1:5).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The key verse to understanding the book of Proverbs is\nProverbs 1:7 \u201cThe fear of the LORD\nis<\/em> the beginning of knowledge: but<\/em> fools despise wisdom and\ninstruction.<\/strong>\u201d Solomon wrote much of this book with his only son on\nhis heart and mind. He wanted his son, Rehoboam, to understand the importance\nof wisdom, and the first thing he had to know and understand was the fear of\nthe Lord. Fear is not what most people think it is. Fear is not necessarily\nbeing afraid of the Lord, but it is acknowledging just who He is and who we are\nin comparison to Him (a reverence of God). Once one has the correct fear of God\n(understanding who he is), then one can begin to obtain wisdom that leads to\nunderstanding what He expects of His people<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wisdom is more than having knowledge. Wisdom is the\ndiscernment in understanding how to use that knowledge correctly<\/em><\/strong>;\nchoosing right over wrong; discern between what is true and false; being discreet\nin the application of knowledge. King Solomon wanted his son to acquire wisdom\nto help him understand how to make right decisions in his activities of daily\nlife. Solomon did not want his son to be a fool and despise wisdom and\ninstruction. However, in order for Rehobom to acquire the right wisdom, King\nSolomon said he had to hear his instruction from God\u2019s Word. (This is\nunderstood even better as the book of Proverbs is read.) Solomon wanted his son\nto understand that it all began with a right relationship with God. If one\ndoesn\u2019t have that, one cannot obtain wisdom from God. One is to understand (from\nGod\u2019s point of view found in His Word) what the right thing to do in a\nsituation is. Christians who obtain the wisdom found in God\u2019s Word will have\nthe ability to face life understanding what God wants them to do in order to\nlive a life pleasing to Him.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Have you chosen to be a fool, despising God\u2019s wisdom and\ninstruction?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Or have you chosen the wisdom of God?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Wisdom is the major theme of the book of Proverbs and King Solomon wrote much of it. If you remember, shortly after Solomon became king, God came to him in a dream. \u201cIn Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee\u201d (I Kings […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[318],"tags":[569,245,186,238,257,243,47,568,211],"class_list":["post-1009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-picture-with-verse-and-blog","tag-dream","tag-fool","tag-god","tag-instruction","tag-king-solomon","tag-knowledge","tag-proverbs","tag-rehoboam","tag-wisdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1009"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1009\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1011,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1009\/revisions\/1011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}