““WalkingWalking WithWith

WisdomWisdom””

The The PrefacePreface

Mark 12:30Mark 12:30 – “And thou – “And thou shalt love the Lord thy shalt love the Lord thy God with God with allall thy thy heartheart, , and with and with allall thy thy soulsoul, , and with and with allall thy thy mindmind, ,

and with and with allall thy thy strengthstrength: this is the : this is the

first commandment.”first commandment.”

Acts 13:22Acts 13:22 – “And when he – “And when he had removed him, he had removed him, he

raised up unto them David raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom to be their king; to whom also he gave testimony, also he gave testimony, and said, I have found and said, I have found

David the son of Jesse, a David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own man after mine own

heartheart, which shall fulfil all , which shall fulfil all my will.”my will.”

•Psalms 18:1Psalms 18:1 – “I will love – “I will love thee, O LORD, my thee, O LORD, my

strength.”strength.”•Psalms 116:1Psalms 116:1 – “I love the – “I love the LORD, because he hath LORD, because he hath heard my voice and my heard my voice and my

supplications.”supplications.”

2 times2 times

•PsalmPsalm 119119 alonealone……

1111 times!times!

• John 1:14John 1:14 – “And the Word – “And the Word was made flesh, and was made flesh, and

dwelt among us, (and we dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace the Father,) full of grace

and truth.”and truth.”

• John 1:18John 1:18 – “No man hath – “No man hath seen God at any time; the seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which only begotten Son, which

is in the bosom of the is in the bosom of the Father, Father, he hath he hath declared declared himhim.”.”

Psalms 138:2Psalms 138:2 – “I will – “I will worship toward thy worship toward thy

holy temple, and holy temple, and praise thy name for praise thy name for thy lovingkindness thy lovingkindness

and for thy truth: and for thy truth: for for thou hast magnified thou hast magnified thy word above all thy word above all

thy namethy name.”.”

•2 Timothy 4:4 – “And they shall turn away their ears from the truthfrom the truth, and shall be turned unto fablesunto fables.”

•John 17:17 - Sanctify them through thy truth: thy thy

word is truthword is truth.•John 14:6 – “Jesus saithJesus saith

unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no

man cometh unto the Father, but by Me.”

The The PersonPerson

• Acts 10:34 – “Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons”

• Romans 2:11 – “For there is no respect of persons with

God.”• Colossians 3:25 – “But he that

doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath

done: and there is no respect of persons.”

•1 Corinthians 8:21 Corinthians 8:2 – – “And if any man think “And if any man think that he knoweth any that he knoweth any thing, thing, he knoweth he knoweth nothingnothing yet as he yet as he ought to know.”ought to know.”

• John 1:1John 1:1 – “In the – “In the beginning was the Word, beginning was the Word, and the Word was with and the Word was with God, and God, and the Word was the Word was

GodGod.”.”

•1 John 5:7 For there are 1 John 5:7 For there are three that bear record in three that bear record in heaven, the Father, heaven, the Father, the the

WordWord, and the Holy Ghost: , and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.and these three are one.

• Genesis 3:8 – “And they heard the voice of the

LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his

wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of

the garden.”• Genesis 3:10 – “And he said, I heard thy voice in

the garden, and I was afraid, because I was

naked; and I hid myself.”

Revelation 19:15 – “And

out of his mouth goeth

a sharp sword, that with it he

should smite the nations: and he shall rule them

with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of

the fierceness and wrath of

Almighty God.”

Hebrews 4:12Hebrews 4:12 – “For the – “For the word of God is quick, and word of God is quick, and

powerful, and sharper powerful, and sharper than any twoedged than any twoedged

sword, piercing even to sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of the dividing asunder of

soul and spirit, and of the soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is joints and marrow, and is

a a discerner of the discerner of the thoughts and intents of thoughts and intents of

the heartthe heart.”.”

Hebrews 4:13Hebrews 4:13 – “Neither – “Neither is there any creature is there any creature

that is not manifest that is not manifest in in his sighthis sight: but all things : but all things are naked and opened are naked and opened unto the eyes of unto the eyes of himhim

with whom we have to with whom we have to do.”do.”

2 Thessalonians 2:8 – “And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall

consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy

with the brightness of his coming”

The The PersonPerson

John 1:12 – “But as many as received him, to them gave

He power to become the sons of God, even to

them that believe on His name”

• Ecclesiastes 7:23 – “All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from

me.”

The The PowerPower

• Ecclesiastes 8:4 – “Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou?”

•2 Timothy 1:72 Timothy 1:7 – “For God – “For God hath not given us the hath not given us the spirit of fear; spirit of fear; but of but of

power, and of love, power, and of love, and of and of a sound minda sound mind.”.”

The The PurposePurpose

The The PromisePromise

The The PrecedentPrecedent

• We mustWe must RECEIVE His RECEIVE His WoRDS (2:1a)WoRDS (2:1a)

• We mustWe must HIDE His HIDE His COMMANDMENTS. (2:1b)COMMANDMENTS. (2:1b)

•RECEPTIVERECEPTIVE

Romans 10:9 – “That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the

Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in

thine heart that God hath raised him

from the dead, thou shalt be saved.”

A A “wise “wise man”:man”:

• Wins Souls (11:30) • Inherits glory

(3:35)• Receives

Commandments (10:8)

• Hearkens to counsel (12:15)

• Guards His Tongue (29:11)

• Seeks Knowledge (18:15)

• Disperses Knowledge (15:7)

• Fears and Departs from evil (14:16)

• We mustWe must RECEIVE His RECEIVE His WoRDS (2:1a)WoRDS (2:1a)

• We mustWe must HIDE His HIDE His COMMANDMENTS. (2:1b)COMMANDMENTS. (2:1b)

•RECEPTIVERECEPTIVE

• John 17:8 – “For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have

received them, and have known surely that I came out

from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send

me.”• Psalms 119:11 – “Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.”

The The PrecedentPrecedent

• We mustWe must INCLINE our EAR INCLINE our EAR unto wisdom (unto wisdom (2:2a)2:2a)

• We mustWe must APPLY OUR APPLY OUR HEART to understanding. HEART to understanding.

(2:2b)(2:2b)• We mustWe must CRY OUT for CRY OUT for

KNOWLEDGE (KNOWLEDGE (2:3 a2:3 a))• We mustWe must LIFT OUR VOICE LIFT OUR VOICE

for UNDERSTANDING for UNDERSTANDING ((2:3b2:3b))

•RESPONSIVERESPONSIVE

Amos 8:11 – “Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in

the land, not a famine of bread, nor

a thirst for water, but of hearing the

words of the LORD”

• We mustWe must INCLINE our EAR INCLINE our EAR unto wisdom (unto wisdom (2:2a)2:2a)

• We mustWe must APPLY OUR APPLY OUR HEART to understanding. HEART to understanding.

(2:2b)(2:2b)• We mustWe must CRY OUT for CRY OUT for

KNOWLEDGE (KNOWLEDGE (2:3 a2:3 a))• We mustWe must LIFT OUR VOICE LIFT OUR VOICE

for UNDERSTANDING for UNDERSTANDING ((2:3b2:3b))

•RESPONSIVERESPONSIVE

The The PrecedentPrecedent

• We mustWe must SEEK and SEEK and SEARCH for God’s SEARCH for God’s

Wisdom as you would for Wisdom as you would for silver and hid treasure silver and hid treasure

((2:4)2:4)

•RESOLVEDRESOLVED

• Job 23:12 “Neither have I gone back from

the commandment

of his lips; I have esteemed

the words of His mouth

more than my necessary

food.”

JeremiJeremiahah• Jeremiah 15:16Jeremiah 15:16 – –

““Thy words were Thy words were found, and I did found, and I did

eat them; eat them; and thy and thy word was unto word was unto me the joy and me the joy and

rejoicing of mine rejoicing of mine heartheart: for I am : for I am

called by thy name, called by thy name, O LORD God of O LORD God of

hosts.”hosts.”

Revelation 3:14-17 – “And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen,

the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God; I

know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold

or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I

will spue thee out of my mouth. Because thou sayest, I am rich, and

increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou

art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked”

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