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E arthly w isdom vs s piritual w isdom

We all have a desire to be wise. We all It is very easy to move away from God the race of life to be at the top are we
wish to understand how things work, towards all the worldly pleasures. We losing our spiritual values.
want to be clever enough to answer the may have to stand against the world, So how can we gain spiritual wisdom?
deepest questions of life. In Romans 8:6 family and friends, battle with our own By listening to the Spirit, Memory Column

we read “For to be cardinally minded is desire that lets us build ourselves a city 1Corinthians2:12-14 says “We have
death but to be spiritually minded is and a tower whose top is in the heaven; not received the spirit of the world but
life and peace”. We seek and search out abroad over the face of the whole earth” the spirit who is from God that we may
wisdom and knowledge of things of this Where does such a wisdom come from? understand what is from God that we
world just as King Solomon did. James wrote, “Such wisdom does not may understand what God has freely

king Solomon asked God for the wisdom come from heaven but is earthly, given to us”. A man without spirit
to rule his people. Instead of requesting unspiritual, of the devil. Man’s first doesn’t accept the things that come
material riches, comforts or pleasure, recorded act of poor judgment in the from the spirit of the God for they are
Solomon desired for wisdom. Solomon Garden of Eden, when Adam ate of the foolishness to them.
begins his royal reign as the wisest forbidden tree, which they saw was *By meditating on God’s word
man on earth with great wealth and desirable for gaining wisdom. They A person can get good education in
honor. At some point in his life, he grew forgot to obey Lord’s Command for school and even gain earthly wisdom

to love God’s blessing more than God. their own self-interest. How can one with life experiences but the source of
He elevated his earthly wisdom above decide tht act he does is according to the spiritual wisdom is God and His words.
Godly wisdom and forgot that it was the spiritual wisdom or not? James 1:5 “If any of you lack wisdom he
wisdom of God that answers every need Jeremiah 17:9 says the heart is deceitful should ask God who gives generously to
and gives the true perspective of life’s above all things and desperately wicked. all without finding faults and it will be
deepest questions, and lost everything If we intend of follow our heart it will given to you”

as a result. definitely mislead. Our God is generous, what he has done
God’s desire to give his divine wisdom to There are things that one does for us is immeasurable. He is readily
all of us, and all other types of learning knowingly or unknowingly in their willing to bless us with wisdom but we
are valuable but limited unless built lives. But today lets pause for a second have to ask for it.
upon the knowledge of Lord Himself. and think “are we doing it right?”. In

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