A wise guy calls out the wiseguys.John Farley
Pastor-Teacher Sunday, December 27, 2015 Chosen People Ministries exists to pray for, evangelize, disciple, and serve Jewish people everywhere and to help fellow believers do the same. Today, Chosen People Ministries serves in sixteen countries across the globe. Their outreach programs include evangelism and discipleship, Messianic Centers and congregations, equipping the local church for Jewish evangelism, print and web publications, and benevolence work. With your help, they will continue proclaiming the Good News through Jesus the Messiah to Jewish people around the world.
Practical Christianity: I know where to go to learn how to play the piano, or to master carpentry or plumbing… … but where do I go to learn how to master the art of daily living?? Can’t anybody help me start to MAKE SENSE OF IT ALL??? Jam 1:5-8 I am just not wise enough yet to know how to handle this stuff. How do you get wisdom? What does God say in His word? How do you get wisdom? Jam 1:5 Ask God for it. What is “wisdom”? chokmah : mastery of the art of living in accordance with God’s expectations. The knowledge and ability to make the right choices at the opportune time. Wisdom is mastery of the best ways of doing things to achieve the desired result. Wisdom is knowing the right thing to do, and then doing it. Solomon, king of Israel, became the wisest man in the Old Testament by asking God for wisdom. It is called the book of the Proverbs. The book of the Proverbs is a “how-to” book. That makes it a book of wisdom. How to make the right choices and take the right actions in our daily lives. Solomon was He turned his back on God’s wisdom and ended up doing evil in God’s sight. Proverbs chapter 1 deals with something that plagues us today: violence.
You can lift his words and place them side by side with today’s headlines and they will RESONATE. Robert Jones First, recognize the events and fears of our time in chapter 1 of Proverbs. Then take his advice! Proverbs is Jesus Christ speaking with His master workman, wisdom. Let this wise guy speak to the wiseguys, the dispensers of doom, death and violence. He will give us the wisdom we need Pro 1:1-33 But they lie in wait for their own blood; So are the ways of everyone who gains by violence; Mat 26:52-53 Mat 26:52 Mat 26:52 Pro 26:27 Former Tulsa Gang Member Says Life of Crime Isn’t Worth It “But he who listens to me shall live securely Pro 3:21-35
|