“ Walking With Wisdom ”

1. “WalkingWithWisdom”

2. The Preface

3. Mark 12:30 – “And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.”

5. Acts 13:22 – “And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will.”

6. 2 times • Psalms 18:1 – “I will love thee, O LORD, my strength.” • Psalms 116:1 – “I love the LORD, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications.”

7. Psalm119alone… • 11times!

8. John 1:14 – “And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.”

9. John 1:18 – “No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.”

10. Psalms 138:2 – “I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.”

11. 2 Timothy 4:4 – “And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.” • John 17:17 - Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth. • John 14:6 – “Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by Me.”

12. The Person

13. 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.”

14. 1 Corinthians 8:2 – “And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know.”

15. John 1:1 – “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”

16. 1 John 5:7 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.

17. 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.”

18. 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.”

19. Hebrews 4:12 – “For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.”

20. Hebrews 4:13 – “Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.”

21. 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”

22. The Person

23. 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”

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

25. The Power

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

27. 2 Timothy 1:7 – “For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.”

28. The Purpose

29. The Promise

30. The Precedent

31. RECEPTIVE • We must RECEIVE His WoRDS (2:1a) • We must HIDE His COMMANDMENTS. (2:1b)

32. 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.”

33. 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) A “wise man”:

34. RECEPTIVE • We must RECEIVE His WoRDS (2:1a) • We must HIDE His COMMANDMENTS. (2:1b)

35. John 17:8 – “For I havegiven unto them the wordswhich thou gavest me; and they havereceived them, and have knownsurely 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.”

36. The Precedent

37. RESPONSIVE • We must INCLINE our EAR unto wisdom (2:2a) • We must APPLY OUR HEART to understanding. (2:2b) • We must CRY OUT for KNOWLEDGE (2:3 a) • We must LIFT OUR VOICE for UNDERSTANDING (2:3b)

38. 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”

39. RESPONSIVE • We must INCLINE our EAR unto wisdom (2:2a) • We must APPLY OUR HEART to understanding. (2:2b) • We must CRY OUT for KNOWLEDGE (2:3 a) • We must LIFT OUR VOICE for UNDERSTANDING (2:3b)

40. The Precedent

41. RESOLVED • We must SEEK and SEARCH for God’s Wisdom as you would for silver and hid treasure (2:4)

42. 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.”

43. Jeremiah • Jeremiah 15:16 – “Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts.”

44. 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”

45. The Procurement

46. “WalkingWithWisdom”