GOD'S WISDOM

The Kingdom of God is not about food and drink or a matter of talk, but is of power,

 righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.         Rom. 14: 17 , 1 Cor. 4:20

It is the power of the Spirit that gives wisdom – teaching us about the fear of the LORD.

And the wisdom of God is the fear of the LORD.

And the fear of the LORD is understanding.

Knowledge without understanding is the wisdom of man.

Read 1 Cor. 1: 18 - chp 2

             

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-what is inside us will be manifested outwardly.

-God taught his people what kind of manner is required when their came before him.

           10 And the LORD said to Moses, “Go to the people and consecrate them today and
         tomorrow. Have them wash their clothes 11 and be ready by the third day, because
         on that day the LORD will come down on Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people.
         12 Put limits for the people around the mountain and tell them, ‘Be careful that you
         do not go up the mountain or touch the foot of it. Whoever touches the mountain
         shall surely be put to death. 13 He shall surely be stoned or shot with arrows; not a
         hand is to be laid on him. Whether man or animal, he shall not be permitted to live.
         ‘Only when the ram’s horn sounds a long blast may they go up to the mountain. “

          14 After Moses had gone down the mountain to the people, he consecrated them,
         and they washed their clothes. 15 Then he said to the people, “Prepare yourselves
          for the third day. Abstain from sexual relations. “    Exodus 19:10-15

Thousands years ago when God wanted to meet with his people, he made his requirement known first. Do you know why?! Because the character of the people needed to match God’s. Did you see what requirement God demanded?

1 – Consecration

      It Is a representation/requirement of the inside, should be kept holy, set apart..sanctify..

2 – Cleanliness

      It is a requirement of the outside, of which I believe God is really concerned about this  

      area about us.  Dirtiness comes from the unclean spirits but by the power of God, people   
      can be set free. If we fail in this area, we have failed the first requirement, for what is in
      the inside it will  manifested on the outside.

Nowadays :-

1 - We are the temple for the living God –

      We are to fulfill every requirement of God whom God has given us the power to cast out
      all unclean spirit because we are His dwelling place.  We are his habitation. We don’t  
      need to set a time for consecration and cleanse to meet him for He lives in us and He is     
      with us. 

2 - And we are called to sit at Jesus feet –

     This means that we need to hear/listen, following his voice .

     Before whoever touches the foot of the mountain must be put to death, because the
     Holy Spirit has not been poured out to them yet, therefore they may not have the power  
     to cast out evil spirit.

                    9 When you are encamped against your enemies, keep away from everything                

                  impure. 10 If one of your men is unclean because of a nocturnal emission, he
                  is to go outside the camp and stay there.
                     11 but as evening approaches he is to wash himself, and at sunset he may

                  return to the camp.

                     12 Designate a place outside the camp where you can go to relieve yourself.
                  13 As part of your equipment have something to dig with, and when you
                   relieve yourself, dig a hole and cover up your excrement. 14 For the LORD
                   your God moves about in your camp to protect you and to deliver your enemies
                   to you. Your camp must be holy, so that he will not see among you anything      
                   indecent and turn away from you.  Deu. 23:9-14

Do you think that our environment and cleanliness doesn’t matter to God!!?

God desires us to put everything in a proper order and clean ways.

 God does really care about the way we live.

What more if God himself dwells within us now.

Dirtiness is not of God.

              2 the LORD said to Gideon, “ You have too many men for me to deliver

             Midian into their hands. In order that Israel may not boast against me
             that her own strength has saved her,
               3 announce now to the people, ‘anyone who trembles with fear may turn
             back and leave Mount Gilead.’ “So twenty-two thousand men left, while
             ten thousand remained.
               4 But the LORD said to Gideon, “There are still too many men. Take them
             down to the water, and I will sift them for you there. If I say, ‘This one shall
             go with you, ‘he shall go, but if I say,‘ This one shall not go with you, ‘ he shall
              not go.”
                5 So Gideon took the men down to the water. There the LORD told him,
             “Separate those who lap the water with their tongues like a dog from
              those who kneel down to drink.”
                6 three hundred men lapped with their hands to their mouths. All the rest
              got down on their knees to drink.
                7 The LORD said to Gideon, “With the three hundred men that lapped I
               will save you and give the Midianites into your hands. Let all the other
               men go, each to his own place,” 8 So Gideon sent the rest of the Israelites
               to their tents but kept the three hundred, who took over the provisions
              and trumpets of the others.   Judges 7:2-8

Now..do you see how God tests us by our ‘ways’ of doing things,  he will judge our action, isn’t it?

And he will reject those who don’t apply understanding to their deeds/conduct.

Without applying the fear of the LORD, we are not able to overcome the enemies within us..and so ..they (the evil)  take over our life and manifest their ugly behavior, so that it will be seen by others through our way of life, deeds/conducts and in our environment.

-only those who apply the wisdom of God will be acceptable.

                 How long will you lie there, you sluggard? When will you get up

                 from your sleep?  A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of
                 the hands to rest—and poverty will come on you like a bandit and
                 scarcity like an armed man.    Prov. 6:9

 

 Wisdom of God is not mixed with arrogant and richness.

God said to the lukewarm Christian-repent and buy gold refined in the fire from him. And to the Pharisees, clean the inside first.

Wisdom of God can be applied to the poor, humble and meek—by faith their will receive grace from God for progressing and advancing their journey with their LORD.

While the arrogant need to repent of their prideful sin before their able to apply the wisdom of God.

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I believe that God will also judge our behavior and environment regarding cleanliness,

both spiritually and physically.

What and who we are now determines our destiny – what is inside us will be manifested outwardly.

Look at what is said in Zech. 3:8 :-

                                                         

                         “ ‘Listen, O high priest Joshua and your associates seated before

                                you,  who are men symbolic of things to come: I am going to
       

                                              bring my servant,  the Branch.  Zech 3:8

We are called to reign with Christ, right ?

                            
-And if we are willing to change, there is no need to worry about the ability and strength because God will give grace.

                  For everyone who has will be given more and he will have abundance.

                     Whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him.
                                                                       Matt. 25:29

And don’t worry about how long it takes to be able to come up to God’s standard of living because according to Zec. 3:9 God can change thing in one single day.

                           See, the stone I have set in front of Joshua! There are seven eyes on

                          that one stone, and I will engrave an inscription on it, ‘ says the LORD

                             Almighty, ‘and I will removed the sin of this land in a single day.’
                                                                            Zech 3:9 

 

I believe that God created us to be like him. We must be transformed into God’s likeness. If God’s infinite wisdom is the craftsman when he made this beautiful world- how he put all things in perfect order, it means that we also need to know how to take care of our environment and ways of living. We must be perfect like God. So that after we have bore fruits and planted vineyard, we can teach others His ways.

                “ ‘In that day each of you will invited his neighbor to sit under his vine

                                  and fig tree, ‘ declares the LORD Almighty.” Zech. 3:10

Jesus is Lord !!

   Rita

                                   

         LETTER 1

All this also comes from the LORD Almighty, wonderful in counsel and

magnificent in wisdom.  (Isa. 28:29)

The LORD gives wisdom to teach us how to live and do things according

to His standard.

Those who are wayward in spirit will gain understanding; those who

complain will accept instruction.  (Isa. 29:24)

The LORD will give understanding and instruct us the way we should go.

Instead of complaining, we should find out what we fall short of.

For the LORD gives wisdom, and from His mouth come knowledge and understanding.   (Prov. 2:6 )

For they will prolong life many years and bring you prosperity.  (Prov. 3:2)

I love those who love me and those who seek me find me. With me are

riches and honor, enduring wealth and prosperity.  (Prov. 17-18)

I believe that when we apply God’s infinite wisdom and get understanding, we

will be in proper health and wealth, both physically and financially.

Rich and poor have this in common: The LORD is the maker of them all.  (Prov. 22:2)

God have no respecter of person.

‘God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.’   (James 4:6)

Remember that the bible John 1:14-18 tells us that he is full of grace and truth.

By wisdom a house is build and through understanding it is established;

through knowledge its rooms are filled with rare and beautiful treasures.

(Prov. 24:3-4)

I believe that the LORD will care and consider about how we live-

Both in our environment and our behavior.

This also will tell us who we are and what we are.

“The LORD brought me forth as the first of His works, before His deeds of old;

 …Then I was the craftsman at His side…”   (Prov. 8:22)

By wisdom the Lord laid the earth’s foundations, by understanding He set the

 heavens in place; by His knowledge the deeps were divided,  and the clouds let

 drop the dew.  (Prov. 3:19 )

Wisdom is the craftsman when God made the world.

The world is created through God’s glorious wisdom and we are called

to be like Him. Wisdom should be seen in our words, in the manners

how we choose to live, in our works and in our environment.

Where we are is what we are; where and what we are now will determine our

destiny both here on earth and in eternity.

‘But seek ye first the kingdom of God’   (Matt 6:33)

God’s Kingdom is all made up of God glorious and infinite wisdom;

both in the spiritual and in the secular world.

                       LETTER 2

By wisdom, the Lord laid the foundation of the Earth; by understanding,

He set the heavens in place; by His knowledge, the deeps were divided,

and the clouds let drop the drew.       Proverbs 3:19

God is Wisdom. We are created through Wisdom. We are called to be like Him- full of wisdom in our words, in our lives, in our deeds and in where we are and what we do, that we may glorify Him. It is in His will for us to walk in wisdom.

There will be advancement and upgrading with Wisdom. Therefore, Wisdom often leads to changes- changes in the way we think, in the way we do things, in the way we react and in the way we live (which is always reflected outwardly in our appearance, personality, works, conduct, behavior, environment and our culture)

For grace and wisdom to be added to us, there must be an evidence of willingness to change and improve within us, so that it will be manifested outwardly in our live and our environment. It is incorrect for us to stay in our old ways and yet ask for change and advancement.

16“No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment for the patch will pull away from the garment, making the tear worse. 17 Neither do men pour new wine

 into old wineskins, If they do, the skins will burst, the wine will run out and the

wineskins will be ruined. No, they pour new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved.”   Matt. 9:16-17

It is natural for us to constantly change from glory to glory even as God’s Holy Spirit guides us.

And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord’s glory, are being transformed

 into his likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.   2Cor. 3:18

Will it be right for us to refuse this transformation and stay back in our

comfort zone?

Similarly, in our secular life, will it be right for us to remain in the ethnicity

of living and dwell forever in our traditional norms without advancement?

Will that reflects the wisdom of our Lord?

         Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is,

                                     there is freedom.    2 Cor. 3:17

Jesus has come with a radical gospel of Good News to the poor, the oppressed, the sick, and the brokenhearted. Luke 4:18-19.

Jesus came to help us to return anew our love for God and for one's neighbor, to do mercy and love justice and walk humbly with our God, which can only be fulfilled by the leading of the Holy Spirit.

Yes, legalism and an external faith are problems of every generation within the Kingdom.

The bible said that there is freedom in Christ, so we must not become entangled again in a legalistic religion trying to pass itself off as Christianity.

 
            It is for freedom that Christ has set us free.  Gal. 5:1

Fight in order not to fall back to what is familiar and comfortable. Rather, launch out into a life led not by laws and regulations, but the Voice of the Spirit of God.

Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from

the Law until everything is accomplished.   Matt 5:17

He doesn't come to set aside the law, but to strip away human’ precious oral tradition so people can see the power and spirit of the Law, and repent to preparing for the coming of the Kingdom.

Read Romans 8:1-21.

Our mindset should be renewed in Christ Jesus- renewed by the knowledge of His truth and the wisdom of our Lord.

                 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation;

                                The old is gone, the new has come!  2 Cor.5:17

“Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past.

See, I am doing a new thing!

Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?

I am making a way in the desert and streams in the wasteland.”

Isaiah 43:18-19

“See to it no one misses the grace of God “

 

 

Glory to God !!

Rita