Seeking His Wisdom

Good morning and welcome in everybody. Today, we are going to take a look at a passage of scripture from the book of 2nd Peter.

2 Peter 3:18 But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.

Scriptures teach us that the people of God perish because of their lack of knowledge, and in order to become good at anything, it requires, learning, learning, learning! Whenever somebody wants to work in a certain profession, they will go off to a college somewhere to be educated in the things that they need to know. This is so they can eventually be successful at what they do. In order to live a successful life for the Lord, we must learn how to become a Christian, which only happens through the knowledge of His will. 

Colossians 3:9-10  Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds; And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:

To be saved eternally, one must apply their heart to understand the will of God.

Proverbs 2:1-7 My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee; So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding; Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding; If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures; Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God. For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding. He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.

So one of the reasons why people will come up short of eternal life, is their refusal to study God’s Word, or to hear it taught and preached. Many people who claim to be Christian, are like a high school student, who gets off the bus in the morning, and then plays hooky by skipping classes the entire day with his friends. You can’t learn the will of God unless you seek His Divine knowledge. Those who play hooky when it comes to obtaining the wisdom of God, are going to perish. 

Hosea 4:6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee,….

I’ve been to many places where you couldn’t even find a King James Bible in the building. I’ve heard people speak from a pulpit, without any reference to God’s Holy Word. Ignorance does not save people. The only way to truly be born again and eventually end up in heaven is to become completely transformed by the knowledge and application of Holy Scripture in your daily lives. 

1 Peter 1:23 Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.

This is why some people are going to fail at obtaining eternal life, because they never really learned the things that God wanted them to do, which are found throughout the teachings of the New Testament. The church is like a Spiritual college, or a religious elementary School, where we begin to learn the rudiments of our faith through the preaching of God’s Holy Word.

2 Timothy 4:1-4 I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom; Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.

The path to eternal life begins with Spiritual education, and it will only be gained when you apply your heart to seeking the wisdom of God. 

Ecclesiastes 1:13 And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.

People would walk for miles to listen to Jesus preach, and stay for days on end, just to learn the will of God. But many people’s hearts are diverted from learning, which is why many kids drop out of school, or never finish college. Something else becomes more important to them, whether it’s a girlfriend, a different job offer, or anything that takes their attention away from learning the things that they need to know. 

Mark 4:19 And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.

This is why you must be very careful about what is most important in your life. Our hearts must be placed upon Jesus and His teachings above and beyond anything else, otherwise your own salvation hangs in the balance. 

1 John 2:15-17 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

Matthew 6:33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

Obviously, you cannot do the will of God, unless you learn the will of God, and the choice to seek Divine knowledge is completely up to you. No one can make that choice for you, neither can they make you sit in a college classroom. You have to develop a heart to seek the things of God. Above and beyond all things, Solomon desired God’s wisdom, which is a desire that every Christian should possess. 

James 1:5-7 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.

The queen of the South desired wisdom so much that she diligently sought out Solomon. 

Luke 11:31 The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and condemn them: for she came from the utmost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.

Sometimes people will only seek God when they are on the verge of death. They get scared, and then all of a sudden will begin reading a Bible. But a month later when they recover, back into the world they will go, and completely forget about God. Ignorance does not save you, it leads to the second death.

Psalms 9:17 The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.

I was never very good in school, and almost didn’t get my diploma, and would have failed some of my classes without the grace of a few of my teachers. Some things that we learn in school are not important to us, but we will excel at the things that we truly love. What you love is what you will become! To become a Christian, we must love the one whom we follow, and it all begins by,……

…….Seeking His Wisdom

Let’s think about these things for right now. We can be found on your web browser by searching, tlkjbc where you can find our diaries distributed through various platforms. We are not associated, nor affiliated with any other religious groups. You can get our entire podcast feeds directly, along with transcripts at tlkjbc.com or I suppose that you could find us somewhere up here, in the Great Northern Minnesota woods. Peace to you all, and Lord willing, we will talk with you some more tomorrow. Till then, bye bye everybody.

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