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robonski15:
since i started raising melange, i have had no cause of regret table size is over saturated..

on point bro i started dis biz majorly for melange..
I smoke dem.myself also

greetings to u all just dropd by to hail our men dem was wit a big time bro. Ay by name and learnt sometins as well am really ejoying dis NL tour i luv dis spirit. kips gettin interestin day by day.
hope to meet some more.

TOPIC: Envy Forbidden!

"Thursday, January 22, 2015"

*TEXT: JOHN 1:29-34*

*"Key Verse: “This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me” (John 1:30)."*
A flourishes and attracts the vibrant Christian fellowship presence of God where there is no envy and acrimony, where everyone accepts his or her call to serve others and where the pursuit of God’s glory is the cardinal objective.
In today’s text, John the Baptist did not harbour envy for Jesus Christ. He told everybody that he was not the Christ but His forerunner. And when he saw Jesus coming to him, he lavished Him with sincere compliments, praise and good introduction: “Behold the Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world…”.
The church will be a better place if brethren realise the need to work in harmony, recognising the gifts of others and giving those who are appointed to lead the chance and cooperation to do so without antagonism and envy. The Lord will also work among His people in greater measure if and when the spirit of unity is given a free reign in our midst. It requires everybody’s effort to promote a blemish-free fellowship in the household of faith.
The spirit of the world must not be imported into the church. It is in the world that people kill and malign one another because of power. That should not be the lifestyle of those who are called by the name of the Lord. Parochial dictates such as envy and jealousy are off-limits for true Christian assemblies. Holiness and righteousness with sincerity of purpose must be the bedrock of all Christian gatherings. God commands His blessings upon rancour-free congregations only.
*BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: 18 - 19*
*"THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: Envy and jealousy spoil Christian fellowship."*
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Belexy:
Im at ur service sir. Just give me like two days notice so i can make my self available for ur visit.

its ok sir i will

elOnuh:
soldiers of God most nt b found sleeping on guard.
We need to upgrade our actions against d iniquities/evil products of d world so as to make it a better place for d children of God

Thx for your contribution you are right on point we need less talk and more action more living the christian life as a lifestyle and not in words only

TOPIC: Be Sensitive

Wednesday, January 21, 2015

TEXT: DANIEL 9:1-3

Key Verse: “And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes” (Daniel 9:3).

God had continued to show Daniel what would transpire towards the close of the age. In the first year of Darius, king over the Chaldeans, Daniel’s eyes were opened to understand that the prophecy of Prophet Jeremiah that the children of Israel would spend 70 years in captivity in Babylon before returning to Jerusalem was almost completely fulfilled. That gave him a serious concern so much that he decided to seek the face of God in prayer and supplications with fasting, sackcloth and ashes.

The Christian’s journey is a constant warfare. There is no rest for a Christian soldier. Daniel was always burdened by the plight of Israel and never ceased to pray and fast for their well-being. He led a life of supplication on their behalf, always standing in the gap for God to have mercy.

In our days, our countries have been sold to sin and the devil. A lot of unbelievable things take place under our very eyes, yet we remain unmoved! Some believers rationalise the clear signs of the end as just part of changes in society. Do we pray for our countries, leaders and fellow citizens of our nations? Do we supplicate for fellow believers who are daily undergoing persecutions across the world? Do we pray for the souls of people who have given themselves up to be used of the devil to do all manner of evil things in society? Except God’s people pray, the society will continue to decay and workers of iniquity will continue to gain the upper hand.

Daniel’s life is a challenge to every genuine child of God to be concerned about events around them. Daniel was following events and relating such events to what the Scripture says. We must be alive to happenings around us and be able to relate them to the Scripture. It is by so doing that we shall be conscious of heaven.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: ACTS 15 - 17

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: Soldiers of Christ must not be found sleeping on guard.

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humble007:
you're welcome sir.
lets see what their size will look like in a week or two then I will feed you back sir.

thx sir am patiently waiting

Fhemmmy:
Awesome, remember to share pictures here too....

definitely i will sir

humble007:
THANKS FOR COMMING

Haaa thx for coming ke abi thanks so much for ur spared time good job bro keep d flag flying

i was with humble007 today with his formula 101 it was really impressing. we still have loving people in Nigeria i must tell you av met few people on nairaland and am happy with most of them they have been helpful encouraging and challenging they all got me inspired.

Those fishes are doing great i just stocked 2200 pieces and and going to feed them with durante for 1month 1-2wks and start with formula 101

Will run updates here.

Thanks so much for your precious time out of no time and your transparency you are a rare gem... pls i will disturb you often oh and dont let me out of ur experiment wen done....
Shout out to Dr Belexy heard so much abt you i will be visiting you soon

TOPIC: Spread Some Cheers!

Tuesday, January 20, 2015

TEXT: PROVERBS 12:17-28

Key Verse: “Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad” (Proverbs 12:25).

There are increasing number of problems in the world today. With the collapse of many economies, jobs are failing fast, businesses are collapsing and homes are crumbling. Our newsstands are daily filled with stories of gloom – terrorists’ attacks, kidnappings, outbreaks of strange diseases with no known medical cure, uprisings, natural disasters and daily forecast and predictions of future woes. Coupled with these are the innumerable personal and family problems that many face. All these seem to live one with no desire to want to continue to live, hence the increasing rate of suicides and attempted suicides everywhere.

The sad reactions to these are the antagonisms, bitterness, brutality and violence being experienced everywhere. To survive, many have devised false methods. Nobody seems to be telling the truth. Many live on false identities and lying has become the new form of diplomacy. But these do not seem to be solving the problems as lies, falsehoods and deceits result in disappointments and heartbreaks bringing about more bitterness and hatred. This is a very vicious cycle!

Our text today provides for us the way out – speaking the truth! Honest words are very potent. Truth heals and cures all forms of ailments. As Christians, it is our responsibility and calling to always speak the truth. However, as we speak the truth it must be with love. If the truth is spoken with the wrong intention, it could be more damaging. This is why the Bible admonishes us to speak the truth with love. There is already so much trouble in the world. We must not add to it. Rather, we should seek ways of relieving the world of the pains it is groaning under. Let’s spread some cheers. Seek out people who are hurting and burdened, and speak some words of hope and cheer to them. In Christ, the hopeless finds hope. Speak of Christ to them.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: ACTS 13 - 14

THOUGHT FOR TODAY: The gospel is the cheering news the world needs today; spread it!

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humble007:
here do you stay?
I stay at governors road ikotun.
I will text you my no

i go reach ur side today am at Ejigbo

humble007:
I will give you a call by weekend sir.

ok, but can i call now then u can give me ur no. pls

humble007:
from fingerlings, it will be two months tomorrow. collected them november

Thank you sir that is splendid pls how do i reach you buzz or sms this no. i will reach you 07037825247 or add me 7aabc8cb

humble007:
SMANS FARMS

how many months r those fishes from fingerlings or post

Systematic Expository Study of God’s Word 19/01/2015

Study 04: PATTERN OF THE LIFE OF FAITH

TEXT: Hebrews 11:8-12

Without faith, it is impossible to please God (Hebrews 11:6). To please God, each of us must live by faith in Christ. Abel, Enoch, Noah had faith in God and He testified of them that they pleased Him. In Abel, we learn the commencement of the life of faith; Enoch teaches us the characteristics of the continuity of the life of faith; Noah’s life and action instruct us on the conviction and courage of the life of faith. The Scripture challenges us to let “Christ dwell in [our] hearts by faith” (Ephesians 3:17), to “live by faith” (Galatians 2:20), to pray in faith (James 1:6), to resist our adversary, the devil, by faith (1 Peter 5:8,9), to overcome the world by faith (1 John 5:4), to “walk by faith” (2 Corinthians 5:7).

To please God and to walk with Him, we are to “walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had being yet uncircumcised” (Romans 4:12). Abraham’s life of faith provides a pattern for our faith. His life was nothing else, but a continual practice of faith. The first evidence of faith in his life is his obedience to God, when He called him out of his country. From then on, his life furnishes fuller details concerning the life of faith.

1. THE PILGRIMAGE OF FAITH
Hebrews 11:8; Genesis 12:1-4; Joshua 24:2,3; Acts 7:2-4; Isaiah 51:2; Romans 1:5; Luke 5:32; 1 Thessalonians 4:7; Acts 13:2; 2 Peter 1:10.

“By faith, Abraham, when he was called to go out... obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went” (Hebrews 11:8 ). “The Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee” (Genesis 12:1). What a challenge to his faith this was! He was called to go out of idolatry, not out of the family of God (Joshua 24:2,3; Isaiah 51:1,2). What a testing of faith this was – to be converted at 75! Abraham was already seventy-five years of age (Genesis 12:4) and long journeys and break-up of old associations are not easily undertaken by elderly people. To forsake the old life, to leave loved ones and family idolatry behind, to abandon present certainty for a future uncertainty, to go forth, not knowing where, must have seemed unreasonable to the flesh and carnal reasoning; only faith could do such a thing in answer to God’s call.

A practical separation from the world is demanded of us, for “the friendship of the world is enmity with God” (James 4:4 ). As it was contrary to nature for Abraham to leave family and idolatry, so it is equally contrary to nature for the Christian to separate from the world and crucify the flesh. Abraham “obeyed; and he went out”. He obeyed not only in word, but in deed. “By faith, Abraham... obeyed” (Hebrews 11:8 ). Faith and obedience can never be separated just as the sun and light or fire and heat can never be separated.

“He went out, not knowing whither he went”. At the time God called him, He did not specify which land he was to journey to, nor where it was located. It was by faith, real faith in the Living God, and not by sight, that he moved forward. Many so-called Christians only obey God after considering their own personal interests. God requires unqualified obedience from us. The path of obedience must be trod, if ever you are to reach heaven. No disobedient soul who is wrapped up in self will enter heaven.

2. THE PROOF AND PATIENCE OF FAITH
Hebrews 11:9,10; Genesis 13:12,14-18; 17:8; 26:2-5; Acts 7:5; Hebrews 11:10; 12:28; 13:14; John 14:2.

“By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country...” (Hebrews 11:9). This verse brings before us the second proof of Abraham’s faith. In the previous verse, we are told of the place he left; here we are told of the place to which he was called. We learn from him the necessity of patience and constancy of faith in waiting for the fulfillment of the promise. As it was by faith that Abraham went out of Chaldaea, so it was by faith he remained out of his native idolatrous country. We come out of the world to come into Christ’s Kingdom by faith and remain separated from the world through faith.

Unless a supernatural work of grace had been wrought in Abraham’s heart, subduing his natural reasoning, he would not have remained in Canaan. He stayed there, “as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles”, patiently waiting for the inheritance. The Christian also has been begotten “to an inheritance” (1 Peter 1:4), but he does not fully enter into it (into heaven) the moment he is called “from death unto life”. He, too, waits patiently for that “inheritance reserved in heaven”.

“For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose Builder and Maker is God” (Hebrews 11:10). Walking by faith, not by sight, he set his heart and eyes upon things above and not upon things below. Faith lifts the heart above and beyond earthly things to desire spiritual and heavenly things.

3. THE POWER OF FAITH
Hebrews 11:11,12; Romans 4:19-21; Hebrews 10:23; Genesis 22:17; Deuteronomy 1:10; Nehemiah 9:23; Acts 10:43; 26:18; Hebrews 10:35-37.

Having spoken of Abraham’s faith, the apostle now makes mention of Sarah’s faith. What a great blessing it is when a husband and wife are both partners and partakers of living, dynamic faith – both moving in the same direction in faith. The believing husband and the believing wife are “heirs together of the grace of life” (1 Peter 3:7). Sarah’s faith shows the marvelous power of a God-given faith exercised in the presence of the most discouraging circumstances. Her faith was intensely practical, relying upon the faithfulness of God, absolutely and completely resting upon His promise. Her faith survived every trial to which it was exposed.

“Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed” (Hebrews 11:11). It is through FAITH that we receive Christ (John 1:12), “gladly receive the Word” (Acts 2:41; 8:14), “receive remission of sins” (Acts 10:43), “receive the Word of God, not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the Word of God” (1 Thessalonians 2:13), “receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness” (Romans 5:17), “receive inheritance among them which are sanctified” (Acts 26:18), “receive answers to prayer” (Mark 11:24), “receive the power and gift of the Holy Ghost” (Acts 1:8; 2:38,39), “receive the promise” (Hebrews 10:36), “receive of His fullness” (John 1:16).

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TOPIC: Contending For Holiness"

Monday, January 19, 2015"

*TEXT: 1 CORINTHIANS 3:1-4*

**"Key Verse: “For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?” (1 Corinthians 3:3)."**

When the head of government ofa country who was visiting another nation was told of a crisis back home, he cut short his trip and returned to address the domestic challenge. It would have been cruel and heartless of him to have continued the journey while his country was engulfed with unrest. A good and caring leader or shepherd in the household of God would behave the same way.
Our text today identifies Paul the apostle as a concerned guardian. About to close his three-year ministry in Ephesus during his third missionary journey, he was told about the divisive tendencies creeping into the Church at Corinth (1 Corinthians 1:10-13). It was a disheartening news for Paul who had spent one and a half years with the Corinthian Church teaching the brethren the pure and undiluted word of God (Acts 18:11). Now, he heard that these Corinthian Christians were poised to adapt to the low standards around them. Some of them had already compromised by breaking into factions engaging in incest, resorting to lawsuits to settle disputes between them, abusing spiritual gifts and manifesting unholy conduct at home, in the Church and in the public.
Although Paul could not stop his work in Ephesus to visit Corinth, he quickly dispatched a grave letter to the brethren to draw them back to the uncorrupted teaching of Christ. He warns that what they have been accused of are acts of carnality that should not be seen among genuine Christians. As a true shepherd, Paul told them the truth that liberates. He delivered to them “all the counsel of God” (Acts 20:27).
Fighting the good fight of faith, defending Christ’s doctrine of outward and inward holiness as qualification for entry into heaven is the responsibility of all believers. Wherever we are, God enjoins us to “contend for the faith once delivered to the saints” (Jude 3). It is our primary and sacred duty.
*BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: ACTS 11 - 12*
*"THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: A firm stand for holiness is a courageous stand for Christ."*
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TOPIC: God That Gives And Gives

Sunday, January 18, 2015

TEXT: NEHEMIAH 2:4-8

Key Verse: “Moreover I said unto the king, If it please the king, let letters be given me to the governors beyond the river, that they may convey me over till I come into Judah” (Nehemiah 2:7).

Everything we need for abundant kingdom life and blissful eternity with God has been provided in His holy word. This leaves us with no excuse of spiritual poverty or want of the fullness of divine blessings.

In our text, Nehemiah, for the good of his fatherland, asked king Artaxerxes for permission to build the walls of Jerusalem. No sooner had this primary request been granted than he presented a number of others that were supposed to make the first approval worthwhile. His bold and courageous faith was honoured as he had all his requests granted by the king.

God does not answer any thoughtless prayer. If we ask anything according to His promise and will, He will answer with speed. We are in danger of playing into the hands of our enemy the devil, if, when we lack solution to our needs and problems in life, we feel our requests to God need to be moderately presented. God never reprimands us for the frequency or great volumes of our requests as men would do. He rather chides us for our unbelief. God wants us to ask, but in faith. He gives us according to His riches. We will not enjoy much of His blessings if we do not ask at all. Yet, the best of His blessings are reserved for those who exercise faith in His omnipotence.

It is one of our privileges as Christians that we do not only go to God for what we daily need, but whenever a particular emergency or difficulty arises in the lives of others or neighbourhood, we may bring it before His throne, and we have the assurance that He will hear us. Therefore, if you want to receive and keep on receiving, then pray, pray and pray. God will answer in the fulness of time.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: ACTS 9 - 10

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: He will live with commonplace blessings who knows not how to ask.

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TOPIC: Holy Violence

"Saturday, January 17, 2015"

*TEXT: JOSHUA 10:38-43*

"*Key Verse: “And all these kings and their land did Joshua take at one time, because the LORD God of Israel fought for Israel” (Joshua 10:42).*"
Martin Luther was the catalyst of the reformation movement when Christians were brought back to trust God for their salvation. He was also an accomplished musician who taught the people a Christian song titled, “A mighty Fortress is our God.” This song, for centuries, has continued to move Christians to trust God and to accomplish great things no matter how difficult their challenges might be.
Joshua was commanded by God to destroy the enemy nations because of their evil and adulterous ways. Joshua who was a military leader captured their kings and utterly exterminated the inhabitants of the land. He continued his victorious campaign, conquering and destroying all nations that were marked for destruction.
God’s purpose for conquering and destroying these wicked nations must not be misunderstood. He was cleansing the land of evil and pollution, so that the Israelites whom He planned to become a channel of righteousness to the rest of the world, could settle there without any contamination. The wicked nations deserved what they got because they deviated from the righteousness of God and His holy precepts.
Like Joshua of old, when the Spirit of God is bringing conviction upon our hearts to mortify every work of the flesh, we must cooperate with Him. When God orders us to eliminate sin and all evil practices sinners engage in, we must not consider any other option. We must obey Him unreservedly. Strict obedience to God’s admonitions and precepts makes us to escape His judgment.
*BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: ACTS 7 -8*
*"THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: Clear the heart from all uncleanness and let the Holy Spirit dwell there"*
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TOPIC: Humility Is It

TEXT: JOHN 1:15-28

Key Verse: “He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe’s latchet I am not worthy to unloose” (John 1:27).

The way up is down. This is the paradox of life. Humility in the life of a man usually ushers in manifold blessings. On the other hand, pride incurs God’s punishment as the Scripture rightly states, “...for God resisteth the proud and giveth grace to the humble” (1 Peter 5:5).

John the Baptist, whose major ministry was to introduce Jesus Christ, bore witness to Christ with humility. Although born before Christ in the flesh, he still realized that Christ existed in eternity before his birth. So, he declared that Christ was the Lamb of God that came to take away the sins of the world. John’s personal testimony about Christ alarmed his audience. They thought he was Elijah or Christ. He declined but affirmed he was only a forerunner of Christ.

Like John, let us exalt Christ than self. And having experienced Christ’s fullness, we should humbly and relentlessly point sinners to Him as Saviour. Let us also consecrate our lives to Christ and ask Him to give us grace to remain humble. A life of daily crucifixion and yieldedness to Christ will keep us in unbroken communion and oneness with Him.

Christ wants to be exalted and glorified in your life every day. This can only happen after cleansing from outward and inbred sins. Pray and believe God for a change of heart and transformation of life. The wonderful work of grace can only be done in the life of people who humble themselves to submit to the convicting and transforming power of the Holy Spirit. It takes a greater measure of humility to continue in the Christian race, contend with the rigour of the spiritual life and eventually receive the
crown of righteousness.

Humility was the hallmark of the Saviour’s life and ministry while on earth. If we are to make a success of life and ministry, we must be as humble as He was.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: ACTS 5 - 6

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: Christ in you is the hope of glory.

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TOPIC: Simply Good!

Thursday, January 15, 2015

TEXT: GENESIS 1:20-23

Key Verse: “And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth” (Genesis 1:22).

Several times in the creation story, the Scripture says of each stage of divine accomplishment that: “And God saw that it was good.” A summary is given in Genesis 1:31 where the Bible declares: “And God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good”. Previously, the comment had been “good”; now after the creation of man in His image on the sixth day, he reviews His work and says it was “very good”.

God’s purpose for us His creatures here on earth is to reflect His incomparable glory, share His joy and life and worship Him in appreciation of His love. We are not to worship things created as the heathen do in deifying the sun, moon, waters, trees, the seas and animals. Nor are we to allow them guide our lives as astrology teaches.

When God says in Genesis 1:14, that the sun and the moon be for “signs”, He did not mean they are to serve as our spiritual or physical compass. He simply intended that the planets and stars should serve as signs that point to Him as well as mark the days, seasons and years. The believer should be wary of false astrological theorists who twist these divine purposes.

When the Bible says, “God blessed them” in verse 22, it means He delighted in His creatures and bestowed blessings on them. Christians following the footsteps of Jesus, the Son of God, should also delight in nature and its beauty as God did. Each day we wake up, we are expected to bless God for His awesome skills and wisdom in giving us life, which would culminate in eternal life in His Kingdom as a result of Jesus’ redemptive work at Calvary.

As believers, we should not contribute to the destruction of nature through sin, immorality and corrupt practices but pray to God to free nature from the deadly grip of sinful men and ecological degradation. When we pray thus, we shall be fulfilling God’s desire that will bring glory to His name.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: ACTS 3 -4

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: Worship and reverence God the Creator.

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TOPIC: Face The Reality

Wednesday. January 14, 2015

DANIEL 8:13-27

Key Verse: “And I Daniel fainted, and was sick certain days; afterward I rose up, and did the king’s business; and I was astonished at the vision, but none understood it” (Daniel 8:27).

A story was told of a young man who told his friend “I don’t read the Book of Revelation in the Bible”. When asked to explain why, he said: “I don’t just go there; it contains fearful things about
what will happen after now. I don’t just want to think about it.” Selective exposure to God’s word is a mistake many people still make today.

Daniel saw certain revelations that disturbed him, and rather than go his way saying, ‘what will be, will be’, he demanded for an interpretation of what he had seen. He said: “I Daniel fainted…” There are some pieces of information which could ordinarily agitate the mind and make one faint. But what we do after we had “fainted” matters a lot. Some people have, out of fear, given their lives to Christ. But a vast majority have hardened their hearts, waiting for doom’s day. No matter how we try to shy away from God’s word or try to change its meaning, it remains the same. Rather than try to cover or change the truth, let us direct our efforts into praying for grace to obey its precepts. No one can alter the plans of the Almighty.

Whenever we hear the word of God, we must be ready to obey. Those who try to avoid hearing God’s warning by avoiding places where the gospel is preached or by making the Bible their enemy will eventually discover that they have done themselves more harm than good. Daily, the word of God warns on the impending doom for those who spurn the invitation to accept the Lord as their personal Saviour. Today, you must arise unto righteousness and sin not.

THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: ACTS 1 - 2

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: God cannot change His programme for anyone.

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TOPIC: Mystery Of True Wisdom

"Monday, January 13, 2015"

*TEXT: 1 CORINTHIANS 2:6-16*

*"Key Verse: “But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory: Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory” (1 Corinthians 2:7,8 )."*
Ordinarily, wisdom is defined as the ability to assess issues and situations correctly, following the best course of action on the basis of sound knowledge and understanding. This is clearly different from the wisdom of the world, which seeks to measure all forms of wisdom merely on the basis of human knowledge, understanding and rationality.
The biblical concept of wisdom is quite different from the standard view which seeks to subject itsunderstanding of wisdom to philosophical and rational thought in explaining the deep mysteries of human existence. This has been described variously in the Scriptures as the wisdom of this world, human wisdom, the wisdom of men, the wisdom of this age and man’s wisdom.
In our text, Paul the apostle, in proffering answers to the questions of the Corinthian church, made it abundantly clear that there is a world of difference between biblical wisdom and the wisdom of the world. The first principle of biblical wisdom is that people should humble themselves before God in total obedience and reverential worship; and accept the message of the Cross as real and final.
Non-Christians do not see the gospel as the power of God unto salvation. One’s decision to follow the Lord seems to them foolish and silly. No one can comprehend God but believers are given the spirit to understand God’s plans. The world still clings to the wisdom of this age which eliminates God from the realm of man. The wisdom of God is a mystery. He has chosen both base and foolish things to confound the worldly wise. As you read this, the only true option open to you is to stop rationalizing the message of salvation, accept Christ and follow Him all the way. This is the only true type of wisdom that humanity needs today.
*THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: MATTHEW 27 - 28*
*"THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: True wisdom enables fallen man to reconcile with his creator"**"
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