Wednesday, January 13, 2010

With All Wisdom


Col 1:28 ESV Him we proclaim, warning everyone and teaching everyone with all wisdom, that we may present everyone mature in Christ.

Col 1:9 ESV And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,).

This is in direct opposition to worldly wisdom. There is a major difference between the two.  Worldly wisdom relies on self to use purely our own reasoning to teach.  However, spiritual wisdom relies on the Holy Spirit and purely His reasoning to teach.

When you are discipling someone you need to lead them to the word. This happens in a small group situation where they can see how you live your life. When I have discipled others and a question comes up about life…about marriage, about parenting, about salvation, about anything…I go to the word. What do the Scriptures say about it? When we go to the Scriptures, we are teaching them with all Spiritual wisdom.

They also learn this spiritual wisdom from seeing your life.

1Co 11:1 ESV Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ.

So to teach spiritual wisdom we must know the word first so we can show others the word. Then, we must live our lives by the wisdom we have personally received from the word.

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