-
Christian Chat is a moderated online Christian community allowing Christians around the world to fellowship with each other in real time chat via webcam, voice, and text, with the Christian Chat app. You can also start or participate in a Bible-based discussion here in the Christian Chat Forums, where members can also share with each other their own videos, pictures, or favorite Christian music.
If you are a Christian and need encouragement and fellowship, we're here for you! If you are not a Christian but interested in knowing more about Jesus our Lord, you're also welcome! Want to know what the Bible says, and how you can apply it to your life? Join us!
To make new Christian friends now around the world, click here to join Christian Chat.
Wisdom is not the same as knowledge.
Wisdom is the ability to make the right (and righteous) choices and decisions in all situations, and then act on them. Wisdom comes from God, and is given to those who are His children (who also have the fear or reverence of the Lord). But the books of Wisdom (Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Job, and Song of Solomon, even Psalms) are in Scripture to give believers practical guidance in wisdom.
There are many very intelligent and knowledgeable people who seriously lack wisdom. By the same token there are many ordinary and unlearned people who have great wisdom. Life experiences are meant to teach us wisdom, but that is not always the case. And many disastrous situations could have been avoided if people had simply used some wisdom and discretion (which go hand-in-hand).
Solomon's wisdom was illustrated by how he handled the issue of two women disputing over one child. He had no intention of killing the child, but by confronting the two mothers with this choice, he discovered who was the true mother.
Wisdom is the ability to make the right (and righteous) choices and decisions in all situations, and then act on them. Wisdom comes from God, and is given to those who are His children (who also have the fear or reverence of the Lord). But the books of Wisdom (Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Job, and Song of Solomon, even Psalms) are in Scripture to give believers practical guidance in wisdom.
There are many very intelligent and knowledgeable people who seriously lack wisdom. By the same token there are many ordinary and unlearned people who have great wisdom. Life experiences are meant to teach us wisdom, but that is not always the case. And many disastrous situations could have been avoided if people had simply used some wisdom and discretion (which go hand-in-hand).
Solomon's wisdom was illustrated by how he handled the issue of two women disputing over one child. He had no intention of killing the child, but by confronting the two mothers with this choice, he discovered who was the true mother.
It was not trickery but the concealing of his plan from everyone else. And that is wisdom.
In the world of Intelligence, "need to know" is a basic principle, so everyone does not have "Top Secret" clearance, only those with the need to know. That is wisdom, otherwise the enemies of a country will know exactly what is being discussed or planned, and sabotage it.
When Jesus began speaking in parables, His intention was to conceal spiritual truths from His enemies, and only reveal them to His disciples. So "seeing they would not see, and hearing they would not understand" because they had rejected Him. That was divine wisdom, since the principle was to not throw pearls before swine, or give dogs that which was holy.
In the world of Intelligence, "need to know" is a basic principle, so everyone does not have "Top Secret" clearance, only those with the need to know. That is wisdom, otherwise the enemies of a country will know exactly what is being discussed or planned, and sabotage it.
When Jesus began speaking in parables, His intention was to conceal spiritual truths from His enemies, and only reveal them to His disciples. So "seeing they would not see, and hearing they would not understand" because they had rejected Him. That was divine wisdom, since the principle was to not throw pearls before swine, or give dogs that which was holy.
-
1
- Show all
Knowledge is just facts (ingredients). And being smart is just a storage of knowledge, and knowing the results of putting a bunch of facts together (the fridge). But being wise is knowing how to use your knowledge and smarts in the best way (cooking). If you put eggs, flour, butter, and chocolate chips on the counter these ingredients will not turn into a cookie. It's not enough to have knowledge, wisdom is knowing how to use what you've got to produce the best result.