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I wanna begin by saying that
it is a blessing and an honor to be able to preach the word
of God to you this evening. And it is a fearful privilege
as well, because not only do I stand here having to give an
account before God Almighty, but it's also a particular blessing
because of the love that I have for this church. And y'all have
made it very clear to me how much y'all love me. And so I
don't say this often enough, but thank you. If you have a
copy of the Word of God, I invite you to turn with me to Proverbs
chapter eight. My goal this evening is singular, and it's simply
that Christ would be glorified and that your heart affections
would grow for him. I've titled my sermon Wisdom
of Christ, and I've chosen this title carefully. I did not title
it The Wisdom of Christ, as if wisdom is something that Christ
merely possesses, or as if wisdom could be counted, or wisdom could
be compartmentalized in our relations with Jesus, but I have titled
my sermon simply Wisdom of Christ, that we might take the word of
positively. I want us to understand this as wisdom, which is to say
Christ. And so my central thesis tonight
is this. Proverbs 8 speaks of wisdom in
a manner fit only for the Son of God. He is the capital W Wisdom
by which all wisdom is known. Colossians chapter 2 tells us
of Jesus. concerning him in whom are hid
all of the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. So I've chosen
tonight to tackle all of Proverbs 8, and I understand that this
is a rather large text. I think sometimes it's appropriate
for us to look at large texts. I don't think this is too much,
and I think it's actually appropriate that in order to understand the
individual verses of this chapter, we must grasp the argument as
a whole. I'm going to be a little bit
of a troublemaker tonight and read out of the King James. So Proverbs
Chapter 8. Doth not wisdom cry, and understanding
put forth her voice? She standeth in the top of high
places, by the way in places of the paths. She crieth at the
gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors.
Unto you, O men, I call, and my voice is to the sons of men.
O ye simple, understand wisdom, and ye fools, be ye of an understanding
heart. Hear, for I will speak of excellent
things, and the opening of my lips shall be right things. For
my mouth shall speak truth, and wickedness is an abomination
to my lips. All the words of my mouth are
in righteousness. There is nothing froward or perverse
in them. They are all plain to him that
understandeth. and write to them that find knowledge.
Receive my instruction and not silver, and knowledge rather
than choice gold. For wisdom is better than rubies,
and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared
to it. I, wisdom, dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge
of witty inventions. The fear of the Lord is to hate
evil, pride and arrogancy in the evil way, and the froward
mouth do I hate. Counsel is mine and sound wisdom. I am understanding, I have strength.
By me, kings reign and princes decree justice. By me, princes
rule and nobles, even all the judges of the earth. I love them
that love me, and those that seek me early shall find me.
Riches and honor are with me, yea, durable riches and righteousness.
My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold, and my revenue
than choice silver. I lead in the way of righteousness,
in the midst of the paths of judgment, that I may cause those
that love me to inherit substance, and I will fill their treasures.
The Lord possessed me in the beginning of his way, before
his works of old. I was set up from everlasting,
from the beginning, wherever the earth was. When there were
no depths, I was brought forth. When there were no fountains
abounding with water, before the mountains were settled, before
the hills, was I brought forth. While as yet he had not yet made
the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust
of the world. When he prepared the heavens, I was there. When
he set a compass upon the face of the depth. When he established
the clouds above. When he strengthened the fountains
of the deep. When he gave to the sea his decree that the water
should not pass his commandment. When he appointed the foundations
of the earth. Then I was by him, as one brought up with him, and
I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him, rejoicing
in the habitable part of his earth, and my delights were with
the sons of man. Now therefore hearken unto me,
O ye children, for blessed are they that keep my ways. Hear
instruction and be wise, and refuse it not. Blessed is the
man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at
the posts of my doors. For whoso findeth me, findeth
life, and shall obtain favor of the Lord. But he that sinneth
against me wrongeth his own soul. All they that hate me love death. Well, let's bow our heads in
a time of prayer. Most gracious Heavenly Father,
Lord, we thank you for your holy word. We thank you that you have
spoken to us in a manner that is most clear. We thank you for
the wisdom that you've granted us in the book of Proverbs. We
ask, Lord, that as your gospel is proclaimed, as your word is
preached, Christ, we've magnified, Lord, that you would be most
delighted in the proclamation of your word. We ask that it
would go out with power. We ask that your Holy Spirit
would be among us, convicting us of sin and righteousness.
And we ask, Lord, simply that we would love you and that you
would continue to love us. And Lord, we pray all these things
in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen. For those of you that know
me, you know that I work at UPS. And working at UPS, I'm able
to basically put in headphones and listen to hours worth of
podcasts and e-books every day. And one of the podcasts I've
been listening to quite a bit has been the Stories are Soul
Food podcast. And basically, it's just two
guys sitting around talking about what makes a story good. And
they're mostly talking about either books or movies. Their
central thesis is that what makes a story good is that it's basically
just an analogy of the great story, the grand narrative of
our world. And so our timeless tales tend
to be stories of either the battle between light and darkness or
maybe it's about finding and fulfilling one's purpose in life.
man-made stories become enjoyable when they echo the story that
God is writing in history. And so all stories are ultimately
analogies. And this seems to make sense, at least to me, the
more I think about it. We are, after all, supposed to
think God's thoughts after him. We mirror and reflect our creator
in the creation of our creations. But when it comes to the story
of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, We no longer speak in analogies. We no longer compare him to the
great story because he is the great story. He is not a representative
of the perfect man or a mere figure of divine humility, but
being very God of very God, he is actually the standard by which
we measure all things. As the word of God says, for
in him, through him, and to him are all things. Today, when I
speak of wisdom and wisdom's relationship to Jesus, understand
that I am not speaking as an analogy, but I'm speaking absolutely.
Jesus, the eternally begotten son of God, is that wisdom by
which all other wisdom is known. So that's the main theme I want
to develop tonight, and I want to flesh it out under three headings.
First of all, the identity of wisdom, who is wisdom. Second
of all, the character of wisdom. And third, the call of wisdom.
I've kind of already played my hand in saying that I believe
that Jesus is the wisdom spoken of in Proverbs chapter 8. And
I believe that in order to rightly see that Jesus is this wisdom,
we need to first of all look at the New Testament witness.
The New Testament is key to seeing Jesus in this passage. And particularly
what I'm referring to here is verses 22 through 30. So the
word Messiah, Christ, or the phrase Son of God, it doesn't
appear in this text. I still think that it nevertheless
necessarily speaks of our Lord. We believe and we confess that
every word of scripture has been breathed out by God, penned by
men as they were led by the Holy Spirit. We confess the veracity
of the whole Bible. So we're not just solo scriptura
Christians, we're also tota scriptura. We believe the entire Bible at
all times. So since we believe the entire
Bible, and we further believe that the Old Testament is the
foundation for the New Testament, we also believe that the New
Testament serves to illuminate the Old Testament. So let's look
briefly at the New Testament witness to show how it can shed
light upon this chapter. In 1 Corinthians 1, verse 24,
we have a rather explicit verse. The second half of the verse
says, Christ, the power of God, and the wisdom of God. So we
have this crystal clear verse that identifies Jesus as wisdom
in the New Testament. If we were to consider another
verse, John 14, 6, where Jesus says, I am the way, the truth,
and the life, we understand this as Jesus isn't just saying, I
am a way, or I am true, or I am living. But we understand that
this is so much more. He's making a claim of divinity. He's saying he is the way, the
truth, the life. So too, I think it is appropriate
and necessary that we understand versus Corinthians is saying,
I am wisdom. Christ, the power of God and
the wisdom of God. So we understand that Jesus is
truly God and truly man. He is the God-man. He is Emmanuel,
God with us. This also brings out the concept
of the Holy Trinity. We believe that God does not
change between our Testament, yet he does progressively reveal
himself and his will. If nothing else can be said about
the Old Testament, The one thing that it's absolutely crystal
clear, unambiguous about, is that there is only one God. Deuteronomy
chapter six, hear O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one.
Or if we wanna look at Isaiah 43, before me there was no God
formed, neither shall there be after me. And the New Testament
is likewise completely consistent with this, further revealing
the distinct persons of God, the personal subsistences, Father,
Son, and Holy Spirit. So within this one simple God,
we have a plurality of persons. And we can find this manifested
in a couple of texts. One might be the baptism of Jesus.
At the baptism of Jesus, we have God the Father speaking from
heaven, saying, this is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased.
The second person in the Trinity, Jesus actually being baptized.
And the third person, the Holy Ghost, descending like a dove
out of heaven. We also find that in Matthew
28, we do baptisms in the name of the Holy Trinity, in the name
of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The Trinity has always
been true, maybe not as manifestly obvious in the old as it is in
the new, but it is still there. Consider, for example, Genesis
chapter one, where God says, let us make man in our image
after our likeness. God uses plural pronouns because
he has a plurality of persons. Therefore, I believe it's absolutely
correct for us to say that we have a Trinitarian Bible, not
just a Trinitarian New Testament. So when our Trinitarian Bible
speaks of the Son, He is and has always been the Son. The
Father-Son relationship is not new to the New Testament. It
didn't come to be at the Incarnation, but it has always existed from
eternity. Now we have, at the beginning
of John's gospel, we know that in the beginning was the word,
and the word was with God, and the word was God. So we do know
that there's certain Trinitarian texts. But there's other texts
that refer to Jesus as the only begotten son, the big one being
John 3.16. Jesus is the only begotten son
of God. This language is important, and it's important for understanding
the text before us, because this eternal begetting language is
important. The Nicene Creed, which all historic
Orthodox churches confess, says in part, we believe in one Lord
Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, begotten from the Father
before all ages. God from God, light from light,
true God from true God, begotten, not made. And this creed was
written not as a result of philosophical speculation. It wasn't because
certain men got carried away. It wasn't because the emperor
just had this fantastical idea. But it was scripturally based.
This language of being eternally begotten does not diminish this
divine nature. Scripture is very clear. The
son is co-equal in majesty, in being, in honor with the father.
This in no way diminishes the divine nature. a time when the
Son was not. But when we speak of Jesus being
eternally begotten, there's a real sense in which he is of the Father. So if we were to consider what
Jesus says in John 5, verse 26, Of course, there's a tension
here. How can we say begotten, not made? There is a tension. There is
a sense in which this is incomprehensible. How can something outside of
time, how can the father be of the son? I think there's a sense
in which this is fitting for our incomprehensible God. And
we must acknowledge that if this is difficult to understand, and
it certainly is, it is nevertheless scriptural. The phrase father
and son are not arbitrary titles. They do mean something. Perhaps
it is fitting for us to do maybe more of a deep dive into this. There was a book put out, I think
maybe three years ago, called Retrieving the Doctrine of Eternal
Generation. It's a very good intro for this
topic. But keeping in mind with what I've said so far, let's
go back to our text, Proverbs 8. We find in verses 30 through
31, speaking of wisdom, then I was by him as one brought up
with him, and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before
him. So we find that personal things are being done here. Rejoicing
is not something that an abstract concept would do. It's something
that a person does. Many theologians have asked throughout
the history of the church, what was God doing before the creation
of the world? And I suppose there's a couple
of different valid Responses to this, but the response, the
answer that this text gives us is that the Father, Son, and
Holy Spirit were delighting in each other. They were delighting
in each other. They were rejoicing in each other
with how glorious they were. They were worshiping one another.
Wisdom here is not an abstraction. It is given personal qualities
of love. Wisdom here can also not be a
creative thing. For example, verse 27, he was
there before the heavens. He was there before anything
was created. Wisdom in this passage cannot also be understood as
a divine attribute, for that's impossible given verses 22-25.
It talks about being possessed, being set up, being brought forth.
This is eternal begetting language. In light of this proof, again,
I just wanna go through what some of these verses says. Marching
through verse 29, it talks about being possessed, being set up,
brought forth. It actually says brought forth
twice in verse 24 and 25. Wisdom has to be identified as
Jesus Christ. There is no other way that we
can understand this. This is a statement of, similar
to like what that Psalm says, where it says, the Lord says
unto my Lord, So, since wisdom has now been identified as the
person of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Let's now turn
our attention to the very beginning of this chapter, starting at
verse 21. And this section I have called the character of wisdom.
And another way we might consider this is to ask the question,
what is the heart of Christ? Or what does Jesus want you to
know about himself in this passage? And I've found five major doctrines
to extract from these verses. So the first of these is his
omnipresence, or him being everywhere simultaneously, and his universal
call. And we'd find that in the first
four verses. So while the gospel is presented
to us only through special revelation, wisdom, on the other hand, is
presented to all men through general revelation. You know,
we know what is right and wrong through the things that which
have been made by God and also has been implanted upon the human
heart. In verse 1, it says that wisdom
cries. So God is omnipresent, and his
voice cannot be dampened. It cries out. So at best, rebellious
men, when they rebel against wisdom, they can only pretend
not to hear his voice. But the fact remains that wherever
one runs, it's impossible to escape God. We can't go anywhere
and say, I didn't know that wisdom was something else. Wherever
one runs, not only do we encounter God the Father, but we encounter
the triune God. We encounter wisdom, we encounter
the Son wherever we turn. So whether in the high place
that this text speaks of, and high places would be important
places like the church where wisdom is regularly emphasized,
or by common places, you know, where wisdom is basically ignored,
act like it's not a thing, Wherever we go, wisdom is there, and we
cannot escape the reality that God is present. And it's for
this very reason that if you seek after folly, if you ignore
God or you invent new, false, or novel forms of wisdom, you
deny not only God the Father, but you deny His ever-present
Son. God does not condemn unjustly,
for He cries out to you, and He puts forth His voice and understanding. And so, children of God, the
application would be simply incline your ear to him. He is quick
to grant wisdom to all who ask him for it in prayer. The second
doctrine I wanna pull out, we would find in verses five through
nine, and that is the perfection of his law. We should not assume
ourselves to be wise. Do not assume yourself to be
wise. It's rare that somebody would
admit, I'm not wise. I'm the stupid person. I'm the
foolish man in Proverbs. Nobody ever admits that. But
the thing is, the wise recognize their need for increased wisdom
just as those God has forgiven recognize their need for continual
forgiveness. Not that God hasn't forgiven
them, but we still ask God in prayer, forgive me for doing
this, forgive me for sinning, for lying, for blaspheming, whatever
it may be. And it's just like as Jesus taught
us in the Lord's Prayer, forgive us our debts as we forgive our
debtors. Proverbs 9, which is the next
chapter in verse 10, tells us that the fear of the Lord is
the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the holy is
understanding. The Lord Jesus is truth, and
he can only speak truth. And further, Jesus speaks only
of excellent things. You know, things like how to
have peace with your brother, how to prosper in this life, and of
course, the pinnacle of his ministry, how to be reconciled to God.
The command in verse six is here, along with a promise in verse
nine, that to the spiritually minded person who hearkens unto
the Lord, wisdom is to be plainly found. And so our fallen nature
aside, the book of Proverbs is one of the easier books in the
Bible to understand. Its truths are rather straightforward.
There's virtue in hard work, adultery is a sin, we ought to
live for God's glory, et cetera. Wisdom does not carry with it
the notion that only the really smart people or the intellectually
elite or those who are most studied can grasp it. That's not the
case. Wisdom is available to all who will call upon it. In
the words of Jesus, it is the poor and the meek that will inherit
the kingdom of God. And wisdom is for all people,
is easily grasped. Again, fallen nature aside, we
need God's help, however, to embrace it. Our third doctrine
that we have is God's desire for your holiness. And we see
that in verses 12 through 13. God's desire is for your holiness.
And Leviticus 19, of course, says, you shall be holy for I,
the Lord your God, am holy. God gives us directives for what
holiness looks like. And it's not only to see falsehoods
as evil, but also prideful attitudes when truth is learned. How many
of us become puffed up when we learn wisdom? That's not wisdom,
that may be knowledge, that may be tidbits of information, but
that's not wisdom. Knowledge of the Holy One should
drive you toward humility. And the Spirit of Christ is grieved
when you do not reflect the meekness of your Lord. Verse 12, my version
says that he finds out witty inventions. I think most versions
that I saw online, verse 12 says he finds out discretions. It's a little bit ambiguous as
to what this word means. In Proverbs 12, 2, this phrase
is also used, and it's used in a negative sense. It's translated
as wicked devices. So that verse says, a man of
wicked devices will he condemn. So whether we want to translate
this word in verse 12 as a morally neutral idea, like discretions,
or if we want to treat this as a sinful heart inclination, The
thrust of this is that wisdom transcends everything. There
is not a single thought in anyone's mind. No one here has a single
thought that is not accepted from the gaze of God. He knows
your deepest, darkest, and most sinister thoughts, your most
secret sins. He knows most intimately. And
the thing is, he has not sent you to hell for it. He went to
the cross to be crucified for you, knowing full well the sins
that you have. And we ought to praise him for
that. His desire is for your holiness.
It's not through the law that he has granted that, it's through
the gospel, it's through forgiving you and giving you a new nature. Our fourth doctrine is his omniscience,
his all-knowingness, and his desire to communicate this. And
we find this in verses 14 through 16. So these verses speak of
his counsel, his sound wisdom, his understanding, and his strength.
One of the titles of the Messiah in Isaiah chapter nine is wonderful
counselor. And he absolutely is. You know,
when Christ was first presented to you, when you first heard
the call of the gospel of grace, The offer was to forgive your
sins. And certainly our reconciliation with God is the high mark of
Christian benefits. There is nothing greater. But
being adopted into the family of God, you soon learn that there
is so much more to Christianity. And it wasn't, there's so much
more law that I didn't know about before. That's not the case.
There were so much more deeper promises that you didn't realize.
So Jesus not only grants you forgiveness of sins and a new
heart, but he also leads you and he counsels you and he instructs
you on how to live life abundantly, on how to not sin, on how not
to be enslaved anymore. And this guidance is not by a
difficult and heavy yoke, but it's by sending his Holy Comforter,
the Holy Spirit, the third person in the Trinity to live within
you and to strengthen you and to guide you Again, not by dragging
you, kicking and screaming, but in a loving manner in which you
delight to follow God's ways. And then our fifth and final
doctrine is in verses 15 and 16. And this is about—never mind,
we're not there yet. Verses 15 and 16. We find Jesus's role in governance,
and it's always a little bit of a risk to talk politics, but
I think it's good sometimes. Jesus is Lord of Lords and King
of Kings. Romans 13 verse one teaches us that there's no authority
but from God, and those which exist are established by God.
As such, all governments owe allegiance to the Lord Jesus,
and may be said to be righteous if and only if they govern in
a manner that Jesus would approve of. Wisdom involves himself in
politics according to verses 15 and 16. Therefore, politicians
will be held accountable to how well they ministered, and you
will be held accountable for your political involvement or
lack thereof. And so the question is, are you
being wise in this area? Are politicians being wise in
this area? And when I say wise, I mean by the only true wise
standard, the Christian standard. Many of you, and I include myself
in this, many of you get your political views and cultural
commentary from heretical and non-Christian conservative resources,
and we need to be more careful as to what we listen to online,
because a Christless conservatism is a dangerous thing. At the
very best, at the very best, it takes the wisdom of Christianity
without giving our Lord any due credit. Their end is never the
glory of God, It's never about advancing the kingdom. We may
have similar short-term goals, but we do need to be careful.
I am skipping verse 17 through now. I think that will be how
I conclude, but let's continue on to verses 18 and 19. This
is the fifth doctrine, the immense value of wisdom. We can also
see this idea presented in verses 10 and 11. 10 and 11 talk about I'll just read it. Receive my
instruction and not silver and knowledge rather than choice.
Gold for wisdom is better than rubies and all the things that
may be desired are not to be compared to it. Jesus Christ
is better than rubies. He's better than silver, gold. He is far superior to all the
riches of the world. And verse 11 says he cannot even
be compared. So we can't just say Jesus is
better than gold. but he's on just such a different level that
you cannot compare the two. This is why Jesus asks in Matthew
chapter 16, what does it profit a man if he shall gain the whole
world and lose his soul? This world and everything in
it is complete rubbish compared to Christ. He is most precious
and excellent in all of his ways. What words can rightly tell of
his majesty and beauty? How can one like myself accurately
preach his worth? He is God, he's infinite in worthiness. And if I were to go on for the
rest of my life, I'd only be able to scratch the surface of
how valuable he is. Perhaps it's suffice to say for
now, just the words that are proclaimed to God in Revelation
chapter four, thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and
honor and power. And this is our wisdom. This
is the Christ Jesus whom we worship. Next, I want to talk about the
call of wisdom, and that will conclude in verses 32 through
36. In verses 32 through 35, we have words of encouragement,
and then our very last verse in this chapter, we have a solemn
warning. So let's begin with the words
of encouragement, verses 32 through 35. I'll read it. Now, therefore, hearken unto
me, O you children, for blessed are they that keep my ways. Hear
instruction and be wise, and refuse it not. Blessed is the
man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at
the posts of my doors. For whoso findeth me, findeth
life, and shall obtain favor of the Lord. So if I have failed in all else
today, I do have comfort in this one thing, that in hearing these
words of Holy Scripture, the spirit of Christ is working right
now in your hearts. Hear what he has said to you
today. His desire is to bless you and
to continue to bless you. And his instruction is this,
keep his ways, seek his face and cling to the cross of your
salvation. In verse 34, it talks about blessed is the man that
heareth me. Because there is such a blessing
to wisdom, to those who are students of wisdom, disciples of wisdom,
Proverbs should therefore be regularly studied. It's a fountain
of wisdom, and God promises to bless those who read it. And what does this blessing look
like? What does it mean to be blessed by wisdom? We all know
the blessing of salvation, but if you consider that there are
also, in a sense, worldly blessings, what do these blessings look
like? I mean, look around you. Look at our church. Look at our
families. Look at how many wonderful testimonies we have of God's
favor. We are a spiritual congregation.
God has blessed us. He's blessed us. He's also planted quite a number
of smart, healthy, successful people in this church. And the
reason I phrase it like that is this is not the prosperity
gospel, but there's a real sense in which God has built a general
promise of prosperity to those who seek after wisdom. Wisdom
generally begets temporal prosperity. But specifically this verse,
this chapter in verse 35, speaks of the particular blessing of
life and favor. Whoever seeks the Lord shall
find him. And if you're here today and
you're feeling backslidden or unworthy or maybe you're in a
dark spot with your spiritual quiet time or whatever it looks
like, run to Jesus. His arms are wide open. You will
not find condemnation at His feet, but you will find favor
and blessing and life eternal. Verse 36, this is our word of
warning. There are some here this evening
that do not have peace with God, but have only a carnal wisdom
which does not descend from God above. And this strange wisdom,
this foreign wisdom that does not proceed from the mouth of
God, and his son Jesus Christ is, according to James chapter
three, it is worldly, sensual, and demonic. And this word of
waywardness is given to you so that, in the words of verse 36,
you will not wrong your own soul. Do not end up in hell. Little ones here, children, your
parents have been praying for your salvation. They want you
to know the Lord that we speak of. They want you to know the
wisdom of Christ. In no uncertain terms, I want
to ask you, do you desire death? Our text says that those who
hate wisdom, who do not care much about Jesus, they love death. Jesus doesn't want you to go
to hell and that's why He presents this good news to you. Seek Him
early, young ones. Seek Him now and you will find
Him. Confess your sins and lay down your guilt at the feet of
Jesus. He promises, as an absolute promise, that He will love you
everlastingly and grant you wisdom if you come. Our pastor reminded
us this morning about the deceitfulness of sin and do not be hardened
through it. Don't treat this just as another, oh yeah, he
talked about Jesus and how I need to be saved again. Don't harden
yourself through that. It'd be so much harder to reconsider
the offer next time. We're not playing games with
this. We exhort you, come, repent, believe. Today is the day of
salvation. Come to Jesus tonight. And we
know that the gospel is not just for the spiritually dead, but
it's for the living. The gospel is for us. It's for
the church. It's for those that Jesus died
for. And so, fellow Christians, you must seek God's face. For
in his loving kindness, he loves those who love him. And so Reformed
Baptist Church of Louisville, know that Jesus loves you. He loves you with an undying
wisdom. He went to that cross because of you. He loves you
immensely. So what I wanted to get out today
is that wisdom is the person of Jesus Christ. Behold our risen
Lord. He is the king of wisdom and
he is worthy of worship. Let's bow together in prayer. Gracious Heavenly Father, Lord,
we thank you for your glorious gospel. We thank you for wisdom. We thank you for the truth of
the gospel. And we ask, Lord, that These
words would not be just faint passing words, but Lord, that
they would pierce us to our heart, that we would truly consider
who Jesus is and that he is wise, that he is wisdom itself. Lord,
we thank you for your holy word. We thank you for the book of
Proverbs. And we ask, Lord, that you would make us disciples of
wisdom, disciples of Christ, that we would grow more in the
wisdom and knowledge of our salvation and our savior. Lord, please
be with us today and continue to grow us in our love for you.
And it's all in the matchless name of Jesus that we pray. Amen.
Wisdom of Christ
| Sermon ID | 828222211457057 |
| Duration | 36:13 |
| Date | |
| Category | Sunday - PM |
| Language | English |
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