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The lecturer states she “would contend that only a believer is able to truly love wisdom as God created us to love.” Do you agree or disagree? Explain.
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I agree that only a believer is truly able to love wisdom because God is wisdom. He is the orchestrator of how the world works and operates. Psalm 111 states that the “fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.” Therefore, acknowledging God as our father and the Bible as truth leads us on a path to gaining wisdom from the one who created it.
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Absolutely agree. All truth points to God. If you are not in a love relationship with God, you only have part of the picture. You are not able to know and experience absolute Truth and walk in wisdom. So it goes hand in hand. The closer you are to God the more you are able to walk in wisdom. Also, wisdom comes from God. A person may be considered wise. This is a reflection of common grace – that we are made in his image. However, a person separate from God cannot of a whole/complete understand of wisdom and truth. It is only partial.
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I would agree. Having worked at a public school for the majority of my career, I would want to take a closer look at what is this wisdom that God provides and emphasizes for us to pass on and compare it to the worldly definition of wisdom that I saw infiltrate the public school hallways and classrooms.
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Yes, I agree. Wisdom is the willingness and ability to apply spiritual truths to life’s realities. Proverbs 9:10 – “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.” Wisdom is the ability to understand the divine perspective and apply it to life, comes from God. If you’re going to become wise, you have to know God through his Word and take him seriously.
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Yes, I agree with the statement of the lecturer when she states “that only a believer is able to truly love wisdom as God created us to love.” Perhaps one of the greatest supporting pieces of evidence for this statement comes from one of the Bible verse that she also quotes. In Psalms 111:10 KJV, it states, " The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom". To "fear the Lord" can only take place within someone who acknowledges a belief that God exists and that he is in control of all things. Therefore, it is only believers who gain the capacity to love wisdom the way that God intended. Non-believers may value wisdom, but can not truly understand "true" wisdom nor experience the depths of wisdom that God can impart because they fail to submit and believe that God is the source from where wisdom originates.