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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 totally agreed with the statement. Only a true believer can demonstrate true love. A non believe can love but may not be able to show Christ-like love. That is, unconditional love.
God has designed us to pursue truth, goodness, and understanding, all of which are
encompassed in godly wisdom. However, Humans comprise this love through sin, turning it toward self-reliance and pride rather than
toward God. A believer, having been redeemed through Christ, is restored to a proper relationship with God and is thus enabled to love wisdom as it was originally intended—to know God, follow His ways, and fulfill His purposes. -
I agree that, “only a believer is able to truly love wisdom as God created us to love.” In the Old Testament book of Jeremiah we find in chapter 31, verse 33, “But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put My law in their minds, and write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.” We are in that new covenant now, through our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. And as believers, we do have the Lord’s laws in our minds and hearts, which is also the Lord’s wisdom. This being in our hearts, we will love the wisdom and wise actions the Lord has placed inside us to know as right and just.
In contrast, the natural man, the non-believer, cannot love and perceive God’s wisdom the same way a believer can. We see in I Corinthians 2:14, “But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know <i style=”background-color: var(–bb-content-background-color); font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; color: inherit;”>them, because they are spiritually discerned.” The wisdom of God seems like foolishness to the natural man, or non-believer. They do not have the Holy Spirit residing in and with them as a teacher, guide, comforter, advocate, and so forth.
The indwelling Holy Spirit is what helps a believer to truly love, know, and follow the wisdom of God in the manner God created us to.
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I think a believer is the only one that will recognize their love of wisdom and that it has come from God. I think a non-Christian can love because God created that person as well, but they will not recognize the depth of that love nor have the wisdom of where it comes from without believing in God.
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I agree with this statement because I believe that God’s law is the only true wisdom. If we are looking for wisdom from the world, we will come up short. But if we look into Scripture for wisdom, it is abundant.
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I agree. As she pointed out that Psalm 11 tells us a fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, so only a believer will be able to live wisdom because we live God.