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Normally I would ask you for a definition of Knowledge & Wisdom. But I
won't, not yet. We all recognize that there is a difference and we’ll come back to it later in the lesson.
When do you go to people for advice? What sorts of situations do you need advice?
For most of us there are two types of advice, 1) practical (knowledge related), and 2) internal (wisdom related, or concerning feelings or spiritual
matters)
How important is that advice?
Very. It gives us information on which we base actions and our actions tell the world what sort of Christians we are. And our actions influence others closer to, or further from God. Our actions influence our future, even beyond life as we know it.
Why do we choose the people we choose to give us advice? We choose them because we trust them.
We trust their caring spirit
We trust what they know
We trust their insight
We trust their confidentiality
Perhaps we trust them not to judge
This is another reason knowledge and wisdom are so important
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How can we call knowledge a spiritual gift? Isn't it just something we just
pound in our brain?
Or do some gain it easier than others?
Or do some retain it better than others?
Could there be some aspect of learning that goes beyond hard work, and could that be a spiritual gift?
Look at Paul's purpose for spiritual gifts, and figure out How we can best use them for the proper purposes?
How can we call wisdom a spiritual gift? Isn't it just something we just get
with experience?
Or do some gain it easier than others?
Or do some some seem to have it early on?
Or do some seem to glean lessons from life the rest of us miss?
Look at Paul's purposes for spiritual gifts, and figure out how we can best
use them for the proper purposes?
Now define Knowledge vs. Wisdom. And understand that each is important,
and each is a gift from God.
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