Wisdom Versus Knowledge and Understanding

Wisdom Versus Knowledge and Understanding

"For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding."

Proverbs 2:6

The Lord gives us wisdom. We have to ask Him for this by faith. God gives you His wisdom so that you can give His guidance to those who need it. God gives you His wisdom so that you can reveal His will to those who need it. When you are filled with His wisdom, nobody can stand before you or challenge your God-given authority. Words of wisdom proceed out of your mouth. You need not learn it. In the year 1982, when I was reading about the wisdom given by God to Solomon, I simply wrote in my Bible, "God, gives me the wisdom of Solomon," in reference to I Kings 3:9,12. Solomon prayed, "Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?" God answered the prayer of Solomon, "Behold, I have done according to thy words; lo, I have given thee a wise and an undearstanding heart; so that there was none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee...." At that time, like a child, I asked the Lord for giving me wisdom like that of Solomon. I did not realize what I was asking Him for. At that time, I did not know many of His promises in the Bible. I was a babe in Christ Jesus when I was 31 years old. With all my humility, I accepted and appropriated the above promise of God for me. Then I started interpreting the whole book of the Song of Solomon and finished it in the year 2001. It was through God's wisdom I was able to interpret the whole book written by Solomon. Again, the Lord asked me to interpret the whole book of Proverbs in 2005. I completed interpreting it in November 2019.

During my childhood days, I was not an intelligent person at all. I could not understand anything very easily. When He gave me wisdom, I was able to interpret any passage from the Bible. With this wisdom, I am able to discharge my official duties on my secular job in an intelligent and efficient manner.

Out of His mouth cometh knowledge and understanding. "All things were made by Him." (John 1:3). God created knowledge and understanding as it came out of His mouth only. Even knowledge on any animate or inanimate thing came out of His mouth only. The great discoveries made by men came only out of His mouth. There are two types of knowledge and understanding. One type pertains to the Kingdom of God and the other to the world. God spoke His words through His mouth which were heard by the holy prophets. Moved by the Holy Ghost, the holy prophets gave us His word, i.e. the Bible. "For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost" (II Pet.1:21). The Bible is nothing but knowledge and understanding pertaining to God and His Kingdom.

There is a difference between wisdom and knowledge and understanding. We receive wisdom from God by faith, whereas we acquire knowledge and understanding through wisdom by meditating on His word. Wisdom is the key to knowledge and understanding. Similarly, we acquire knowledge and understanding pertaining to the world by pursuing academic courses. Wisdom is entirely different from knowledge. A Harvard student may have wonderful knowledge pertaining to the world because he or she has learned it. But if he or she does not possess Christ, Wisdom, in his or her life, in the eyes of God, he or she is a very big zero. Similarly, a nuclear scientist may have wonderful knowledge concerning nuclear science but if he does not possess Christ, he is merely a repository of knowledge. Without wisdom, one can acquire knowledge and understanding which is very dangerous. One can acquire merely Bible knowledge through learning without possessing Christ. Many people have acquired this type of knowledge. "For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding." First of all, one should get wisdom from God by possessing Christ. Then he or she should acquire knowledge and understanding, either pertaining to God and His Kingdom or to this world. One gets knowledge and understanding which came from the mouth of God by the process of learning. God does not give His wisdom to some one who asks for it. The person who asks for wisdom from God has to accept His Son Jesus Christ as his personal Savior. Without accepting His Son, the person concerned cannot approach the throne of God just to ask for wisdom. Christ is the Wisdom of God.

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