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BELIEVERS ’ WALK AND WISDOM. Youth Search The Scriptures Lesson 735. Deeper Christian Life Ministry, Canada. To start with…. It is the wisdom that God deposit in those who accept Jesus Christ into their lives (1 Cor. 1:24)
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BELIEVERS’ WALK AND WISDOM Youth Search The Scriptures Lesson 735 Deeper Christian Life Ministry, Canada
It is the wisdom that God deposit in those who accept Jesus Christ into their lives (1 Cor. 1:24) • It is following God’s directives as revealed by His Spirit to achieve God-approved results (Isaiah 11: 2-4) • It also means having genuine reverence for God and His Word (Psalm 111: 10; Prov. 9: 10) • It is the principal thing for everyone (Prov. 4:7)
1 Thess. 5: 22 • Genuinely turn away from sin and separate from sinners (verse 7) • Walk in the light of the gospel as you have been taught (verse 8) • Bear the fruit of righteousness (verse 9) • Prove every invitation before accepting it (verse 10) • Do not have fellowship with evil associations (verse 11) • Reprove anyone who wants to lure one to do evil (verse 11) • Do not speak evil of anyone (verse 12)
Obey His words • Ecclesiastes 12:13 • Respect elders, leaders and parents • Leviticus 19:3; Ephesians 6: 1, 2 • Serve and cleave to Him • Deut. 10:20, 21 • Not oppress anybody, take bribe, or rule with rigour • Leviticus 25:17,36,43 • Not be hypocritical (Colossians 3:22)
Disobedience attracts Punishments • Pharaoh (Exodus 9:30) • Amalekites (Deuteronomy 25:17,18) • Saul, the first king of Israel (1 Samuel 15:24). • Obedience attracts blessings • Joseph (Genesis 42:18) • Abraham (Genesis 22:12) • The Midwives in Egypt (Exodus 1:17) • Phinehas (Numbers 26:6-8) • Cornelius (Acts 10:1,2)
It would take courage and commitment to fear and please the Lord • Isaiah 57:11; Luke 12:5 • There are commendations for Christians who fear the Lord • Psalm 128:1-6; Revelation 11:18 • The fear of the Lord is the beginning of Wisdom • Psalm 111: 10
Reference for images used on the cover slide and slide 8 • https://www.google.ca/search?q=redeeming+the+time&biw=1366&bih=651&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&sqi=2&ved=0ahUKEwjK7sXYmL3SAhUH6IMKHXboD_YQ_AUIBigB#imgrc=8rnhu05v_nWiGM: • https://www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2&ccid=4TqNsyLr&id=82E78F6857273C0D7BFFFCA4BDE19F510B9E80EC&q=following+the+steps+of+jesus&simid=608020813320749967&selectedIndex=28&ajaxhist=0