Benjamin Desmond Torres, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa benjamind.torres@gmail.com
The Challenges of the Christian - Lessons 17-21
- Chapter 1 Being Prepared :( Matthew 7)
- Chapter 2 ; Being Known: ( Matthew 7)
- Chapter 3 Being a Witness: (Acts 1:8 ;)
- Chapter 4 Having Courage: (Psalm 23:4)
- Chapter 5 The Position: (Romans 5)
Chapter 1
Being Prepared: (Matt.7)
The main theme of Book lll is “The Challenges of the Christian” and Matthew Chapter 7 holds many nuggets that the LORD shared with those who would willingly follow him, in this particular chapter.
In verse 1 he continues his teaching from Chapter 6 by saying “Judge not, that you be not judged.”
Judging others is a precarious exercise. Judging others puts the “judge” in a position where he/she obviously believes that they are higher than the one that they are presently judging, and hence they have the right, the security if you will, to be the judge in whatever the circumstance produces. 1.
Dr. Onilearan Paul Kayode, Nigeria, onilearanpaulkayode@gmail.com WISDOM The Beginning of Wisdom
“The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever.” (Psalm 111:10)
is age has rightly been called the “age of information.” With multitudes of books and periodicals in every field of study and practice, with billions of dollars devoted to all kinds of research, and now even the “information superhighway” of the Internet. It seems everyone and every organization is posting information of some sort on its own website and email. The world is almost drowning in information.
“But where shall wisdom be found and where is the place of understanding?” (Job 28:12). Job’s urgent question can never be answered online, but only in an ancient book. “Behold, the fear of the LORD, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding” (Job 28:28).
This spiritual truism is found often in that Book. King Solomon, to whom God had granted special wisdom (1 Kings 3:11-12), penned divinely inspired words when he wrote: “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge,” and then “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding” (Proverbs 1:7; 9:10).
If anything is missing in our information age, it is surely the fear of God, at least among most people—even most religious people. But, as our text says: “A good understanding have all they that do his commandments.”
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