In the book of Matthew, the account of the birth of Jesus tells us the “wise men” came to worship him. Series: Proverbs: True Wisdom for Living.
Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on January 16, 2005. Why do we need justice? What is justice? Who does justice? How can we be one of the ones who do justice? What this is saying is, “You’re not wise unless you are living an intensely passionate life, committed to justice.” We’re going to look at this under four headings. It’s even used in Genesis to describe sexual activity that brings forth children - it’s a very strong word. The Hebrew word here is the word yada`, which is the deepest and most intimate and experiential word in the Hebrew language for knowledge. Take a look here at this last verse that was just read to you, “The righteous care about justice for the poor, but the wicked have no such concern.” This little word caring is way too weak an English word to get across what’s actually being said here. In Proverbs we see that at the heart of what it means to live a wise life is caring for justice. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on January 23, 2005. We’re going to ask these three questions: 1) what are the tests, 2) why do they work, and 3) how we can pass. If you fail, you’ll actually become more of a fool. There are tests, and if you pass the tests, you’ll become wiser about yourself, the world, and about human nature.
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The secrets of wisdom are locked in your ordinary experiences if you know how to learn from them.Īccording to the book of Proverbs, there are two particularly common experiences, and when you’re in either of these two situations, you are in both a moment of great spiritual danger and a moment of great spiritual opportunity. This doesn’t necessarily happen with more education, or by being a world traveler, or by becoming more sophisticated. Wisdom has to do with knowing something about the way the world works so that you can make the right decision when you’re faced with multiple options that are morally permissible. Wisdom is so much more than just being good and moral and ethical. Today we’re going to look at the subject of wisdom. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on May 15, 2005. These three headings will guide us: the power of our words, the character of our words, and the healing of our words. We’re going to look at several different proverbs that shed light on these topics for us. Learning to speak wisely is all-important. In short, how you speak will make or break your life. It has so much to teach us about how to use our tongues and about language. Of all the things the book of Proverbs says something about, speech is at the top of the list. If you've enjoyed listening to this podcast and would like to support the ongoing efforts of this ministry, you can do so by visiting and making a one-time or recurring donation. Today's podcast is brought to you by Gospel in Life, the site for all sermons, books, study guides and resources from Timothy Keller and Redeemer Presbyterian Church. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on May 29, 2005.
Let’s look more deeply at friendships under these four headings: the uniqueness of friendship how to discover a friend how to forge a friend and lastly, where to get the power for friendship. Proverbs says you’re not going to be a wise person unless you are great at choosing, forging, and keeping terrific friendships. It means that when you are faced with multiple permissible choices, you will know which one to make. To be wise means that you are so in touch with reality that you know what the right thing is to do in the vast majority of the situations the moral rules don’t apply to. In the Bible, wisdom is certainly not less than being moral and good - it’s much more.
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