TEXT: ‘Get wisdom! Get understanding! Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom. And in all your getting, get understanding’ (Proverbs 4:5,7). When we look at what we have and own, it’s important to remember how we obtained it. Hindsight is a wonderful teacher but usually is powerless to change what’s happened. We get the wrong thing or what’s right, but go about it the wrong way and end up regretful but have to live with the consequences. This can be especially true when buying using finance. Long after the novelty of the purchase has evaporated, and it may not be used anymore or even working, we continue to pay for it. The widely promoted advert “Buy now, pay later!” has brought many to financial ruin as the money lenders demand repayment in full plus interest.0 So what can help us to make right decisions at the right time, when we live in an uncertain and unpredictable world? The answer is WISDOM! Today’s Teaching focuses on three aspects to do with God’s wisdom. 1. Priority – ‘Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom’ The Bible says, ‘Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and men’ (Luke 2:52). This verse is my continual prayer and expectancy for Jenny in her role as Generous...
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TEXT: ‘Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures: The stone which the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone. This was the Lord’s doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?”’ (Matthew 21:42). After Jesus’ triumphant entry into Jerusalem, He faced intense questioning by the chief priests, elders and scribes, who demanded to know whose authority He was acting under. In response, Jesus taught the parable of the wicked vinedressers, who refused to give the owner of the vineyard any proceeds from the harvests and ended up murdering his son. When Jesus said the owner would take revenge on the vinedressers and give the vineyard to someone else, the people replied, “Certainly not!” Then Jesus quoted Psalm 118:22-23, the Old Testament prophecy which is our text and this is the focus of Today’s Teaching. There are three points I want to highlight. 1. Revelation – ‘Have you never read in the scriptures?’ Psalm 118 was well known to the Jews, for they recited it verbatim at least six times a year, during holy festivals. For all their reciting, they did not realise it was prophetic and Jesus was the fulfilment of it. The Bible is more than an historical record, because it reveals the future. The...
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