Wisdom and Knowledge

Colorwheel — Rainbow

Let’s start with knowledge. Sometimes people are hated for their good knowledge. Knowledge is the truth or facts of life that a person gains through experience or thought. The best knowledge that a person can gain is the truth about God. God can give you that knowledge, but the reason I say that people can hate you is because God is about truth. There are a lot of people that hate what is true. They don’t believe in anything and will tell you that there is no God. Knowledge is gained by God showing himself to man. (Job 11:7) Canst thou by searching find out God? Canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection? The apostle Paul’s wish for the church at Colosse was that they might increase in the knowledge of God. (Colossians 1:10) That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God.

Wisdom is the ability to judge correctly based on knowledge and understanding. The best example of a wise man was King Solomon in the Old Testament. The Bible mentions the wisdom of this world, the wisdom of men, and the wisdom of this age. (1 Corinthians 1:20) Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? (1 Corinthians 3:19) For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. (1 Corinthians 1:25) Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.