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The Word of Wisdom - Gift 2 | Episode #389 | Encore Episode #060 · Reflections On The Word With Richard Kay

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to today's edition of Reflection on the Word with
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  Speaker 1: Richard K. I'm Chuck Christie, and today we are asking
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  Speaker 1: you to spend a few moments of your time with
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  Speaker 1: us each day as Richard shares from God's work with notes, quotes,
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  Speaker 1: and stories along with some of his own personal experiences,
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  Speaker 1: to confirm for you God's great love for us, that
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  Speaker 1: his compassion for us never fails, and that He has
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  Speaker 1: a great faithfulness toward us in every regard. In Lamentations,
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  Speaker 1: Chapter three, verses twenty two and twenty three, we read,
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  Speaker 1: because of the Lord's great love, we are not consumed,
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  Speaker 1: for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning.
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  Speaker 1: Great is your faithfulness. Now, if you miss a portion
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  Speaker 1: a friend, you can hear this program anytime online at
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  Speaker 1: Talknetwork Radio dot com. Well, now here's Richard with today's reflection.
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  Speaker 2: But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each
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  Speaker 2: one for the profit of all, or to one is
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  Speaker 2: given the Word of wisdom through the Spirit. As we
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  Speaker 2: have studied, we are looking at the nine gifts of
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  Speaker 2: the Holy Spirit. We discussed more in detail the Word
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  Speaker 2: of Knowledge in yesterday's segment. Today we are going to
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  Speaker 2: cover the word of wisdom. What is the difference. Wisdom
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  Speaker 2: and knowledge are not the same, but they can work
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  Speaker 2: in conjunction with themselves. The Holy Spirit can use a
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  Speaker 2: direct word of knowledge, and he can also completely solve
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  Speaker 2: a problem or a dilemma that we may be dealing
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  Speaker 2: with by giving us the wisdom as to how to
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  Speaker 2: apply that knowledge. You know, there are times when the
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  Speaker 2: word of knowledge is not quite enough to solve a
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  Speaker 2: particular problem. This is where we need a word of wisdom.
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  Speaker 2: The word of wisdom gives us the ability to properly
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  Speaker 2: apply the knowledge that we've been given. Sometimes in that
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  Speaker 2: application we learn that there is a difference between the
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  Speaker 2: knowledge and the understanding and the wisdom. As an example,
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  Speaker 2: you might have the instructions to assemble a particular type
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  Speaker 2: of machine, and you may have all of the manuals
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  Speaker 2: in everything that show you how the parts are assembled.
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  Speaker 2: But if you don't have the wisdom as to what
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  Speaker 2: it means, then you more than likely are not going
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  Speaker 2: to be able to assemble that mechanical part or machine.
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  Speaker 2: But when you do have the wisdom, you will then
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  Speaker 2: be able to put the machine together and it will
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  Speaker 2: function as it is supposed to. So what good is
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  Speaker 2: it if you have knowledge without wisdom. There's one thing
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  Speaker 2: for us to have a gift of the Word of knowledge,
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  Speaker 2: supernaturally provided to us by the Holy Spirit. But He
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  Speaker 2: also will not just leave us with that word of knowledge.
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  Speaker 2: In many cases, he will impart the word of wisdom
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  Speaker 2: to complete the use of that word, and it will
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  Speaker 2: generally be to help someone else. There are ways that
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  Speaker 2: we can see this applied in a real life situation.
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  Speaker 2: You know, we can all look at words of wisdom
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  Speaker 2: from the Holy Spirit in our daily lives, in practical
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  Speaker 2: in practical situations, so we will know at that point
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  Speaker 2: how we can handle even more complex types of problems
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  Speaker 2: or issues that can occur, sometimes even at a moment's notice.
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  Speaker 2: Here are just some of the ways that we can
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  Speaker 2: receive words of wisdom directly from the Holy Spirit. Now
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  Speaker 2: these are not necessarily the same, but an example, your
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  Speaker 2: boss has just given you a new tough assignment and
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  Speaker 2: you're not sure as to how to get the job
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  Speaker 2: properly done. You now need God's knowledge and wisdom on
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  Speaker 2: how to get this new assignment successfully completed. Here's another one,
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  Speaker 2: because it applies to many of us very realistically. Today,
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  Speaker 2: your finances have spiraled out of control, and you now
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  Speaker 2: need God's guidance and wisdom on how to keep yourself
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  Speaker 2: out of bankruptcy or sometimes even other financial failures. Perhaps
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  Speaker 2: you've been named in an unjust lawsuit. You'll now need
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  Speaker 2: God's wisdom on how to properly handle it. As you
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  Speaker 2: can see, there are literally an infinite number of possibilities
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  Speaker 2: where you will need God's wisdom to get you safely
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  Speaker 2: through the problem or dilemma you are now having to
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  Speaker 2: face again. Since our own human intelligence is so imperfect
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  Speaker 2: and so limited in its ability to apply real wisdom
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  Speaker 2: to handle and solve some of life's real tough problem,
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  Speaker 2: we all need the wisdom of God flowing through our
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  Speaker 2: lives on a regular basis so we can handle and
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  Speaker 2: overcome many of life's adversities that can get thrown our way.
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  Speaker 2: At any time, we're reminded of how God imparts wisdom.
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  Speaker 2: Sometimes it is a solution to a problem that cannot
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  Speaker 2: be naturally solved. Other Times it may be a direction
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  Speaker 2: where we don't know where we're supposed to go. We've
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  Speaker 2: been given a map, but we don't have the wisdom
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  Speaker 2: as to which way we are supposed to direct our path.
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  Speaker 2: We know that in the Bible we are told of
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  Speaker 2: a very definite example where wisdom is imparted to a king,
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  Speaker 2: King Solomon. He's actually attributed to be one of the
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  Speaker 2: wisest of the men ever applied in scripture. Why was
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  Speaker 2: this example paramount in this demonstration of the gift of
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  Speaker 2: wisdom given to a man. What had happened was very
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  Speaker 2: difficult to understand. Two women who had both had children.
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  Speaker 2: One of the women lost the child, perhaps at childbirth.
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  Speaker 2: The child died, and the other woman had the child
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  Speaker 2: and it was able to survive. The one woman who
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  Speaker 2: had lost the child wanted desperately to have a child,
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  Speaker 2: but she couldn't have another child, perhaps at that time,
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  Speaker 2: and so what she thought to do was to take
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  Speaker 2: the baby while the other woman was sleeping. She took
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  Speaker 2: the baby and in effect claimed it to be hers,
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  Speaker 2: and so an issue was raised. The two women are
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  Speaker 2: fighting about whose baby the child actually is, and so
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  Speaker 2: they come to the king, and the king addresses the situation,
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  Speaker 2: and this is how the wisdom is used. What he
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  Speaker 2: says to both of the mothers of whichever child would
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  Speaker 2: have belonged to them. There's one child and two mothers,
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  Speaker 2: and so what King Solomon says is take the child
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  Speaker 2: divided in half, give one half to the one mother
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  Speaker 2: and the other half to the other mother. Now, obviously
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  Speaker 2: that would kill the child. But the wisdom here used
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  Speaker 2: was to find out who the real mother was. And
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  Speaker 2: so the woman who had stolen the baby, whose child
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  Speaker 2: had actually died, she agreed to that method. She actually
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  Speaker 2: said I can accept that, whereas the other woman said no,
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  Speaker 2: give her the baby because she did not want to
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  Speaker 2: see the child suffer or die. In this example, King
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  Speaker 2: Solomon knew that the woman who was willing to give
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  Speaker 2: up her own child so as to save its life
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  Speaker 2: was the true mother.
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  Speaker 1: Richard will be right back in a moment to wrap up.
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  Speaker 1: to wrap up today's message.
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  Speaker 2: This was an example in the Old Testament of how
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  Speaker 2: the Holy Spirit anointed a king with special wisdom. That
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  Speaker 2: wisdom today is available by the same Holy Spirit only
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  Speaker 2: in our lives. Now that the Holy Spirit in dwells us,
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  Speaker 2: we just have to be more willing to allow him
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  Speaker 2: to impart that wisdom. Remember, when a gift of the
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  Speaker 2: Word of knowledge is given, it may be exactly what
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  Speaker 2: is needed for that situation, but knowing it is one
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  Speaker 2: thing and applying it with wisdom is another reason for
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  Speaker 2: this gift. When we look at the gift of the
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  Speaker 2: Word of wisdom, we understand it is God's means of
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  Speaker 2: explaining to us how to use the knowledge he provides.
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  Speaker 2: And that is today's reflection on the Word.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you, Richard. Join us again tomorrow when we continue
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  Speaker 1: with the next edition of Reflections on the Work your
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  Speaker 1: thanks for listening to this edition of Reflections on the
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