Pillars 1 - Wisdom

Wisdom: How We Stop Unnecessary Suffering Proverbs 9:10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight. "And the more I considered Christianity, the more I found that while it had established a rule and order, the chief aim of that order was to give room for good things to run wild."

• G.K. Chesterton Ecclesiastes 3:14-15 I know that everything God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it and nothing taken from it. God does it so that people will fear him. Key Point: Wisdom helps us live in alignment with God's order (reality). It stops unnecessary suffering. Proverbs 22:7 The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is the slave of the lender. Galatians 6:7 Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap. Mathew 6:74 no one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be dlevoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money Wisdom recognizes patterns and parallels and responds in proper proportion.