Broadcast
The Way of Wisdom -- Part 1
Proverbs 9:1-2
06/10/2024
1 Wisdom has built her house; she has hewn her seven
pillars.
2 She has slaughtered her beasts; she has mixed her
wine; she has also set her table. (ESV)
The Bible is filled with special meals. In Exodus, the
children of Israel ate the Passover while being protected from
the angel of death. They also ate manna in the wilderness,
provided by God for forty years to sustain the people. We speak
of heaven as the ``Wedding Feast of the Lamb in His kingdom,'' as
an ongoing banquet where the celebration never ends. On the
night Jesus was betrayed, He took bread and wine, saying, ``This
is My body; this is My blood,'' thus instituting the Lord's
Supper.
King Solomon, writing in the book of Proverbs, spoke of
Wisdom as a woman giving a feast. Everyone is invited to the
feast, young and old, but especially those who are weak and
foolish.
``Wisdom has built her house; she has hewn her seven
pillars. She has slaughtered her beasts; she has mixed her wine;
she has also set her table.''
Who is this Wisdom? Saint Paul said of Jesus,
For Jews demand signs and Greeks seek wisdom, but we
preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and
folly to Gentiles, but to those who are called, both
Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom
of God.
This week we will explore the Wisdom of God and the lessons
which come from knowing our Lord. May He bless you richly as you
learn of Him. Amen.