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Today’s Text:

“He sent them and called them to be wise.”

the word “behold” Means pay special attention to this!

1.

The way we walk is our testimony.

a. Sheep in the midst of wolves.

This is the first of two analogizes in this verse.

we are called to carry the message of the kingdom.

we are to walk as sheep in the midst of wolves.

this points to the power of the Holy Spirit and his power to work among us.

b.

Be wise as a serpent and harmless as doves.

wisdom here means:

Enhanced Strong’s Lexicon (5429 φρόνιμος)

1 intelligent, wise. 2 prudent, i.e. mindful of one’s interests

How do we abound in wisdom and prudence?

wis•dom \ˈwiz-dəm\ noun

[Middle English, from Old English wīsdōm, from wīs wise] before 12th century

1 a: accumulated philosophic or scientific learning: KNOWLEDGE

b: ability to discern inner qualities and relationships: INSIGHT

c: good sense: JUDGMENT

d: generally accepted belief 〈challenges what has become accepted wisdom among many historians—Robert Darnton〉

2: a wise attitude, belief, or course of action

3: the teachings of the ancient wise men synonym see SENSE

The Definition Of the word wisdom in Websters English Dictionary is.

This comes from the word of God.

We must give ourselves to the truth and wisdom from God found in His word.

We need to have relationships with people who will encourage you away from the flesh and wisdom of the world and toward the heart of God.

we need to study things.

now here what I am talking about is people who start moving in directions that they “feel lead in” i’m not saying that God cant call Christians in this direction or that for His purpose, I am saying that we need to look at men like Joseph and Daniel.

in Josephs life, He started in Potifers house and moved up.

Joseph even spent so long as a trusties he tried to move himself out through the baker and butler.

I am grieved when I see Christians, move into areas with nothing more than their faith.

I’m not saying that God doesn’t call people to do things they are not prepared for.

I am saying that its not prescriptive.

its not the recommend way you do things.

2. We are sent to people but Lord Jesus tells us to “beware of men.”

when you spreed the word and will of God people will be persecuted.

why because when you preach the gospel you will have to explain sin.

When we talk about what sin is inevitably you are going to stumble on to someones sin.

we should be sensitive because we all have sin.

None of us is perfect.

when we act like we are better then we ought.

one of the reasons we need to be careful about is that we don’t get prideful is because the standard of Holiness is not how I stack up against you all.

its how I stack up against Jesus.

a lot of people will act like they are being persecuted because of their extreme Holiness.

Most of the time its are sin and goofiness.

3. The Lord will empower you to speak.

There is a certain kind of preacher that uses this verse to say that not to study.

This is not the point of this verse.

the point of this verse is that when you are brought before people that you don’t feel qualified to stand before people to stand before and testify.