Wisdom for Living / Sabiduría Para Esta Vida
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Introduction
Introduction
What is wisdom? What does it mean to be a truly wise person?
Wisdom is not necessarily intelligence. There are geniuses in this world that lack wisdom.
Wisdom is not the ability to know all things.
Wisdom is not being an expert in every field there is to study.
Wisdom is a God-given gift that enables human beings to act as they should within a given situation.
Those that are not wise are fools.
There is an entire book in the Bible dedicated to the importance of wisdom - the book of Proverbs.
Proverbs are short sayings that teach us important principles that if we follow them, we will be wise men, women, and children.
The book of Proverbs addresses many different topics: money, marriage, sexuality, gossip, honesty, justice, alcoholism, parenting, selling/buying, etc.
There are many people that read a chapter of the book of Proverbs every day since it contains 31 chapters. They read the chapter that corresponds with the day of the month.
Our goal during the next few weeks is to pick a subject that is addressed in the book of Proverbs and study it so that by doing so we may gain wisdom.
Today, we will consider:
The author
Two benefits of studying Proverbs
The end goal of Proverbs
I. The author
I. The author
I. El autor
I. El autor
The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel:
Proverbs 1:1
Los proverbios de Salomón, hijo de David, rey de Israel:
We are immediately introduced to “Solomon the song of David, king of Israel”.
It is my conviction that the book of Proverbs was written by the wisest man on the face of the earth in those days - king Solomon.
Solomon is one of the most well known kings in the history of Israel, after David.
The reason he is so well known is that the Bible describes him as a truly wise king.
In the Bible speaks of his great wisdom:
Now God gave Solomon wisdom and very great discernment and breadth of mind, like the sand that is on the seashore.
Solomon’s wisdom surpassed the wisdom of all the sons of the east and all the wisdom of Egypt.
For he was wiser than all men, than Ethan the Ezrahite, Heman, Calcol and Darda, the sons of Mahol; and his fame was known in all the surrounding nations.
He also spoke 3,000 proverbs, and his songs were 1,005.
He spoke of trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon even to the hyssop that grows on the wall; he spoke also of animals and birds and creeping things and fish.
Men came from all peoples to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all the kings of the earth who had heard of his wisdom.
1 Kings 4:29
Dios dio a Salomón sabiduría, gran discernimiento y amplitud de corazón como la arena que está a la orilla del mar.
Y la sabiduría de Salomón sobrepasó la sabiduría de todos los hijos del oriente y toda la sabiduría de Egipto.
Porque era más sabio que todos los hombres, más que Etán ezraíta, Hemán, Calcol y Darda, hijos de Mahol; y su fama fue conocida por todas las naciones de alrededor.
También pronunció tres mil proverbios, y sus cantares fueron mil cinco.
Disertó sobre los árboles, desde el cedro que está en el Líbano hasta el hisopo que crece en la pared; también habló de ganados, aves, reptiles y peces.
Y venían de todos los pueblos para oír la sabiduría de Salomón, de parte de todos los reyes de la tierra que habían oído de su sabiduría.
How is it that Solomon became so wise?
The Bible tells us in 2 Chronicles that God told Solomon to ask him for anything. God would grant any desire that Solomon presented before him.
In that night God appeared to Solomon and said to him, “Ask what I shall give you.”
Solomon said to God, “You have dealt with my father David with great lovingkindness, and have made me king in his place.
“Now, O Lord God, Your promise to my father David is fulfilled, for You have made me king over a people as numerous as the dust of the earth.
“Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people, for who can rule this great people of Yours?”
2 Chronicles 1:7-
Aquella noche Dios se apareció a Salomón y le dijo: Pide lo que quieras que yo te dé.
Entonces Salomón dijo a Dios: Tú has mostrado gran misericordia con mi padre David, y me has hecho rey en su lugar.
Ahora, oh Señor Dios, tu promesa a mi padre David se ha cumplido, porque me has hecho rey sobre un pueblo tan numeroso como el polvo de la tierra.
Dame ahora sabiduría y conocimiento, para que pueda salir y entrar delante de este pueblo; porque, ¿quién podrá juzgar a este pueblo tuyo tan grande?
God’s answer to Solomon was to grant him great wisdom plus a prosperous kingdom.
God said to Solomon, “Because you had this in mind, and did not ask for riches, wealth or honor, or the life of those who hate you, nor have you even asked for long life, but you have asked for yourself wisdom and knowledge that you may rule My people over whom I have made you king,
wisdom and knowledge have been granted to you. And I will give you riches and wealth and honor, such as none of the kings who were before you has possessed nor those who will come after you.”
Y dijo Dios a Salomón: Por cuanto esto estaba en tu corazón, y no has pedido riquezas, ni bienes, ni gloria, ni la vida de los que te odian, ni aun has pedido larga vida, sino que has pedido para ti sabiduría y conocimiento para poder gobernar a mi pueblo sobre el cual te he hecho rey,
sabiduría y conocimiento te han sido concedidos. Y te daré riquezas y bienes y gloria, tales como no las tuvieron ninguno de los reyes que fueron antes de ti, ni los que vendrán después de ti.
2 Chronicles 1:
Solomon showed wisdom in asking God for even more wisdom.
He knew that silver and gold could come and go.
He knew that military power could was also undependable.
But most of all, he knew that wisdom would truly make him a great king and would strengthen his reign over Israel.
Without wisdom he was just a warm body sitting on a throne.
II. Two benefits of studying Proverbs
II. Two benefits of studying Proverbs
II. Dos beneficios en el estudio de los Proverbios
II. Dos beneficios en el estudio de los Proverbios
Thing of all the prosperous people that you know - what do they think is important to be truly successful?
Many attribute success to street smarts.
Others attribute success to being good business people.
Although these things are good things, they are not sufficient to be wise men, women, and children. Why?
As believers, we do not live only for this life but we live thinking in terms of eternity. Whatever decisions we make in this life will have eternal consequences.
It is for this reason, that we desperately need God’s wisdom to fill our minds.
The book of Proverbs tells us that studying the book of Proverbs has two main benefits:
We are taught to live rightly
We are taught to think rightly
Notice how Proverbs wants to affect how we live and how we think. If our conduct and thinking are not affected - we can easily become hypocrites.
Those who only
Living rightly
Living rightly speaks about our conduct in this life. It speaks about how we behave.
To know wisdom and instruction,
To discern the sayings of understanding,
To receive instruction in wise behavior,
Righteousness, justice and equity;
Proverbs 1:2-3
para aprender sabiduría e instrucción,
para discernir dichos profundos,
para recibir instrucción en sabia conducta,
justicia, juicio y equidad;
Proverbs intends to give us instruction and wisdom so that our behavior will be affected.
We need wisdom in how we behave towards our children, our spouses, our employer, alcohol, sexuality, food, money, etc.
We need wisdom so that our behavior will be righteous, just, and fair (not partial but rather impartial).
If these studies do not change our behavior then we have truly not understood the book of Proverbs.
Therefore, we understand from the book of Proverbs that God intends to change our outward behavior.
Thinking rightly
God cares about our way of thinking, our perspective, our opinions, our prejudices, our inmost thoughts!
God not only wants to change our behavior. He does not desire robots. He wants to change our minds and hearts.
The book of Proverbs is intended to change how we think and subject our minds to the word of God.
To give prudence to the naive,
To the youth knowledge and discretion,
A wise man will hear and increase in learning,
And a man of understanding will acquire wise counsel,
To understand a proverb and a figure,
The words of the wise and their riddles.
para dar a los simples prudencia,
y a los jóvenes conocimiento y discreción.
El sabio oirá y crecerá en conocimiento,
y el inteligente adquirirá habilidad,
para entender proverbio y metáfora,
las palabras de los sabios y sus enigmas.
The books of Proverbs will give us prudence and discretion. How many people lack tact and know when to say something and when to be quiet.
How many young people lack knowledge, discretion and direction for their lives.
Through the word we will be equipped to respond to many difficult situations with God-given wisdom.
The Bible tells us:
And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.
Y no os adaptéis a este mundo, sino transformaos mediante la renovación de vuestra mente, para que verifiquéis cuál es la voluntad de Dios: lo que es bueno, aceptable y perfecto.
When we come to know the Gospel of Jesus we come with many ideas or ways of thinking that were molded by the world.
For this reason, we must allow the wisdom of the word of God to mold our minds and change our hearts.
III. The end goal of Proverbs
III. The end goal of Proverbs
III. La meta final del estudio de los Proverbios
III. La meta final del estudio de los Proverbios
We will be transformed through the word of God. Our conduct/behavior and our thinking will be changed by the word of God - why should we even care?
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge;
Fools despise wisdom and instruction.
El temor del Señor es el principio de la sabiduría;
los necios desprecian la sabiduría y la instrucción.
Right living and right thinking are characteristics of a person that truly fears God.
Fear of God can be defined as a healthy respect for God, reverence for God, a life devoted to the worship of God.
There are many people in this world that are smart, intelligent, or even geniuses. However, when it comes to the things of God they are fools for they despise true wisdom and instruction.
How many smart/intelligent/geniuses are there that:
Are adulterers?
Lie?
Cheat?
Unable to administer their money?
Refuse to acknowledge God?
The Bible describes them as fools! It does not matter how much they know - they do not know the most important thing - God must be feared, he must be acknowledged, he must be reverenced.
The true fear of God is not a religious experience but rather submitting ourselves to the word of God by allowing it to affect our behavior and our thinking.