Dr. McKellar’s Lesson for July 12, 2020

Wisdom Personified

Proverbs 8:6-21

1. Context

• call of wisdom 1-5
• consideration of wisdom’s existence 22-31
• contrast through personification
• God’s wisdom: perfectly factual knowledge + immediate and perfect situational insight + omnipotent resolve in all its forms
• main idea: Knowing that God’s wisdom brings lasting benefits, value it with increasing intensity.

2. Hear Wisdom’s Appeal (6-11)

• unmatched virtue
• incomparable value

3. Consider Wisdom’s Activity (12-16)

• hatred of evil
• giving what She possesses

4. Ponder Wisdom’s Reward (17-21)

• benefits for those who love Her
• better than gold which stands the fire-test
• edifying and eternal wealth

5. So What?

• Treasure the revelation of God’s wisdom. Psa. 19:10-11
• Avoid obsession with the vanity and vexation of existence without wisdom. 1 Cor. 3:18-22
• Treasure the incarnation of God’s wisdom. 1 Cor. 1:20-25
• “Speak, O Lord, and renew our minds. Help us grasp the heights of Your plans for us. Truths unchanged from the dawn of time that will echo down through eternity…” (Getty)