Changed Into His Image

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Session 8
Searching for Wisdom
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Knowledge Objectives

• Define wisdom and be able to distinguish
  between the helicopter view and the dashboard
  view.
• Explain what will be judged at the Judgment Seat
  of Christ.
• State the two basic disciplines contained within
  the master discipline of hearing.
• Describe biblical meditation.

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Application Objectives

• Respond by pursuing wisdom.
• Respond by removing distractions that keep you
  from giving attention to God.
• Respond by committing yourself to daily
  meditation on the Word so that you are not a
  forgetful hearer.

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Session 8
Searching for Wisdom
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Matthew 724-25

• Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of
  mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a
  wise man, which built his house upon a rock And
  the rain descended, and the floods came, and the
  winds blew, and beat upon that house and it fell
  not for it was founded upon a rock.

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Matthew 726-27

• And every one that heareth these sayings of
  mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a
  foolish man, which built his house upon the sand
  And the rain descended, and the floods came, and
  the winds blew, and beat upon that house and it
  fell and great was the fall of it.

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What Is Wisdom?

• The Helicopter View
• The Dashboard View

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What Is Wisdom?

• It is having Gods perspective about what next
  response will honor Him while keeping us still
  usable to Him.
• The Judgment Seat of Christ will examine our
  usefulness or fruitfulness for God.

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Disciplines of Wisdom
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The Master Discipline of Hearing

• The indifferent hearer
• The impulsive hearer
• The infested hearer
• The ideal hearer
• Are we treating Gods words like spiritual junk
  mail?

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The Basic Discipline of Attention

• Adam was not created autonomous.
• We must make it a habit of life, a discipline, to
  listen to God.

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The Basic Discipline of Meditation

• Remembering Gods words is tied to our
  relationship with Him.
• Looketh?Parakupto?to bend over (to see
  something better)

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How to Remember Not to Forget

• Continue peering intently into the Word . . .
• Until you do not forget what you have heard.
• Until the Word makes a difference in your
  lifestyle and practice.