{"id":843,"date":"2016-04-17T00:20:42","date_gmt":"2016-04-17T00:20:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/?p=843"},"modified":"2016-05-09T01:10:00","modified_gmt":"2016-05-09T01:10:00","slug":"sermon-april-17-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/sermon-april-17-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Sermon &#8211; April 17, 2016: &#8220;The Need for Wisdom&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-843-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/sermons\/apr17-16.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/sermons\/apr17-16.mp3\">http:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/sermons\/apr17-16.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bible.com\/events\/22234\">Download Sermon Notes<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"content text\" data-reactid=\".18oqgwnq1a8.0.2.$4.0\">\n<div class=\"caption\" data-reactid=\".18oqgwnq1a8.0.2.$4.0.0\">\n<div><b>The Need for Wisdom<\/b><\/div>\n<div><i>Genesis 29:31-30:24<\/i><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Jacob would have avoided many of his life circumstances if he would have exercised wisdom.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>If we truly believe in the attributes of God it makes sense to trust Him when it comes to how to think, speak and act.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Christian definition of wisdom: Think, speak and act in such a way that it produces the best and right thing for others.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Fear of God demands obedience which is what helps a person to think, speak and do wisely (that which is best and right). \u2013Psalm 111:10 &amp; Psalm 37:30-31<\/div>\n<div>When God commands something it is because he wants us to think, speak and act in such a way that it does what is best and right.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Lists of \u201cdon\u2019ts\u201d in scripture<\/div>\n<div>\u2022 Exodus 20:1-17<\/div>\n<div>\u2022 Galatians 5:19-21<\/div>\n<div>\u2022 Ephesians 5:3-6<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Notice the warning: Those who make sin a habit will not see the kingdom of heaven.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>How do we avoid all of these foolish thoughts, words and actions? We love. \u2013 Proverbs 10:12 &amp; 1 Peter 4:8<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Jacob was given every reason to think wisely because of God\u2019s promises to him, and the same is true for you! \u2013 2 Peter 1:3-4<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>If you lack wisdom then ask for it, but ask in full faith without wavering between trust in God and trust in selfish passions. \u2013 James 1:5-8<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Be wise like Jesus. \u2013 Philippians 2:3-11<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Download Sermon Notes The Need for Wisdom Genesis 29:31-30:24 Jacob would have avoided many of his life circumstances if he would have exercised wisdom. If we truly believe in the attributes of God it makes sense to trust Him when<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/sermon-april-17-2016\/\"><i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,21,43,10],"tags":[57,24,44,13],"class_list":["post-843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bible-studies","category-members","category-sermon","category-worship","tag-bible-study","tag-members","tag-sermon","tag-worship"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/843","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=843"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/843\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":855,"href":"https:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/843\/revisions\/855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}