Wisdom has to do with the ability to choose the right means for a desired ends. Wisdom flows from God's Omniscience and ominibenevolence. Light refers to God as the Great Illuminator, the radiant One, the giver of light.
Wisdom has to do with the ability to choose the right means for a desired ends. Wisdom flows from God's Omniscience and ominibenevolence. Light refers to God as the Great Illuminator, the radiant One, the giver of light.
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Wisdom has to do with the ability to choose the right means for a desired ends. Wisdom flows from God's Omniscience and ominibenevolence. Light refers to God as the Great Illuminator, the radiant One, the giver of light.
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Week 3, Session 1 Systematic Theology: Volume Two Chapter Eight “God’s Omniscience” pp.180-212 God’s Omniscience Omniscience defined . . .
The historical definition is straightforward:
“God knows everything—past, present, and
future; He knows the actual and the possible; only the impossible (the contradictory is outside the knowledge of God” Geisler, p. 180 Biblical Basis for God’s Omniscience Gen. 6:5 Job 21:22; 36:4; 37:16 Ps. 139:2-4, 17-18; 147:4-5 Isa. 40:28; 42:9; 46:10 Matt. 10:29-30 Acts 15:17-18 Rom. 8:29; 11:33 Eph. 1:11 Heb. 4:13 Objections to God’s Omniscience Be familiar with the twelve objections and responses to the God’s omniscience in Geisler, pp. 194-210 Systematic Theology: Volume Two Chapter Nine “God’s Wisdom and Light” pp. 213-232 God’s Wisdom Definition of God’s Wisdom . . .
Hebrew chokam, Greek sophia, both mean
“wisdom” or “skill.” Wisdom has to do with the ability to choose the right means for a desired ends. Wisdom is the application of truth to one’s life. God infinitely wise. Biblical Basis for God’s Wisdom God is wise: God’s words are wise: Ezra 7:25 Ps. 19:7 Job 12:13 Jer. 8:9 Dan. 2:20 Luke 11:49 Rom 16:27 1 Cor. 1:24; 2:7 Eph. 3:10 Rev. 7:12 Biblical Basis for God’s Wisdom God’s acts are wise: God is the source of wisdom: Ps. 104:24 Gen. 41:39 Prov. 3:19 Prov. 2:6 Ecc. 2:26 Jer. 10:12 1 Kings 3:28; 4:29 Hos. 14:9 2 Chron. 2:12 Dan. 2:23 Eph. 1:17 Col. 1:9; 2:3 James 1:5 2 Peter 3:15 God’s Light Definition of God’s Light:
He is spiritual light; He is the Great
Illuminator; He is radiant glory, and he is the Giver of light. Biblical Basis for God’s Light God is spiritual light: 2 Sam. 22:29 Ps. 4:6; 27:1 Isa. 2:5; 10:17; 60:19-20 Mic. 7:8 Biblical Basis for God’s Light God is the Great Illuminator: Matt. 17:5 John 8:12; cf. 9:5; 12:46 1 Tim. 6:16 2 Pet. 1:19 1 John 1:5, 7 Rev. 21:23; 22:5 Biblical Basis for God’s Light God is the giver of God is Radiant Spiritual light: Glory: Ps. 13:3; 19:8; Ex. 13:21 27:1 Isa. 60:1 Acts 26:18 2 Cor. 4:4 God’s Wisdom and Light SUMMARY Wisdom and light are two of God’s nonmoral attributes. Wisdom flows from His omniscience and ominibenevolence. As applied to God, “wisdom” denotes His unerring ability to choose the best means to accomplish the best end. Light refers to God as the Great Illuminator, the Radiant One, the Source of all Illumination and enlightenment. By His wisdom we know where to walk (Ja. 1:5), and by His light we can see the path on which to walk (Ps. 119:105). Geisler, p. 231