My Second Sermon

Beginners luck is what they say, but I have always found the
second easier than the first. However that could be because I don't
believe in luck. Anyways I started my second sermon with a wholesome, "good morning" and then abruptly went on to the main subject.

"Do wisdom and knowledge mean the same thing?" I received in response the tentative head wagging. But I stumped them with the next question, "What are the definitions for wisdom and knowledge?" After a little while of trying to decipher hints from the background, the children finally said that they didn't know.

Illustrating to them the difference, I explained, "Knowledge is knowing the facts, for example if you read the Ten Commandments you have the knowledge of them. Wisdom is the ability to apply knowledge, for example you know the Ten Commandments but to have wisdom you would have to apply the Ten Commandments to every area of your life."

Then I continued on by declaring, "However God gives us a different definition of Wisdom and that is in Deuteronomy when Moses was speaking to Israel before they crossed the Jordan, "Give me wisdom, so that I may keep your law; going after it with all my heart. Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the LORD my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the land whither ye go to possess it. Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people." (Deuteronomy 4:5-6.) Extrapolating on this passage, I presented the idea that wisdom is the obedience to our Lord God and that God clearly says in both James and Proverbs that he will grant wisdom to those who ask for it.

Ending the sermon, I prayed, "Heavenly Father, we ask that we would remember that You are the holder of all wisdom and that you will grant it to those that who ask. We ask that we would apply it to every area of life so once again people would see what a great nation we are and then understand it is not because we in ourselves are great but that we are great because we have a Great Lord who is the Lord of Lord and King of Kings. In Your Son's name, Amen"

The One and Only
Anthony J McAtee