WISE OR OTHER WISE
JOSHUA 9

4 WORDS THAT GIVE LIFE PERSPECTIVE:

KNOWLEDGE,

UNDERSTANDING - THE ASSESMENT AND GRASP OF INFORMATION.

WISDOM – AN APPROPRIATE AND PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF INFORMATION.

DISCERNMENT – ABILITY TO SEE TRUTH AND ERROR

WHAT LESSONS ARE WE TO LEARN?


FIRST, DON’T BE TRICKED BY THE ENEMY,

  ISRAEL WALKED BY SIGHT, Vv.1-6
(SEEING IS BELIEVING …)

      THEY APPEAL TO ISRAEL’S GOD, Vv.7-10

      THEY APPEAL TO ISRAEL’S POWER, Vv.11

      THEY APPEAL TO ISRAEL’S COMPASSION, Vv.12-13

   ISRAEL ACTED FOOLISHLY, Vv.14-15
(WHAT OR WHO IS A FOOL?)

      A FOOL DESPISES WISDOM AND INSTRUCTION, PR.1:7

      A FOOL HATES KNOWLEDGE, PR.1:22

      A FOOL LACKS DISCIPLINE, PR.1:32

      A FOOL IS NAÏVE, PR.8:5

      A FOOL HAS NO OBJECTIVITY, PR.10:8-10

      A FOOL HAS A DAMAGING TONGUE, PR. 10:18

      A FOOL LIVES FOR TROUBLE, PR.10:23

      A FOOL IS BLINDED BY FOOLISHNESS, PR.12:15

      A FOOL HAS A FOOLISH HEART, PR.12:23


SECOND, IF YOU MAKE A MISTAKE AND HAVE TO LIVE WITH THE CONSEQUENCES LIMIT THE DAMAGE,

   CONSEQUENCE, AS A RESULT OF NOT ASKING THE COUNSEL OF THE LORD; Vv.15-27

      COVENANT WITH THE GIBEONITES, Vv.15

      THE PEOPLE ARE DEVIDED, Vv.16-21

   SOLUTION; HOW DO WE DEVELOP DISCERNMENT?

      A PASSION FOR TRUTH …

      A STUDENT OF PEOPLE …

      OUR PAST POOR JUDGEMENT …

      MINIMIZE THE MISTAKE … Vv.22-27