Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 04055 Wisdom is one of Scripture’s great themes, running from the Proverbs through to Paul’s letters, and it is no surprise that the Spirit distributes a gift identified with it. But the “word of wisdom” Paul mentions in 1 Corinthians 12:8 is something more specific than wisdom in the general biblical sense, and distinguishing…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 2010 “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom” (Proverbs 1:7), and it is also one of the most persistently misunderstood concepts in the Bible. Two errors recur in how people handle it. The first is to sentimentalise it — to insist that fearing God simply means respecting Him or standing in…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 4008 The question of how the Spirit guides believers is one of the most practically significant in all of pneumatology. It touches directly on decision-making, on the discernment of God’s will, and on the texture of Christian life at a day-to-day level. Romans 8:14 states that “all who are led by the Spirit of…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 3009 The Gospels give us only glimpses into Jesus’ childhood, yet those glimpses raise fascinating questions. How did the incarnation work in practice during those early years? Did the baby Jesus know He was God while lying in the manger? Did the toddler Jesus understand the Trinity? What was going on in His mind…