Lesson 102: God The Holy Spirit – Part 7

INTRODUCTION: In the last study, we began a study of the gifts of the Holy Spirit. We learnt that God demands purity before power and He expects us to develop our basic gifts of service and giving before requesting for other gifts. We also learnt that there are three kinds of wisdoms; satanic, human and Divine. Now, we want to study a Divine gift called “Word of wisdom”, I Cor. 12:4-8. We pray that if you lack this precious gift you will obtain it today in Jesus Name.

1. A WORD OF WISDOM IS LIKE AN APPLE OF GOLD
Divine Wisdom is not limited to spiritual matters only. We can obtain Divine Wisdom for our daily trade, for leadership, forever/day living in addition to understanding spiritual things. To understand the term “Word of Wisdom”, we need to note that God knows the past, present and future. He has a large storehouse of information. He gives only a bit of it at a time of need, hence the term “Word of Wisdom”. It is a word fitly spoken.

Exo. 31:1-5; Dent. 34:9; Pro. 3:5; I Cor. 2:13-14; Eph. 1:17; Pro. 25:11; Ecc. 9:16-18; Ecc. 10:12; Isa. 50:4; Pro. 15:23.

2. THE PURPOSE OF THE GIFT IS VARIED
Depending on the circumstances, there are various reasons why God may manifest the gifts of the word of wisdom in His body. Some of the reasons could be (a) to solve human problems (b) to confuse the enemy (c) for deliverance from a tight comer (d) to turn a fool to a learned person there by demonstrating the superiority of God’s wisdom over man’s and (e) to give direction.

I Kings 3:24-27; Acts 15.24-29; Matt. 2 2:1–22; John 8:4-11; Matt. 21:23-27; Ecc. 9:16-18; Acts 22:24-29; Acts 23:6-9; Matt. 10:18-19; Isa. 50:4; Acts 6:8-10; Acts 16:9-10.

3. THE MANIFESTATION OF THE GIFT
The gift of the word of wisdom could be manifested through four major namely: (a) by the audible voice, (b) by vision or dream (c) by prophecy, which we shall consider later and (d) through reading scriptures. A man may know that he has this gift when he finds it operating in a time of need and by faith a Her asking for it.

I Kings 19:11-12; Dan. 2:19-23; Gen. 40:5-22; 41:1-39; Ps. 119:105.