THE GIFT OF WISDOMBy: Carolyn SissomThursday, August 6, 2009 On March 20, 2000, the Lord spoke to me in the night, “Carolyn there are three levels of My Wisdom.” As I pondered and prayed before the Lord, I considered the following:
- The Spirit of Wisdom revealed to Solomon – (1 Kings 3:12) “Behold I have done according to your words: Lo, I have given you a wise and understanding heart; so that there was none like you before you, neither after you shall any arise like unto you.”
- THE MYSTERY OF WISDOM, the revelation of the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ as the Lord of Glory…The wisdom which the Holy Spirit teaches in comparing spiritual things with spiritual.” (1 Co. Ch. 2)
- “If anyone does not stumble on word, he is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body.” (James 3:2)
James 3: 13-18: True wisdom will result in good conversation or the goodness of our conversation: no malice, envy, strife of tongues, criticism, negative words, vanity, pride, coarseness or roughness. “Let no corrupt communication proceed from your mouths.” Out of good conversation will come good works. Not he who thinks well, or he who talks well are considered wise, but he who lives and acts well. True wisdom from above will be known by meekness and good temper. We will be able to bridle our own anger and patiently bear the anger of others. When we are mild and calm, we are able to hear reason and speak it. Wisdom produces meekness and meekness increases wisdom. The difference between men’s pretending to be wise and their being really so, and the wisdom which is from beneath and that which is from above is shown by a good life and it is marked by meekness. The opposite of the meekness of wisdom is bitter envy and selfish ambition. If we operate in envy and selfish ambition, our whole life is a denial of the truth revealed in Jesus. False wisdom is earthly, carnal, and un-spiritual, of the devil. It belongs to earth rather than to heaven; to nature rather than the Spirit and to demons rather than to God. 1 Cor. 15:44: “If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body… (Vs.46) The spiritual did not come first but the natural and after that the spiritual… Our Adam nature bears the likeness of the earthly nature, so shall we bear the likeness of the man from Heaven. Our spiritual man is created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness (Eph. 4:24) True wisdom is therefore heavenly in its origin and it is first of all pure then peace loving. It is pure in its essence and manifests itself as peaceable. The walk of the Holy Spirit realm of the Christian is one of purity. Without purity from the Spirit, we will never walk as peacemakers, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere. In James 3:2 “For in many things we offend all, if any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.” A perfect control of the tongue would mean a perfect life. Even Moses and Paul failed here. (Ps. 106:33; Ac. 23:5) Fortunately James did not say that God cannot tame the tongue. (Verse 9) “With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father and with it we curse men who have been made in God’s likeness." The cursing James condemns springs from bitterness in our hearts. True wisdom then is first of all pure (a pure heart), then peace loving. Envying and strife are opposed to the meekness of wisdom. Purity of the heart is the seat of both. Envy and wisdom cannot dwell together in the same heart. Envying is first and excites strife; then vain-glorying and lying after which comes confusion and every evil work. One sin is a domino affect to the other. This evil work springs from earthly principals. It is sensual and indulging the flesh. All who fall into this trap fall into the condemnation of the devil. Also, we could consider Prov. 9:10 as the foundation of wisdom: “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is under standing.” Then there is the scripture the Lord gave me by vision on March 14, 2000. I have it drawn it out for you to see. It was a book covering on which was written in the top left corner in large letters: Gift of Wisdom; flowing from the top right corner in a large circle around the letters SPIRIT was a stream of the Holy Spirit. Underneath that in the left corner is “And Life” – Proverbs 8:35: Prov. 8:35: And whoever finds me finds life and shall obtain favor of the Lord. Then we must consider 1 Co. 2:13-16: “Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God. Which things also we speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom teaches, but which the Holy Ghost teaches; comparing spiritual things with spiritual. But the natural man receives not the things of the Spirit of God; for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.” Proverbs Nine tells us that Wisdom has built a house. She has hewn out seven pillars…then gives a description of the feast of Wisdom in her house.
“Wisdom (Jesus Christ and his brethren – the Church) has built her house. The progression from the tents of Moses to the tabernacle of David to the permanency of the temple of Solomon takes us from visitation to the habitation. She has hewn out her seven pillars (the seven spirits of God, or the fullness of the Spirit as revealed in Isa. 11: 1-2 and Rev. 1: 4 or the seven lights of the golden candlestick, or the seven horns (all power) and the seven eyes (all-seeing) of the Revelation. Then there are the seven colors of the rainbow and Joseph’s coat. All reveal the nature and anointing that rests upon the overcomer of Rev. 2-3.” (P.P.T. K.V.)
The Seven Spirits of God are:
Spirit of Wisdom and understanding;
The Spirit of counsel and might,
The Spirit of knowledge and Godliness;
And of the fear of the Lord.
This denotes the Holy Spirit in the plentitude of Grace and Power.
"Grace be unto you and peace from him which is and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne." (Rev. 1:4b)
Then we must consider that the Spirit of Wisdom comes from before the throne of God.
True wisdom is a Gift from God. It is a gift he gave to Solomon and a Holy Spirit Gift to the brethren. Just like righteousness, salvation, miracles, sanctification, prophecy, understanding, knowledge, power, and Spirit of counsel. It is a gift. It comes from above (from the Spirit). It is pure without mixture. The wisdom from above is peaceable. The truly wise will run after peace and pursue it. Where peace is broken, they will desire restoration. Heavenly wisdom makes men peaceable. It is gentle, never rude, overbearing, domineering, and selfish or demand its own way.Heavenly wisdom is full of mercy and good fruits, both to releave those I need and to forgive those who offend. It is never partial, and never critical. It is without hypocrisy. It has no facades, disguess nor deceits.
It is sincere, open steady, uniform and consistent with itself.
Oh that God would pour out a revival of Wisdom upon the church and the nation. True wisdom will go on to sow the fruits of righteousness in peace and thus to make peace in the world. That which is sown in peace will produce a harvest of righteousness and joy. Prophecy given March 16, 2000:
That wisdom is preparing a marriage supper of “unity”, “a holy temple of the Lord” of all denominations into a gathering together in one, all things in Christ. She (wisdom) has slaughtered her meat. She has mixed her wine. She has furnished her table. She has sent out her maidens. She cries out from the highest places of the city…She says, “For he who is simple lacks understanding, come, eat of my bread and drink of the wine I have mixed.” (Prov. 9: 2-6)
If the Lord allows, one day I will teach on the Feast of Wisdom. Perhaps he will bless me with the total wisdom of the three levels of Wisdom. It is a mystery. Taught again by: Carolyn SissomAt Women’s Jail, Richmond, TexasScripture from K.J.V
