Love Fulfilled Ministry

yes! the wisdom from above exists first before all things pure, then next peaceable, reasonable, easily persuades, filled with mercy and profitable fruit, impartial and real . * There is so much in this verse so let's begin with defining that wisdom comes in Christ, " in whom exists hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. I tell you this so that no one may deceive you by fine-sounding arguments ." *  Wisdom comes from above, down came Christ who became for us wisdom from above. *  How we begin to get wisdom is important and there is a difference between that of the old covenant and of the new. In the new God doesn't give us a spirit of fear but of power, agape love, and a sound mind. *  In the old fear was the beginning of wisdom and understanding, as the Law had power through the fear of punishment, but in the new we are born from above and are given " a Spirit of wisdom and revelation in knowing him ." *  Jesus is the final authority and sourc...

"Truly I say to you if you change not and  become  not like the little child you shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven." 1 What does it mean to change and become like a child? We begin with this word for "to you" it is the Greek word ὑμῖν which has a different meaning than the Greek word σο ι meaning "to you." The meaning of  ὑμῖν  puts emphasis on the type of "change" required, a new birth. From it, we see words that celebrate marriage and in the sense of a covenant, of a veil broken that leads to newness of life. Becoming like a child is the change required, such speaks of the greatest testimony of Spirit, being born from above. Also, this change speaks of transformation, of renewal of the mind, of becoming like. Becoming like a child one enters and becomes great in the kingdom of heaven. "truly, truly, I say to you unless a person is born from above he cannot see the kingdom of God." 3 Being born from above spe...