2. WISDOM FROM ABOVE IS BIBLICAL WISDOM, WISDOM OF GOD, MESSAGE OF THE CROSS.

3. WISDOM IS....... ABILITY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING. THE ABILITY TO JUDGE CORRECTLY AND TO FOLLOW THE BEST COURSE OF ACTION BASED ON KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING.

4. WISDOM IS… FACTS TRUTHS USING THE FACTS AND THE TRUTHS I UNDERSTAND TO MAKE RIGHT DECISIONS IN MY DAILY LIFE.

5. 1 CORINTHIANS 1:18-25 WISDOM OF GOD WISDOM FROM ABOVE THE MESSAGE OF THE CROSS IS THE WISDOM OF GOD. THAT IS WHAT WISDOM FROM ABOVE MEANS.

6. THERE IS WISDOM FROM BELOW:  “ THE WISDOM OF THIS WORLD” - 1 COR. 1:20; 3:19  “HUMAN WISDOM”-1 COR. 2:4  “THE WISDOM OF MEN”-1 COR.2:5  “THE WISDOM OF THIS AGE”-1 COR.2:6  “MAN’S WISDOM”-1 COR. 2:13

7. THE 1 ST PRINCIPLE OF THE WISDOM FROM ABOVE IS THAT PEOPLE SHOULD HUMBLE THEMSELVES BEFORE GOD IN REVERENCE AND WORSHIP, OBEDIENT TO HIS COMMANDS.

8. LET US VIEW THE “PUSH FOR LIFE” ILLUSTRATION ON POWERPOINT.

9. THE BIBLE ENCOURAGES: WISDOM  THE PURSUIT OF WISDOM STRICT DISCIPLINE  THE PRACTICE OF STRICT DISCIPLINE,  HARD WORK  HARD WORK AND  HIGH MORAL STANDARDS  HIGH MORAL STANDARDS, AS THE WAY TO HAPPINESS AND SUCCESS.

10. LET US WATCH A VIDEO CLIP WISE AND FOOLISH BUILDERS WISE AND FOOLISH BUILDERS

11. FROM THE BIBLE IT IS CLEAR THAT:  WISDOMBY ALL WHO SEEK AND FOLLOW IT.  WISDOM IS ATTAINABLE BY ALL WHO SEEK AND FOLLOW IT. BE REWARDED WITH LONG LIFE, HEALTH, POSSESSIONS, RESPECT, SECURITY AND SELF CONTROL.  THOSE WHO KEEP GOD’S MORAL AND ETHICAL LAWS WILL BE REWARDED WITH LONG LIFE, HEALTH, POSSESSIONS, RESPECT, SECURITY AND SELF CONTROL.  THE PROSPERITY OF THE WICKED IS BRIEF, WHILE THE RIGHTEOUS, ALTHOUGH PRESENTLY SUFFERING, WILL EVENTUALLY RECEIVE GOD’S REWARD.