NoHo Study, Friday, Aug 23rd, Dandurand's 7PM

Please take the time to read over and think through these questions. Remember, the more work you put into the study, the more you get out of it. I hope and pray that these questions will be a blessing to you and help you to understand this passage so that you might grow in wisdom when you apply it to your life.

Here are the questions:

Proverbs 8:22 +

What is our definition of wisdom? 

22 “The Lord possessed me at the beginning of his work,

the first of his acts of old.

23 Ages ago I was set up,

at the first, before the beginning of the earth.

24 When there were no depths I was brought forth,

when there were no springs abounding with water.

What expressions are used to describe what was done to wisdom in verses 22-24? i.e. Of what verbs is wisdom the direct object?

What do we learn about wisdom from this?

If wisdom was created then it belongs in the category of created things. What exists that God did NOT create? What then can wisdom NOT be? How could Christ be our wisdom without violating this concept?

If wisdom was created at the beginning of creation, how do you answer the following question: Was wisdom a part of God's character before this? If so, what might it mean that Wisdom was created?

As you read the following verses, compare them to Genesis 1:1 and see if you can tell on what day each of these things happened.

25 Before the mountains had been shaped,

before the hills, I was brought forth,

26 before he had made the earth with its fields,

or the first of the dust of the world.

27 When he established the heavens, I was there;

when he drew a circle on the face of the deep,

28 when he made firm the skies above,

when he established the fountains of the deep,

29 when he assigned to the sea its limit,

so that the waters might not transgress his command,

when he marked out the foundations of the earth,

30 then I was beside him, like a master workman,

and I was daily his delight,

rejoicing before him always,

31 rejoicing in his inhabited world

and delighting in the children of man.

What is Wisdom establishing about herself in verses 25-31?

Genesis 1:1

Day4 - God puts stars in the heavens and creates the Sun and the Moon each to rule at its time. What where these things created for? In terms of planetary movement, what is a day, a season, a year? This is a fun one to do with the kids :-)

Back to Proverbs 8:

32 “And now, O sons, listen to me:

blessed are those who keep my ways.

Who is promised blessing? What does it mean to keep her ways?

33 Hear instruction and be wise,

and do not neglect it.

34 Blessed is the one who listens to me,

watching daily at my gates,

waiting beside my doors.

Again, who is promised blessing? From our previous lessons: Wisdom takes work and ___?

35 For whoever finds me finds life

and obtains favor from the Lord,

36 but he who fails to find me injures himself;

all who hate me love death.”

What is contrasted here?

From our previous lesson, Who does NOT find wisdom?