Proverbs 8

Proverbs 8  •  2 min. read  •  grade level: 6
 
Wherever we go we hear wisdom’s voice, because we have a sense of responsibility to God. Our conscience reminds us of this. On high places, at the crossroads, by the gates of the city, wherever there is a man found, we hear wisdom’s voice.
God is in earnest that man respond to wisdom’s call, because, if ignored, man will be lost forever.
Wisdom is intelligence and strength to one who has it.
Wisdom’s fruit is better than all riches. Those who have it will inherit substance, and their treasuries will be filled. The honeycomb illustrates this.
Wisdom loves those who love it. Those who seek wisdom earnestly, shall find it.
Wisdom was before creation. We have to find its path now in a ruined creation. Only the Word of God, with the intelligence that His Spirit gives, will show us this path. John the Baptist, going before, led into this path, which was repentance. The spiritual man discerns this path, while it baffles the cleverest of those not having the Spirit.
Jesus Is Wisdom
Jesus is Wisdom. Wisdom is the fruit of God’s being. Man is the object of wisdom. The Lord, Wisdom, rejoiced in the habitable part of the earth. His “delights were with the sons of men” (Prov. 8:3131Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of men. (Proverbs 8:31)).
“He took not on Him the nature of angels; but He took on Him the seed of Abraham” (Heb. 2:1616For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham. (Hebrews 2:16)). “For it became Him, for whom are all things...in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings” (Heb. 2:1010For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings. (Hebrews 2:10)).
Into a world of defilement, into the midst of its violence, corruption, evil and enmity against God, came Jesus as a babe. He grew into manhood, but He did not need to learn wisdom by experience. Christ was Wisdom displayed in subjective perfection in this world. Every word He uttered was a part of wisdom, and the right part when He uttered it. He was Wisdom — what we need to learn by experience.
Jesus is now crowned with glory and honor with a name above every name. All power, all judgment and all dominion are given to Him. Jesus answers to every aspect of wisdom — He is Wisdom.
Angels as unfallen creatures are a witness of His keeping; we as fallen creatures are a witness to His redeeming grace. God has told of no eternal purpose for angels; God’s delights are with the sons of men.