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Divine Wisdom, June 25
For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be
desired are not to be compared to it.
Proverbs 8:11
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If Adam and Eve had never touched the forbidden tree, the Lord would
have imparted to them knowledge,—knowledge upon which rested no
curse of sin, knowledge that would have brought them everlasting joy. The
only knowledge they gained by their disobedience was a knowledge of sin
and its results....
Age after age, the curiosity of men has led them to seek for the tree
of knowledge; and often they think they are plucking fruit most essential,
when, like Solomon’s research, they find it altogether vanity and nothing-
ness in comparison with that science of true holiness which will open to
them the gates of the city of God. The human ambition has been seeking
for that kind of knowledge that will bring to them glory and self-exaltation
and supremacy. Thus Adam and Eve were worked upon by Satan until
God’s restraint was snapped asunder, and their education under the teacher
of lies began in order that they might have the knowledge which God had
refused them
True wisdom is a treasure as lasting as eternity. Many of the world’s
so-called wise men are wise only in their own estimation. Content with
the acquisition of worldly wisdom, they never enter the garden of God, to
become acquainted with the treasures of knowledge contained in His holy
Word. Supposing themselves to be wise, they are ignorant concerning the
wisdom which all must have who gain eternal life.... The unlearned man,
if he knows God and Jesus Christ, has a more enduring wisdom than has
the most learned man who despises the instruction of God
Divine wisdom is to be a lamp to your feet.... Everything that can be
shaken will be shaken; but rooted and grounded in the truth, you will abide
with those things that cannot be shaken
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The S.D.A. Bible Commentary 1:1083
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The S.D.A. Bible Commentary 3:1156,
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The Youth’s Instructor, February 2, 1893
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