Boasting Wise Today's Three-minute Bible Study Print, Study and Apply Title: Boasting Wise----------------------------------- Date: 7/16/2000 Keywords:    "boast" "source" "wisdom" Welcome to eXXit, the web site designed to help you stand strong in the face of sexual temptation. Passage: Jeremiah 9:23-26* 23. Thus says the LORD, "Let not a wise man boast of his wisdom, and let not the mighty man boast of his might, let not a rich man boast of his riches; 24. but let him who boasts boast of this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the LORD who exercises lovingkindness, justice, and righteousness on earth; for I delight in these things," declares the LORD. 25. "Behold, the days are coming," declares the LORD, "that I will punish all who are circumcised and yet uncircumcised — Questions 1. Why shouldn't a wise man boast of his wisdom (verse 23)?   2. Can a wise person count on always acting wisely?   Practical help Wisdom is a great virtue and one that God wants you to seek and use. So why shouldn't the wise man toot his own horn? After all, God provides an awful lot of Scripture teaching us about wisdom. How to learn it. How to discern it. How to apply it. How to grow in it. So what's His beef with boasting? Well, one of the wisest things you can learn and discern about wisdom is who owns it. Wisdom, like all truly good things, is a gift from God. As soon as you start to believe that you're achievements in gaining wisdom are a result of your own efforts, you begin to set yourself up for a big fall. Maybe you count yourself wise, but you can't understand why you're unable to cut loose from that porn habit? Take the lead from Jeremiah, and acknowledge the source of wisdom. Tomorrow start your day with a new motto from Proverbs 3:7: Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and turn away from evil.* eXXit homepage Index of three-minute studies Copyright 2000 by eXXit *"Scripture taken from the NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE®, © Copyright The Lockman Foundation 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995. Used by permission."