Lesson 18: God’s Wisdom Believed Saves Us From His Wrath

 Knowing God is wise saves us from blaspheming Him. Our society today not only treats the words of the Bible badly but they do the same thing with the words of their mouth. Many people do not hesitate in saying such statements as, "The Lord told me this" or "God told me to tell you this" and so on. If a person truly believes this, they need to know three things. One, if what they said supposedly came from God did not come to pass, it did not come from God. Two, claiming to have a "word from God" that does not come to pass makes God look stupid or like a big liar. That is why the penalty for this behavior, in the Bible, was death.

Deuteronomy 18:22 - “When a prophet speaks in the name of the LORD, if the word does not come to pass or come true, that is a word that the LORD has not spoken; the prophet has spoken it presumptuously. You need not be afraid of him.” (Verse 20 says such a prophet shall die).

That is not all. If you realize that God is Wise, it will not only save you from being led astray and from being a blasphemer of God, it will also save you from being left behind. The same wise God who predicted all those past events, also predicted future events. Why? To lovingly warn us of when the 7-year Tribulation and Christ's second coming was near.

What are these future prophecies? The Bible specifically says that in the last days leading up to the 7-year Tribulation we would see Israel being reborn, amazing technology, worldwide disturbances, people getting more wicked, a flood of false teachers, the church flooded with phony believers, a push for a one-world religion, government, and economy; and the ability for one person to monitor and control people and their buying all over the world.


 If we already see every one of those events being put into place right now, then how much closer is the rapture of the church which takes place prior to the Tribulation? Would it be safe to say that God, who is Wise, might be trying to lovingly show us that the time is near? Yes! That is why Bible prophecy is one of God's many ways to warn us of the dangers of being left behind. But you might still be asking, "Left behind? Left behind for what?" Only to face hell on earth when His wrath is poured out on this wicked and rebellious world. Therefore, yes, I would say knowing something as basic as God is Wise really does make a difference in the lives of people worldwide.

This is a wonderful message we get to tell our friends and neighbors: "God not only exists, but through Jesus Christ they really can have an intimate personal relationship with the Creator of the universe before it is too late." I encourage you, if the world is ever going to believe our message, then we must stop acting like practical atheists. We must start demonstrating by our lips as well as our lives that God is Wise.

* Who comes to your mind as you read this, someone you can tell about Jesus?