Foundational truths:
- Wisdom is seeing life from God’s perspective.
- Wisdom assumes the existence of good and evil.
- Wisdom is rooted in the fear of God

Everyone has an opinion…but not all opinions are helpful.

- Learn to listen and the art of asking questions.
If you learn to listen, people will learn to love you.

- Curate curiosity. God’s Word and world are mesmerizing. Become a truth-seeking learner.

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I need to be baptized.
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I need to attend Starting Point.
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I need to join a serve team.
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I need to join a small group.
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Dig Deeper:

1. Since we began our series in Proverbs, what have you learned about wisdom? How have you applied it to your life?
2. How is wisdom “seeing life from God’s perspective”? Provide examples.
3. How is wisdom related to the acknowledgement of good and evil? Provide examples.
4. Read Proverbs 1:7. How is wisdom rooted in the “fear of the Lord”?
5. Why does a fool despise wisdom and instruction?
6. What do you think of when you hear the word “teachability”?
7. Read Proverbs 12:1,15-16. When you think of “discipline” or “reproof,” what comes to mind? Is it positive or negative? Why?
8. Thinking back to question four listed above, how can understanding what it means to “fear” God help us understand how to view His discipline? What characteristics of God help us know that His discipline is good?
9. How are discipline and knowledge linked? How can teachability enable us to receive what God wants us to experience?
10. Read 1 Peter 2:15. How does being teachable deny ammunition to our enemies? Provide examples you’ve experienced or witnessed.
11. Read Titus 2:7-8. How can this passage specifically be lived out in your daily life? What does it mean to be “a model of good works”? How is that different from people pleasing or pretending/acting the part?
12. Does our culture value integrity, dignity, and sound speech?
13. Read Proverbs 16:18. What is pride? What is the root of pride? Why does it ultimately bring destruction?
14. Describe someone in your life you would describe as a humble person. What does their humility produce?
15. Read Hebrew 5:14 and Proverbs 1:10. How is discernment linked to distinguishing between good and evil? How do we practice discernment? Provide an example from your own experience.
16. Read 1 Samuel 25:17b and Exodus 5:2. What is the warning found in these passages?
17. Read 1 Samuel 18:8-9. What was King Saul focused on? What was he not focused on?
18. How do we learn? Who and where do we learn from? Provide examples.
19. Read the following Proverbs and summarize what you find. 13:20, 27:17, 16:21, 17:27, 25:28
20. Teachability, which leads to maturity, is possible through humility. What areas of your life do you need to seek humility in order to grow spiritually?

Live It Out:

Humility makes teachability possible. Maturity is the result of teachability. Lack of humility is the lid on maturity.

In the days and months ahead, grow in teachability by:

Listening to others before being the one to talk and ask engaging questions.

Curating curiosity and becoming a truth-seeking learner through both God’s Word and the world He created for us.

Observe where and how you are seeking knowledge and be discerning is doing so.

Find wise people. Join a Bridge Group and/or a Serve Team. Take a biblically wise person out to lunch or coffee.

Sign up for The Bridge Institute to mature and grow in wisdom alongside others. https://www.thebridgevenice.com/bridgeinstitute

Reading Plan
Monday: Proverbs 1:7, 12:1,15-16
Tuesday: Read 1 Peter 2:15, Titus 2:7-8
Wednesday: Proverbs 1:10, 16:18, Hebrew 5:14
Thursday: 1 Samuel 25:17b, Exodus 5:2
Friday: 1 Samuel 18:8-9
Saturday: Proverbs 13:20, 27:17, 16:21, 17:27, 25:28