The spiritual life is lived in the soul. We express what we believe in our bodies—how we behave. Our words are a reflection of our soul.
When Solomon wrote the book of Proverbs under the inspiration of God the Holy Spirit, his apparent objective was to stress the importance of having the wisdom of God. He made it available for you and for me through his written words and we call it the Scripture.
Proverbs 1:1-7The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel: 2 To know wisdom and instruction, To discern the sayings of understanding, 3 To receive instruction in wise behavior, Righteousness, justice, and equity; 4 To give prudence to the naive, To the youth knowledge and discretion, 5 A wise man will hear and increase in learning, And a man of understanding will acquire wise counsel, 6 To understand a proverb and a figure, The words of the wise and their riddles. 7 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; Fools despise wisdom and instruction.
We are exhorted over and over and over again throughout the New Testament to learn God's plan so we can execute and fulfill His desire for us so that we might in fact glorify him, not ourselves. Ephesians 3:20 says, “All glory belongs to God whose power is at work in us.”
In 2 Peter 3:18, “Grow [this is not a request, this is an order from Peter, this is a commandment] in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.” Mandated. If you are not growing, you are sinning. A Christian who does not progress in the Christian life is going to go backward.
You must grow on a daily basis. You must be under the ministry of a well-qualified pastor who can teach you God's Word so that you can learn it and apply it to your life.
You have got to learn to think as He thinks and that is why the Bible says it, “let this mind be in you that was also in Christ Jesus” (Philippians 2:5). The Bible is the mind of Christ. The New Testament is the mind of Christ. We have it and we are to grow in the grace and the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
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