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Wisdom Books Flashcards

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To understand impact of Job

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It must be read and understood as a whole

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Job was written

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Likely even before Genesis was written

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Eliphaz

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Bases his bad advice on personal experience

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Bildad

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Bases his bad advice on tradition

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Zophar

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Bases his bad advice on doctrine

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Statements of Job’s friends

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While technically in the Bible, cannot be used for doctrinal purposes, for they are often wrong. In the end of the book, God rebukes them for not speaking the truth about Him

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Other Wisdom Literature of the Near East at this time

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Man and His God
I Will Praise the Lord of Wisdom
The Babylonian Theodicy

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What we can use in ministry

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They came
They wept (sympathized) with him
They were present and saying nothing for 7 days

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Elihu’s view

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Suffering can be preventative as well as punitive

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God’s monologue

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Changes from considering God’s justice to considering God’s wisdom

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God’s message

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Just as God’s wisdom is infinitely higher than Man’s, so God’s understanding of justice is higher than Man’s. So it should be no surprise that we might not always ‘get’ God’s justice.

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Why is Job at peace when none of his questions have been answered?

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Because Job has accepted the fact that God’s wisdom is so high above his own that the most healing thing is to know God rather than knowing all the answers

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Book of Job tests

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Retribution theology. (The righteous will prosper and the wicked will suffer)

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Job also tests

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Pagan cultures of his time

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There is some suffering

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That is beyond explanation and we should resist efforts to try to make sense of it. The answer, “I don’t know” is sometimes the best (and most healing) answer to someone’s begging question “Why?”

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Psalms are not

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Doctrinal statements
Creeds
History

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Psalms are

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Poetry
Prayer
Intended to be set to music and prayed in worship

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Psalter

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Book of Psalms is often called

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Types of Psalms

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Lament
Thanksgiving
Hymns

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Most Numerous Psalms

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Lament

21
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Psalms have been authoritative for us

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As a guide for worship
As an example of honesty before God
As a demonstration of the importance of prayer, praise, and meditation

22
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Jesus Himself

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As well as the testimony of the New Testament affirms the biblical authority of the Psalms

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Material in the Psalms

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Was not written to communicate abstract theology for us. It was written to help people come to worship God from all the turmoil of life, good and bad

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Function of Lament Psalms

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Is to expresses a faith and trust in God even when there is no immediate evidence that He is active

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Function of Thanksgiving Psalms

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Is to praise God for something He has done for the Psalmist or to offer thanksgiving in the form worship

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Function of Hymns

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Is to praise God because He is God, and we know He is because we have cried to Him, and He is acted

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All Psalms

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Are Different Aspects of Praise

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Psalms think of God

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Not in intellectual terms or doctrines, but in dynamic terms that see God active and interactive in human affairs

29
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Psalter teaches us

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That praise in the mode of lament is just as important as praise in the mode of doxology

30
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Cycle of Psalms

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Lament-thanksgiving-hymn

31
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Proverbs

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Concerns itself completely with instructing people in the path of godly wisdom

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Proverbs 1:7

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The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

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Wisdom

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According to Proverbs, involves having a measure of humility both before God as well as before others.

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Primary function of Proverbs

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Is to instruct youth

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Applying Proverbs

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An important note is to understand them as wisdom not promises. Proverbs is about probabilities rather than promises

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52%

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Of the first 9 chapters speak of the value of wisdom

37
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24%

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Of the first 9 chapters warn young men against adultery

38
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Proverbs 27:17

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As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another

39
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Song of Songs

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Is often interpreted as an allegory of the relationship between God and Israel, God and the Church, or Christ and the human soul, as husband and wife.
However, some reject any allegorical interpretation of this book claiming that a better interpretation is to take it at face value; as a collection of passionate love songs between a husband and wife.

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Understanding Song of Songs

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It either way can teach us about love. Song of Songs is probably best seen as both.

41
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Book combats two extremes

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Asceticism (Denial of all pleasure) and hedonism (pursuit of only pleasure)

42
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G.K. Chesterton

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Meaninglessness does not come from being weary from pain, it comes from being weary from pleasure

43
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Purpose of Ecclesiastes

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  • In the end, the Preacher comes to accept that faith in God is the only way to find personal meaning
  • He decides to accept the fact that life is brief and ultimately worthless without God
  • The Preacher advises the reader to focus on an eternal God instead of temporary pleasure
44
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First Main Message

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Everything is meaningless

45
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Vanity

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Emphasizes the temporary limited nature of worldly things

46
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Under the Sun

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Occurs 28 times, and refers to the mortal world. When the Preacher refers to “all things under the sun”, he is talking about earthly, temporary, human things

47
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Second Main Message

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It is of value to serve God faithfully throughout life

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