Aim: To boldly ask for wisdom—being confident in Christ.
Doctrine: Asking for wisdom flows from a tested and ''perfected'' soul, that nevertheless needs more guidance and that now ''tries out'' its refreshed faith.
Exegesis: How asking for wisdom more firmly establishes Christians: it allows us to experience how wonderful God is (v. 5); it makes us focus and apply our faith (v. 6); it reminds us that God requires sincerity (vv. 7-8).
Further application: Why the church should often ask for wisdom: because we really need it (in this life), and because it is evidence of a living faith in Jesus.
Key verse: v. 5 ''If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.''
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Rev. Mark Henninger received his Masters of Divinity from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois, and he has been Pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Peoria, Illinois for more than 30 years.