Good Forgiveness - Part 1 - Following God's Character and Obedience

The Act of Forgiving and the nature of Forgiveness is both celebrated as well as misunderstood as weakness. What is the balance in forgiveness, what is good and sound, Godly forgiveness? Our series tries to grapple with these questions.

We discuss the acronym FORGIVENESS

In the first episode we discuss:

1. "F" - Following God's character and nature - 1 John 1:9, Isaiah 43:25, Jeemiah 50:20, Exodus 34:6-7, Psalm 86:5, Nehemiah 9:17 and Colossians 3:13

2. "O" - Obeying the command to forgive. Matthew 18:21-35, Luke 17:3-4, Matthew 6:14-15, Epesians 4:32.

Wisdom in WISE

W - What is wisdom

I- Insights in wisdom source

S- Seeking and asking for wisdom

E - Experiencing and exercising wisdom to build

What is wisdom?

In the first of two episodes on Good Wisdom, we attempt to define wisdom in scripture, in contemporary world an finally we differentiate Godly wisdom and earthly wisdom.

Acronym "wise" helps spell out our two episodes;

W- What is wisdom - Good wisdom defined

I - Insights to getting wisdom

S - seeking wisdom and asking for wisdom

E - Experiencing and exercising wisdom to build around us in our world in our generation!

Socrates says that wisdom is a state of mind where the mind is in possession of knowledge. He notes that we keep searching, keep revising our concepts and conclusions, that all we can do to live a virtuous life is to seek wisdom "philo-sophias".

Plato considers wisdom as "the main virtue" and gives the myth of 3 metals. Souls of God - (given to rationality), souls of silver(given to spirit part) and souls of bronze (given to appetitive part). The souls of gold have the highest form and capacity to give good advice and govern/lead the "polis". Wisdom is a form of intellectual excellence.

Aristotle considers wisdom as a practical virtual accessible to all men achieved by a "contemplative life". Theoretical wisdom, (sophia), practical wisdom (phonesis) is the ability to make sound and virtuous decisions in specific changing circumstances.