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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Mountain View, California · Jan 10, 1906

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 32, No. 2.

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UNDERSTANDING.

1. What importance does the Lord attach to understanding?
He says, "With all thy getting get understanding." Prov. 4:7.
An inspired prayer is, "That ye might be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding." Col. 1:9.
2. Who knows all about wisdom and understanding?
"God understandeth the way thereof, and He knoweth the place thereof. . . . He prepared it, yea, and searched it out." Job 28:23-27.
3. Who, then, can give understanding?
"Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things." 2 Tim. 2:7.
4. What promise is given to those who truly seek for understanding?
"My son, if thou wilt receive My words, and hide My commandments with thee; so that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding; yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding; if thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures; then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God. For the Lord giveth wisdom; out of His mouth cometh knowledge and understanding." Prov. 2:1-6.
5. What does God say that understanding is?
"And unto man He said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding." Job 28:28.
6. Who is said to have a good understanding?
"A good understanding have all they that do His commandments." Ps. 111:10.
"He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding." Prov. 14:29.
7. What is the logical effect of true understanding?
"Give me understanding, and I shall keep Thy law." Ps. 119:34.
"Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that draweth out understanding." Prov. 3:13, margin.
"Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it." Prov. 16:22.
8. Then what good cause may one have for glorying?
"Let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth Me, that I am the Lord which exercise loving-kindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth; for in these things I delight, saith the Lord." Jer. 9:24.
9. What is the consequence of continuing in the way of unbelievers?
"This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind, having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness [margin, "hardness"] of their heart." Eph. 4:17, 18.
10. What is said of them that do not love understanding?
"A fool hath no delight in understanding." Prov. 18:2.
"The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God." Ps. 14:1.
11. What counsel is given to this class?
"Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice? . . . Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man. O ye simple, understand wisdom; and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart." Prov. 8:1-5.
12. What special direction is given to this end?
"My son, forget not My law; but let thine heart keep My commandments; . . . Let not mercy and truth forsake thee; bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart; so shalt thou find favor and good understanding in the sight of God and man." Prov. 3:1-4.