6 For Wisdom is a kindly spirit, but will not free blasphemers from the . ! wisdom definition: 1. the ability to use your knowledge and experience to make good decisions and judgments: 2. the…. Because of the presence of the Holy Spirit in them (verse 13), it has been made possible for “wisdom and revelation” to be given to each of their human spirits. In his youth, God appeared to him in a dream, and said, “Whatever you ask I shall give you” (1 Kings 3:5). (Romans 8:16, 17) Now if only I could grasp why God put wisdom before revelation in that verse!! Wisdom is an ‘holy spirit,’ but she is not “God the Holy Spirit.” Wisdom is not The spirit itself bears witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God; And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we endure with him, (in this life), that we may be also glorified together. The Greek word revelation here is apokalypsis, literally meaning “to uncover”. One could say, “Wisdom is the appropriate application of knowledge,” and that is so. Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may know the things freely given to us by God, which things we also speak, not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Spirit, combining spiritual thoughts with spiritual words. But upon reviewing wisdom in the Bible, this invaluable virtue is deep, immeasurable, priceless, and rare. GIFT OF WISDOM The first and highest gifts of the Holy Spirit. Wisdom as a gift of the Holy Spirit reminds me of Solomon, son of King David, and why God blessed him with immense wealth and glory. And He will delight in the fear of the LORD, and He will not judge by what His eyes see, nor make a decision by what His ears hear…” The answer to the question, “what is wisdom” seems, at first hearing, to demand a rather simple answer. It makes the soul responsive to God in the contemplation of divine things. The havoc that so often ensues in churches that practice the word of knowledge and word of wisdom as revelatory gifts … Learn more. guilt of their words; because God is witness of their inmost feelings, and a true observer of their hearts, and a hearer of their tongues. The Spirit of the LORD will rest on Him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and strength, the spirit of knowledge and the fear of the LORD. We know one thing for sure: these gifts are given by the Spirit to build up (edify) the body of Christ, for the “common good” (1 Corinthians 12:7).