How do I become wise?

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How do I become wise? Christanon 02/27/19 (Wed) 01:25:40 88ca11 No.776045

Do I actually have to discipline myself to acquire the healthy habits Sirach lays out?

Christanon 02/27/19 (Wed) 01:41:20 359b22 No.776047

A to first q is Proverb 9:10

2nd q prot so idk

Christanon 02/27/19 (Wed) 05:01:33 db7f87 No.776088

As someone who has been consistently working on this, the simple way is to isolate a passage, for me it has usually been Sirach 3:1-16 for respect of parents, and train yourself to fulfill it by reading it often and when the situation comes for you to use it, you'll have the choice. Choose it, and you'll get into the habit. Rinse and repeat for the whole book.

Christanon 02/27/19 (Wed) 23:05:27 db187f No.776520

>>776045

>reading fan fiction

Sirach is like a bad version of Proverbs.

Christanon 02/27/19 (Wed) 23:22:14 dacc6d No.776531

The first step is obedience, the counterweight of pride. Ergo, seek instruction from proper authority.

Christanon 02/28/19 (Thu) 00:16:51 b0635e No.776551

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>>776520

>divinely inspired Scripture is fan fiction

Christanon 02/28/19 (Thu) 03:42:31 409e01 No.776634

>>776520

Sirach has a ton of social instructions that are incredibly wise, and would help Protestants quit being jerks. Seriously.

Christanon 02/28/19 (Thu) 11:09:56 5e2d17 No.776826

>>776045

Well, when you put it like that it's hard to recommend something. Start off with the obvious; go to bed a little hungry, don't drink booze, and don't oversleep and try not to whack off. Quit vidya delete all your games and give them away, get a website blocker and block all pornography. Also don't use social media, social media usage will send you straight to hell. Keep Facebook only to text people for free if you must.

Establish a prayer rule, and keep a journal. Optional is get a memento mori.

That's all I can think of.

Christanon 02/28/19 (Thu) 12:31:59 0b2145 No.776850

>>776520

Still using the handicapped Bible, fam?

Christanon 02/28/19 (Thu) 15:41:27 65c2ff No.776897

I'm slowly to a greater degree and more frequently following Sirach's rules. Is this kind of gradual improvement normal or am I a screwup and supposed to instantly follow it perfectly?

Christanon 02/28/19 (Thu) 19:32:02 db7f87 No.776964

>>776897

It is normal, and it is nearly impossible without grace and a special situation to instantly follow it. Keep going anon, and may God bless your efforts.

Christanon 03/01/19 (Fri) 06:16:04 6bfedb No.777207

>>776045

Anon, wisdom is given during prayer.

James 1:5 “If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.”

I can confirm. This works. Pray for wisdom, it will be given to you. Have faith! Prayer is absolutely essential.

Christanon 03/01/19 (Fri) 06:42:09 6bfedb No.777213

>>777207

Also, just to be clear, imo this has to prayer but coupled also with reading the scriptures. And the reason is I think because at least for me scripture is needed to listen to God in addition to talking to him. In my experience, prayer + scripture is highly correlated with understanding and understanding with the removal of fear and resolving whatever conflict is on my mind right then. If the question is not resolved, add more scripture and more prayer. Easier said than done, of course. But over the course of my life , meditating on scripture during prayer has been extremely useful in a very practical way. Every single chapter in the Bible has layers and layers of meaning in it.

Another thing that will probably sound weird, but I would also recommend taking especially seriously bible verses or passages that are “given to you” by someone else or that you encounter during moments when you are actively trying to follow God’s will or trying to learn more about God (ie your Daily devotional that day, the one that appears in the church on Sunday , the one recommended to you personally by some spiritual elder or something…etc etc). Reading those psssages , Combined with prayer, has helped me a lot of times (a crazy number of times, actually) to recognize why I have received certain things…and after Prsyer and reflection on it I a lot of times am goven to understand (what an interesting phrase!) something about that passage that is exactly perfect for me right then. I honestly feel almost uncomfortable talking about things like this because the church says so little about experiences like this — at least from what I’ve been able to tell (I am somewhat newish)— but I have to say for me this honestly has worked, it really has. A crazy number of times, too. I use the word “crazy” only because of how it will probably sound , but I don’t feel like that any more , The number of times this has occurred is astonishing and the number of times and the amount of practical advice I have taken away has truly built my faith hugely.

Christanon 03/01/19 (Fri) 11:17:03 7ee7ee No.777285

As a first off, have in mind that you always may be wrong

Christanon 03/03/19 (Sun) 05:42:42 55d40f No.778048

>>776551

>divinely inspired Scripture

>Sirach

I guess the gnostics didn't die out.