Proverbs 18:14
A man's spirit will endure sickness; but a broken spirit who can bear? (RSV)
King Solomon was inspired by the Holy Spirit and wrote Proverbs as if it was to His children. Proverbs was written around 900 B.C. during his reign as king in Israel. Proverbs is divided into nine sections and this chapter is part of the third section as the main collection of Solomon’s Proverbs according to Biblestudytool.com.
The wisdom genre for this specific verse is self improvement or self focus. The main concept of this verse is the spirit of a man and the strength of the spirit. The word spirit in Hebrew is ruwach and it is used twice in this verse. According to Barnes’ Notes the Spirit in the Hebrew test is masculine in the first clause,
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The spirit is more of an impact than the heart in these two verses. The heart seems to relate to emotions and can impact the spirit. But then emotions are not enough to cure a crushed spirit.
According to the Ellicott’s commentary, the spirit of the man is the person that draws his strength from God and God will help him bear up against trouble. A broken spirit is when a person nurses their grief. In Benson Commentary, the spirit is supported by God’s love which allows peace and a bright prospect of future happiness. A wounded spirit is from depression and self dejected of guilt, depravity, and misery. In the worst case divine support and comfort is withheld from the person.
In the Gill’s Exposition, the spirit of a mighty man has a spirit of Christian fortitude which allows him to have a sound mind that the Spirit of God is with him. Having the Spirit of God in him gives him a rational soul to bear many trials and experience of life. The unbroken spirit has the peace of conscience and the presence of God within him that all of his afflictions are from love and working for his good. This spirit can go through all afflictions with ease and his soul is saved in Christ.
The wounded spirit is smitten by the Lord. Smiting are very grievous situation that are used to bring repentance, allow healing, and used out of love. Just as in Proverbs 17:22, broken spirit is broken with a sense of sin with excessive depression. A broken
In his first chapter, McRaney emphasize the involvement of the Holy Spirit in the conversion of sinners into saints (p. 27), and the all part of evangelism; in the life of His witnesses, and lost people, regeneration and conversion. The Holy Spirit helps the witness and the lost person’s understanding. When Christian who within the heart of God, desire to see all persons come into recovered relationship in faith to sacrifice of Jesus Christ, the Evangelism begins. All that is in God’s control.
In Paul, the Spirit, and the People of God, Gordon Fee outlines a theology of the Spirit in the Divine Trinity, the basis within Scripture for the experience of the Spirit, and the interaction of the two. Fee, a Pentecostal scholar, “redefines the terms of discussion about the Holy Spirit in a way that transcends today’s
In this paper, I will review Charles Ryrie’s book The Holy Spirit. I will detail what I feel the book is about. I will emphasize various points given by the author that stood out to me. Finally, I will give my personal evaluation of the book.
The human spirit is a fragile idea. It is the only thing that forces the starved to eat. Yet, the spirit is the only thing that allows the body to completely give up. Throughout Night, the strengths and weaknesses of the human spirit are shown over and over again. Eliezer truly witnessed the human spirit in all of its raw and uncut, glory.
Thus, the idea of Word in verses 1 through 3 of Gospel does in reframes the notion of Wisdom from Proverbs 8 in Verses 1 through 2 and 22 through 30.
He goes on, in the same section to state that a men of free spirit, the free spirit being another name of the archetype of preparatory human being, had a boon in polytheism, for it allowed people to create their own morality because they chose their gods from many (Science 192). The free spirit, then, is someone who does not succumb to the pressures of outside morality, but rather is able to construct, at least partially, his own value. This makes them stand out above others during the time when a monotheistic morality is in decline.
So what does the New Testament have to say about wisdom? Jesus spoke about wisdom with some of his parables. The parable of the wise and foolish builders is interpreted to be about obeying the word of the Lord. The wise man who builds his house on the rock with a foundation is the one who listens and obeys God's word. The foolish builder does not listen to God's word and he builds his house on the sand with no foundation. The parable of the rich fool tells us to avoid greediness and be giving and store up heavenly treasures rather than earthly ones. Lastly there is the parable of the 10 virgins. Some of them were not wise enough to bring enough lamp oil for the night. So when the bridegroom came, the virgins were away to find more oil. Meaning that a wise man will be ready for Christ's return.
Spiritual Gifts are special divine empowerments given to us through the Holy Spirit. These Gifts however are not for our own personal benefit, instead the main purpose is to equip us to be able to serve and glorify the Lord while Jesus continues His ministry though us. When we use our Spiritual Gifts to glorify the Lord we are contributing to the overall heath and growth of the church. 1 Peter 4:10-11 shows us that we have each been given a Gift by the Holy Spirit and when we use that Gift we find the strength we need to build up the Church. The Gifts of the Spirit are messages of wisdom, knowledge, faith, gifts of healing, miraculous powers, prophecy,
The Bible says that man, made in the image of God, is also spirit. It is man’s spirit that communes with the Holy Spirit. God also gave man a free will which allows man to love God willingly. Man created in the image of God has remnants of his character which includes the capability to love, a reason of a high level, and communicate with God. Man was also created with a sense of justice and morality. However, sin also resides in our nature and led to the fall of Adam and Eve.
spirit is injured or insulted, it can retaliate. Human beings must therefore show that they
The books of Wisdom : Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and Song of Songs are hugely different from the preceding books of history. They focus on raising questions about God, creation itself, humanity and the essence of evil and suffering.
When an individual comes to faith in Christ he or she is not left alone to battle the struggles of sin, lead people to Jesus, experience heartache and sorrow, find God’s will, or live a life that is pleasing and honoring to the Lord. No, Christians are given an awesome gift that cannot be purchased or earned. Believers are blessed with the gift of a relationship with the Holy Spirit. Jesus said in John 14:16, “ And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever.”(ESV) Sadly, many believers do not have a correct understanding of who the Holy Spirit is, or what He does. The purpose of this paper is define the person and work of the Holy Spirit.
Wisdom Tradition is a term applied to the Old Testament books of Proverbs, Job, Sirach, Wisdom of Solomon, and Ecclesiastes. Wisdom Tradition books all share characteristics and points of view that are somewhat different than other biblical books. Wisdom tradition has very prominent characteristics from other books in the Old Testament such as a search for the goal of life, how to master it and questioning the problems of life, showing interest to human experiences that affect all people, joy of creativity and creation, and very little interest in the great acts of divine salvation. These qualities appear in a few books in the Old Testament. All of them show wisdom, but only some show both wisdom and tradition. Books such as Proverbs, Job, Ecclesiastes values the beauty of creation and the confidence of human life and nature. This was a new concept to Israel. They learned about wisdom tradition through other nations. They were influenced from Mesopotamian literature and took their ideas of meditations of sufferings and God’s justice into their Old Testament Books. Suffering can be seen in Job, but in the next essay and upcoming classes, we will be relating this to women suffering. The wisdom perspectives did not replace the other two major strands of thought in Ancient Israel, that of prophets and priests. It was simply a different focus that was complementary with the other perspectives presented in the Bible.
know how to handle it we can always pray to God for help, instead of
• The Holy Spirit is the spirit of love that dwells in each and every last one of us, it is not a part of the body so if the body dies, the spirit will continue to live. Because love never dies.