1. Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars:

Let us pray. Most holy and gracious heavenly Father, we thank You for the opportunity to be in Your Presence tonight. Father, hide Your son behind the cross, that Your people would see You and not me. Father, I ask that You would help me to decrease that You would increase. And Father, let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in thy sight, oh Lord, my strength and my Redeemer. In Jesus' Name, amen.

The title of tonight's message will be, "The Seven Pillars of Wisdom, The Seven Pillars of Wisdom." Many people are looking for something to increase their worth. They're looking for a quality or qualities to make themselves more valuable or even to make themselves more useful. Glory to God. They're looking for something (Glory to God) that will cause them to be set apart from the norm.

We as a body of Christ have been given what we will call an advantage. We have an advantage over all others. We have an advantage (glory to God) even with the weapons that we have in the Spirit. But God has given us an advantage called wisdom. We preached a message before that how wisdom was a voice, and it was a voice that causes changes to be made into the earth with the people of God.

But tonight we're talking about wisdom (glory to God) as being the seven pillars of wisdom. When we look at our advantage, we have been given a better position than those that are in the world. We have been given a better condition than those that are in the world.

We have been given (glory to God) skillful and Godly wisdom. We have been given access to skillful and Godly wisdom. Glory to God. We have been given knowledge and the ability to use it. Wisdom is knowledge and the ability to use it.

In the amplified version of the Bible in the book of James, when we look at the book of James he's concerned with practical and ethical living. In James chapter one and verse five, it says in the amplified version of the Bible, "If any of you is deficient in wisdom..." In other words, "If any of you lack wisdom," (glory to God), "You are lacking what will make you complete.

"Let him ask of God, the giving God who gives to everyone liberally and ungrudgingly, without reproaching or fault-finding, and it will be given to him."

In verse six, "But only let it be asked in faith. Ask with nothing wavering, with no hesitation, with no doubt. For the one who wavers, hesitates, or doubts, is like the billowing surge out at sea that is blown hither and thither and tossed by the wind."

Listen. He has given us knowledge and the ability to use it. But He said if you are deficient in this wisdom, all you have to do is ask for it. The Bible says in James three and verse seventeen that it's easy to be entreated for. All you have to do is ask for it. Glory to God.

In Proverbs nine and verse one, it said,

1. Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven (perfect number) pillars:

In other words, knowledge and the ability to use it has put together material that she has cut out and shaped and put in position for perfect support. Let me say that again. Knowledge and the ability to use knowledge has put together material that she has cut out, and not only cut out. She's shaped it and put it in position for perfect support.

Wisdom (glory to God) has built her house. And the seven pillars give perfect support for us as a body of believers. What are the pillars that wisdom has put in place? In the book of Proverbs chapter eight...

As I began to ponder and to meditate on wisdom and her seven pillars, I went to the amplified Bible of chapter eight of Proverbs. And in verse fourteen (glory to God) in your Bible, it says that,

14. Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I am understanding; I have strength.

In the amplified it says, "I have counsel and sound knowledge. I have understanding. I have might and power."

And in verse eighteen, "Riches and honor are with me."

These are the seven pillars of wisdom that we need to use in the body of Christ. The first pillar is counsel. Look at your neighbor and say, "Counsel." Counsel is advice giving.

In Proverbs eleven and verse four, it says, "Where no counsel is the people fall; but in the multitude of counselors is safety."

In Proverbs fifteen and verse twenty-two,

22. Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established.

The number one pillar (glory to God) in wisdom's house is counsel.

The second pillar is knowledge. Knowledge is something learned and kept in mind. In Proverbs ten and verse fourteen, it says, "Wise men lay up knowledge.

In Proverbs twelve and one, it says, Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge."

In Proverbs twelve and twenty-three it says,

23. A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.

Listen. We're talking about the seven pillars of wisdom. This is what wisdom has to offer you. Wisdom just doesn't offer you (glory to God) the knowledge and the ability for everything else to go with it. The first one is counsel. The second is knowledge. And the third is understanding, the ability to get the meaning of.

Turn with me to Proverbs four. In Proverbs four and verse seven, it says, "The beginning of wisdom is, get wisdom, skillful and Godly wisdom." Remember I'm in the amplified. "For skillful and Godly wisdom is the principle thing. And with all you have gotten, get understanding or discernment or comprehension and interpretation."

It's saying, "With all your getting, get all of these things also." Understanding is the third pillar in the house of wisdom.

The next pillar, the fourth pillar is might, power that can be used.

In Ephesians three and sixteen... Turn with me there. It says, "May He grant you out of the rich treasury of His glory to be strengthened and reinforced with mighty power in the inner man by the Holy Spirit."

Jesus told His disciples to tarry in Jerusalem until ye be what? Endued with power. In wisdom's house there is power. Glory to God. There is might. Might is power that can be used.

Many of us realize that there is might and there is power in the things of God. But we don't understand how to use it. We think that just praying in tongues a little bit (glory to God) is going to cause us to be full of power. But it's the combination of staying in the Word, fasting, and praying, seeking His face and turning from our wicked ways. That's what's going to give us power and might in the things of God.

Might is power that can be used. Another Scripture says that the Lord gives us power to obtain wealth. Glory to God. In other words, He gives us anointing to obtain wealth. We're trying to search (glory to God) for something that's going to increase our self-worth, but wisdom is all that we need, because with wisdom, knowledge, and understanding have got to follow. Glory to God.

The fifth pillar is power, possession of authority. Power is possession of authority.

Turn with me to Luke chapter ten (glory to God) and verse nineteen. In Luke ten and verse nineteen, this is what it says. Jesus said, "Behold, I have given you," what? "Authority and power to trample upon serpents and scorpions and physical and mental strength and ability over all the power that the enemy possesses. And nothing shall in any way harm you." Glory to God.

This is a pillar in wisdom's house. That fifth pillar is power. There's a Scripture in Proverbs eight, and I believe it's verse one, that tells us that wisdom crieth out at the gate.

Wisdom is calling our name. Why? Because we are in need of God to give us the ability to get out of what we've gotten into. We need God to give us the wisdom, the knowledge, the understanding (glory to God)... Oh, you don't hear me tonight.

He said, "If any man lack wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to every man liberally." You're looking for a way out? Wisdom is your way.

Wisdom, the Bible says, is to be more desired that rubies. Wait a minute. I thought money was to be more desired. Oh, you don't hear me. But wisdom is to be more desired than your material wealth. Because if I get wisdom then (glory to God) everything else is going to follow after it. Glory to God.

The sixth pillar in Proverbs nine and verse eighteen is riches. Riches is great wealth, abundance, and fertility. Proverbs fourteen and verse twenty-four says,

24. The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly.

Proverbs eleven and sixteen says,

16. A gracious woman retaineth honour: and strong men retain riches.

You're looking for riches? Riches are in wisdom's house. Wisdom has built her house (glory to God) with seven perfect pillars.

The pillar number seven in the house of wisdom is honor, public admiration, outward respect. In Proverbs fifteen and thirty-three, it give us the prerequisite for receiving honor. It says, "The fear of the Lord is the instruction of wisdom. And before honor is humility."

Proverbs eighteen and twelve says, "Before destruction the heart of man is haughty." In other words, it acts like it's better than everybody else." "And before honor is humility."

If I am going to receive honor, then I can't be afraid to take the low seat. Oh, you don't hear me. If I'm going to receive honor (glory to God) I don't have to be up front. I can be in the back and still get blessed. Many people want to be honored. But humility goes before it.

It's like signing up for a college class. When you sign up for it, by the time you get ready to pay your fees, you find out that there was a prerequisite before you can have that class.

If you're going to get honor in your life, the prerequisite is that you must be humble. You must walk in humility. God gives more grace (glory to God) to those that are what? Humble. Humility goes before honor.

Listen. The seven pillars in the house of wisdom. The first one is counsel. Do you remember that? Look at your neighbor and say, "Counsel is mine." The second one in the house of wisdom is knowledge. Look at your neighbor and say, "Knowledge is mine."

The third pillar in the house of wisdom is understanding. Look at your neighbor and say, "Understanding is mine." The fourth pillar in the house of wisdom is might. Look at your neighbor and say, "Might is mine."

The fifth pillar in te house of wisdom is power." Look at your neighbor and say, "Power is mine." The sixth pillar in the house of wisdom is riches. Look at your neighbor and say, "Riches are mine." And the seventh pillar in the house of wisdom is honor. Look at your neighbor and say, "Honor is mine."

The seven pillars of wisdom. It said, "Wisdom has builded her house. In other words, wisdom has got her house in order. And what she wants to do is regurgitate what she has done (oh, you don't hear me tonight) and feed it to us, that we may be well-fed and satisfied. You don't hear me tonight.

You been searching for what you need. You need wisdom. It said wisdom was the principle thing. In other words, wisdom is the number one thing.

People of God, no matter what you do, you need Godly wisdom, skill and Godly wisdom, skill and Godly wisdom. When you play, play skillfully. Whatever you do... When you teach, teach skillfully. Whatever you do, you need Godly wisdom, skill and Godly wisdom, in order to do it.

And what Paul did in order to get it... He said in Galatians one, he said, "I'm not a man pleaser." He said, "When I got called," he said, "I didn't confer immediately with flesh and blood." But he said, "I went and hid myself on the backside of the desert." He went to Arabia. And he went up (glory to God) to have lessons from the Holy Ghost.

If you want wisdom (glory to God) from God, you have got to be taught of the Holy Ghost, in the Name of Jesus. Man can only give you some things. Oh, you don't hear me tonight. Man can only give you some things. But God can give you all things.

Come on, give God a handclap of praise.