WISDOM 23 - Jacob 6:12

I Kings 3:12 next sends us to Jacob chapter 6, where we encounter some of life's deepest wisdom - certainly the most decisive wisdom on a mortal beings life.

Like many an Old Testament prophet Jacob is in the midst of a meditation on God's dealings with Israel and Israel's relationship with God - past, present and future.  Jacob then lays out how his people (Israel) can choose foolishly or wisely.

How to be foolish

• be stiffnecked
• be gainsaying
• harden your heart
• bring forth evil fruit
• reject the words of the prophets (especially those concerning Christ)
• deny the word of God, the power of God and the gift of the Holy Ghost
• quench the Holy Spirit
• Make mock of the plan of redemption

How to be wise

• not harden your heart
• repent
• come unto God with full purpose of heart
• cleave unto God
• enter in at the straight gate
• continue in the narrow way

The most decisive wisdom in mortality is the wisdom that impels a man to come unto Christ and to stay connected to him.

 12 O be wise; what can I say more?