{"id":37505,"date":"2022-09-13T13:41:23","date_gmt":"2022-09-13T18:41:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/please-explain-proverbs-91\/"},"modified":"2022-09-13T13:41:23","modified_gmt":"2022-09-13T18:41:23","slug":"please-explain-proverbs-91","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/please-explain-proverbs-91\/","title":{"rendered":"Please explain Proverbs 9:1"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Christian character growth begins with faith. This is fundamental, and a wise man builds upon this strong foundation. &quot;Without faith it is impossible to please Him: for he that cometh to God must believe that He is, and that He is the rewarder of them that diligently seek Him.&quot;&nbsp; Hebrews 11:6.<\/p>\n<p>In Proverbs 9:1 we read: &quot;Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars.&rdquo;&nbsp; The 7 Pillars of Wisdom correspond to the 7 Graces of Christian character outlined in 2 Peter 1:5-7 which states: &ldquo;Besides this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue, knowledge; and to knowledge, temperance; and to temperance, patience; and to patience, godliness; and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, charity.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>These pillars are not only for beauty but for strength. 2 Peter 1:10 states, &quot;If ye do these things ye shall never fall.&quot; Those who diligently seek and come to God are building this house of Wisdom and are forming a character like God.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christian character growth begins with faith. This is fundamental, and a wise man builds upon this strong foundation. &quot;Without faith it is impossible to please Him: for he that cometh to God must believe that He is, and that He is the rewarder of them that diligently seek Him.&quot;&nbsp; Hebrews 11:6. In Proverbs 9:1 we &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/please-explain-proverbs-91\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Please explain Proverbs 9:1&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37505","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37505"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37505\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}