Chronicles of a Watchman by Dr. James P. Norman Jr.

There are two kinds of wisdom the first being from The Holy Spirit. It has distinctive marks. It is pure, peaceable, gentle, easy to be intreated and full of mercy. It produces good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. The second is not from the Holy Spirit. It is ungodly and has envy strife, boastfulness, lying and confusion as its distinctive marks. (1 Corinthians 14:33) True Revelation and Direction comes from a Believer’s Spirit and is from the Holy Spirit. If revelation comes from the soul it is worldly, if it comes from the body it is lustful False revelation and false direction comes from demonic control. The “spiritual” man receives the “hidden wisdom”, the “soulish” man cannot receive it. For further study, see break down and related scriptures (nkjv and comp) of 1 Corinthians 2:7-15 below. 1 Corinthians 2:1-3 Not with human oratory of wisdom. 1 Corinthians 2:.4-5 - Human weakness supernaturally attested and empowered by the Holy Spirit (comp. Rom. 15:18-19; Co...

Holiness is self-affirming purity.  In virtue of this attribute of His nature, God eternally will maintain His own moral excellence.  In this definition are contained three elements: first, purity; second, purity willing; and third, purity willing itself. The following passages provides a description of this attribute. In Exodus 15:11, God is "glorious in holiness, In Exodus 19:10-16, the people of Israel were instructed to purify themselves before they came into God's presence, In Isaiah 6:3, God is Holy, holy, holy is Jehovah of host, In Isaiah 6:5-7, the prophet's lips are purged with coal, In II Corinthians 7:1, we are instructed to cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of the Lord, In I Thessalonians 3:13, we are established blameless in holiness, In I Thessalonians 4:7, God called us not for "uncleanness, but in sanctification," and In Hebrews 12:29, God is described as a consuming fire. The ...