The best source of wisdom is the mind of God, and the wisdom literature is given to us that we might live, that we know how to endure, that we know how to cope, that we know how to behave.

Where do you turn to for wisdom?

Some people would counsel you to learn from your experience.

Others would direct you to a best sellers list.

But as we've seen all week, the best wisdom is the wisdom of God.

Today, on this Friday edition of Renewing Your Mind, we complete a week with R.C. Sprole in the

wisdom literature of the Old Testament.

And to end this study, he provides an introduction to the books of Ecclesiastes, Job, and

the Song of Solomon.

You'll want to stay with us as Dr. Sproul shares the text of

scripture that the Lord used to convert him, and he believes he may be the only individual ever

to be saved through that verse. Before you hear today's message, let me remind you that until

midnight, you can request lifetime access to this series and R.C. Sproul's

title, What is Wisdom, when you respond at Renewing Your Mind.org with a donation? Thank you for

supporting this daily outreach before this offer ends at midnight. Beginning with Ecclesiastes,

here's Dr. Sprawl on more Old Testament wisdom.

In our brief introduction to the wisdom literature, we've looked at the proverbs, we've looked at the form of parallelism that is used so frequently in the Bible, and we've looked briefly at the book of Psalms.

And obviously, in this little brief study of wisdom literature, we're skating over the surface, painting the broad brush.

And I want to speak now about the other three books that are generally classified under the

heading of wisdom literature of the Old Testament. And those books include

the Book of Ecclesiastes, the Song of Solomon, and the Book of Job. Obviously, we don't have

time to give you a complete overview of all three of those books in this session. But let me just give

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