One aspect of Kingdom wisdom is exhibited in social poker (1 Kings 3:16-28). Here, the person gathers intelligence on what emotional cards others are holding close to their chest. The person plays a conversational card and catalogues the defensive instincts reacting to it. The reactions that others have towards others’ reactions are also taken into account. Finally, the person “counts the cards” of the entire context, discerns the presence/absence of defense mechanisms, and matches which unconscious reactions correspond to whose hidden cards. And pierces through the bluff.
Those who follow Jesus this way grow in this respect.
(If you want good practice for your everyday life, put on your detective hat when examining the evidence in political scandals.)
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