Too Smart for Your Own Good!

[bdavidc]

For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. For it is written, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the discernment of the discerning I will thwart.” Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, it pleased God through the folly of what we preach to save those who believe.

~ 1 Corinthians 1:18-21

The Church sure needs this word from the Bible today. God wisely established that men cannot know Him through their own wisdom. Because that would exalt man. It was God's plan to save helpless sinners by preaching a message so simple, the worldly wise thought it was nonsense.

We have a tendency to follow human leaders and develop a fan club mentality. Christ died for us and lives to bless us, and he must have the preeminence. Another thing is dependence on human wisdom and philosophies, of which there were many in Corinth, and of course, there are a lot today. The world's wisdom had crept into the Church and it did not mix with the wisdom of God.

Know the Bible

 

[Stewardofthemystery]

That is why we must be born again from above by the Holy Spirit and be given “the mind of Christ” which IS “the wisdom of God” and IS NOT the “wisdom of men”.

1 Corinthians 2

King James Version

2 And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God.

2 For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.

3 And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.

4 And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of “man's wisdom,”but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:

5 That your faith should not stand in “the wisdom of men,” but in the power of God.

6 Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not “the wisdom of this world,” nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought:

7 But we speak “the wisdom of God”in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:

8 Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.

10 But God hath revealed them unto us “by his Spirit:”for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.

11 For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.

12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, “but the spirit which is of God;” that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.

13 Which things also we speak, not in the words which “man's wisdom teacheth,” but which “the Holy Ghost teacheth;”comparing spiritual things with spiritual.

14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are “spiritually discerned.”

15 But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.

16 For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? but we have “the mind of Christ.”

Christ is the power and “the Wisdom of God”…

1 Corinthians 1:24

But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and “the wisdom of God.”

 

 

[farouk]

On 8/5/2023 at 2:23 PM, bdavidc said:

For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. For it is written, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the discernment of the discerning I will thwart.” Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, it pleased God through the folly of what we preach to save those who believe.

~ 1 Corinthians 1:18-21

The Church sure needs this word from the Bible today. God wisely established that men cannot know Him through their own wisdom. Because that would exalt man. It was God's plan to save helpless sinners by preaching a message so simple, the worldly wise thought it was nonsense.

We have a tendency to follow human leaders and develop a fan club mentality. Christ died for us and lives to bless us, and he must have the preeminence. Another thing is dependence on human wisdom and philosophies, of which there were many in Corinth, and of course, there are a lot today. The world's wisdom had crept into the Church and it did not mix with the wisdom of God.

Know the Bible

 

@bdavidc So important to keep the Cross in the message of the Gospel that we proclaim, right?

[farouk]

On 8/6/2023 at 3:08 AM, Stewardofthemystery said:

That is why we must be born again from above by the Holy Spirit and be given “the mind of Christ” which IS “the wisdom of God” and IS NOT the “wisdom of men”.

1 Corinthians 2

King James Version

2 And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God.

2 For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.

3 And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.

4 And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of “man's wisdom,”but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:

5 That your faith should not stand in “the wisdom of men,” but in the power of God.

6 Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not “the wisdom of this world,” nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought:

7 But we speak “the wisdom of God”in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:

8 Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.

10 But God hath revealed them unto us “by his Spirit:”for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.

11 For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.

12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, “but the spirit which is of God;” that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.

13 Which things also we speak, not in the words which “man's wisdom teacheth,” but which “the Holy Ghost teacheth;”comparing spiritual things with spiritual.

14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are “spiritually discerned.”

15 But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.

16 For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? but we have “the mind of Christ.”

Christ is the power and “the Wisdom of God”…

1 Corinthians 1:24

But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and “the wisdom of God.”

 

 

I do like to consider that 1 Cor. 1.24 verse in conjunction with the quest for wisdom in Proverbs and Ecclesiastes.........