The Wisdom of God

 1 Corinthians 1:18-25

18 For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. 19 For it is written:

“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,

And bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.”

20 Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? 21 For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through wisdom did not know God, it pleased God through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe. 22 For Jews request a sign, and Greeks seek after wisdom; 23 but we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews a stumbling block and to the Greeks foolishness, 24 but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. 25 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

These verses are some of the most beautiful scriptures in the Word to me.  Wisdom is depicted in the Bible as the Holy Spirit and true wisdom is one of the gifts of the Holy Spirit in 1 Cor 12.  In this scripture we are admonished to know and understand that worldly wisdom is utterly deprived because it DOES NOT KNOW GOD.  That's the bottom line.  Any wisdom that does not know God is utter foolishness and it is such a clear measuring criterion, to discern when any type of wisdom is from God or not.  Just ask the question - does this 'wisdom' that I am encountering today - does it know God?  How will we know if that wisdom KNOWS God?  The answer is found in verse 24.  Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God.  If some 'wisdom' does not know and proclaim Christ - it simply is not the Wisdom of our God the Father, Son Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit.  Period.  No questions, no reasoning, nothing gets around that one. On the contrary, anything outside of that is called foolishness.  Selah (Pause and think about that).

Point to ponder

Do you know the Holy Spirit as the Wisdom of God?  What wisdom do you have, or do you ascribe to, that does not KNOW GOD?  Ask Him to show you and to replace it with His true Wisdom.

Perfect Wisdom of our God - Keith and Kristyn Getty