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1 Corinthians 1:19-21
NKJV
For it is
written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise and bring to nothing the
understanding of the prudent.” 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? 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.
NLT
As the Scriptures say,
“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise
and discard the intelligence of the
intelligent.”
So where does this leave the philosophers,
the scholars, and the world’s brilliant debaters? God has made the wisdom of
this world look foolish. Since God in his wisdom saw to it that the world
would never know him through human wisdom, he has used our foolish preaching to
save those who believe.
My mom used to say I was to smart for my own
britches. What I came to understand,
when I had kids, was that I was trying to hard to outsmart her and my dad;
rather than take the information from them as offered, I wanted to prove that I
was a smart guy. As I’ve gotten older, I
realize that I’m not really all that smart!
When I was younger, I was always guilty of
trying to be the smartest guy in the room when I came to my “spiritual”
knowledge. This happened more often than
I care to admit. I have/had an ego
problem that at times makes me think I’m smarter than everybody else. My pastor told me once that it’s important to
know what know; but more important to know what you don’t know. As I’ve gotten older, I’ve gained a tiny bit
of wisdom about my ego (probably everybody’s ego!). Fact of the matter is, I don’t know
much. What I thought was my wisdom was
really foolishness.
God loves us because He loves us because He
loves us. Acknowledgement of sin and the
belief that Jesus Christ is God’s own son and acceptance of Jesus Christ as
your savior. It’s that simple. We shouldn’t complicate this with our own
foolish add-ons!
Not addin’ on,
cej
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