1 Corinthians 1:18AMP : For the
story and message of the cross
is sheer absurdity and folly to
those who are perishing and on
their way to perdition, but to us who are being saved it is the [manifestation
of] the power of God.
What we see today is that
people seek the wisdom and knowledge of man. They have elevated this knowledge
above pursuing legitimate knowledge [Christ]. Let me use institutions of higher
learning to illustrate my point. Academics hold doctorates, masters and honours
degrees that they use as the basis or authority on which they lecture and
transfer their knowledge. They are seen as repositories of earthly knowledge
and wisdom that push the boundaries of what is into what can be. There are however
some academics that go as far as telling people that there is no God. They try to
nullify the truth/law of God with unproven theories that they try to pass off
as laws. When we talk about God they look at our faith in Him as foolishness.
Why? Because many of them are already perishing and the devil is pushing them
to perdition. The devil is using confusion to cloud their minds. Sadly, the
truth they reject is the one that can actually save them. The Word of salvation
they reject is the manifestation of God and His power. Let us see what God says
will happen to this limited and limiting ‘knowledge’ of man.
Isaiah
29:14 AMP: Therefore, behold! I will again do marvellous
things with this people, marvellous and astonishing things; and the wisdom of
their wise men will perish, and the understanding of their discerning men will
vanish or be hidden.
The
power of God in Christ is the wisdom of God. The abundance of Christ in you is equal
to the abundance of knowledge and understanding that will lead you to
deliverance, salvation and bring healing into your life. In other words, the
level to which you allow Christ to indwell you in all His fullness will
influence/affect the level of knowledge and understanding you have of Him. It
is what will stop affliction from coming a second time. When we seek to know
Christ, people may call it a waste of time. But to us it is the only way to
gather wisdom. For God tells us in Isaiah that the ‘wisdom’ of modern day gurus
will not stand the test of time, it will perish. The following scripture puts
it this way.
1 Corinthians 1:19 AMP; For it is
written, I will baffle and
render useless and destroy the
learning of the learned and the
philosophy of the philosophers and the cleverness of the clever and the discernment of the
discerning; I will frustrate and
nullify [them] and bring [them]
to nothing.
Note
how absolutely and strongly God comes against this type of ‘wisdom’. It is not
constant like the word of God. The word of God does not keep changing from age
to age, it is constant and true. The body of knowledge we have today originates
from mans attempts to know God and His existence. But these efforts have not
solved the problem or quest of man to know God better; because this quest has
led human kind farther and farther away from God. Man has neither discovered
God through such means nor gotten closer to Him.
God
is saying, what man calls wisdom I will bring to naught because it is nothing.
When people die and leave this realm everything becomes clear to them. What was
foolishness to them before death becomes a crystal clear truth. Many souls desire
to come back to the land of the living and make amends but their days of grace
are over. When we know the truth from the word we must cling to it until Christ
returns. And it is also our duty to let others know the truth we know. To let
them know that the truth that saves is the only truth that emanates from the
cross of Calvary.
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