Postby kairo14 » Wed Jan 26, 2011 7:54 pm
The Scriptures say, [Proverbs 1:20], “Wisdom calls aloud outside; She raises her voice in the open squares”, and what does She say, “lean not on your own understanding, and Do not be wise in your own eyes (3:5,7)”, but instead, “seek Her as silver and search for Her as for hidden treasure(2:4)”, for “The Lord gives wisdom(2:6).”
And so the Wise Preacher says concerning this whole issue of which way is better, “Fear God and keep His commandments, For this is man’s all. For God will bring every work into judgment, Including every secret thing, Whether good for evil.” [Ecclesiastes 12:13-14]
Well, what is God’s commandment about where to get wisdom? From us? Surely not for the Scripture say, 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 the world through wisdom did not know God, [1 Corinthians 1:19-21].”
But this rather a big problem if pleasure is on the line. For Psalms 16 says it is not in man’s way or presence but in God’s where there is infinite and unending joy and intimate pleasures. Indeed, it is stupid to think yourself wise and on the better way by doping yourself up with drugs and alcohol (and meth and acid and (etc)), for the LORD will judge this, yes, “Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, Woe to men mighty at drinking wine, Woe to men valiant for mixing intoxicating drink, ; He has stretched out His hand against them And stricken them, And the hills trembled. Their carcasses were as refuse in the midst of the streets. For all this His anger is not turned away, But His hand is stretched out still,” Isaiah 53:20-25].
Yet, I will show you a better way, “a more excellent way”, for “Love thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; Love never fails,” [1 Corinthians 12:13; 13:3,6-8].
But if Love never fails, then it must be a better and more excellent way, but Love “rejoices in the truth.” And the truth concerning the better way of wisdom is that Jesus Christ is not only is our propitiation and expiation and imputed righteous in His substitutionary death for us but also is our "wisdom", for us. [1 Corinthians 1:30-31] “You are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God -- and righteousness and sanctification and redemption-- that, as it is written, "He who glories, let him glory in the LORD." Jesus is our wisdom as He gives us His Word and Spirit to lead us, for “in [Him] are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.”
We must repent of our self-confidence and self-confident of our better way, for Proverbs 14:16, “A fool is self-confident." The scriptures gives us the opposite. All men are seeking happiness and real enjoyment of life. Their problem is that they have confidence they have the power and wisdom to accomplish this themselves. This is sad because in reality men do not have this potential. Only the true God has the ability to give real enjoyment, which is the giving of Himself to man to enjoy, and in Christ it is in an infinite degree. By this I mean God personally gives Himself for us to enjoy: His infinite beauty and Glory; this was Jesus’ prayer in John 17:24. The only means to start and sustain communion with God Almighty is at the cross of Jesus Christ where we behold the Lord of the Universe dying for our sins and rising victoriously on the 3rd day. Our confidence for true fellowship with the Lord Jesus Christ is a confidence in His free mercy to forgive all our sins and free love to walk with us every step of the day. Our confidence is that His blood purchased all we need to come to our Father free from the guilt of sin so that we may trust, know, fellowship and worship Him in satisfying admiration every hour.
Philippians 1:6, "[Be] [U]confident [/U]of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ." Although Paul is addressing all sorts of people with all sorts of God-given talents and abilities, he says that his confidence is not in any of these people and their potential; his confidence instead is only in Christ Jesus, that with all His Power, Grace, and Mercy, He will be faithful to "work" in these people a full sanctification and salvation. Paul's confidence is that God has the power to change a sinner's destiny; he has no confidence that these people have this potential. 2 Thessalonians 3:4, "And we have confidence in the Lord concerning you, both that you do and will do the things we command you." Where does your "believing in" truly rest? Ephesians 2:1, 12, states that we are "dead in sins," "having no hope." Furthermore, Romans 3:12, considers our condition as "unprofitable." To be "unprofitable" and "dead in sins" mean you are dead toward God and His Son, and "having no hope" means we do not have the abilities to change our destinies. In fact in, Matthew 19:26, Jesus Himself has this to say about our ability to change our destinies for the better in regards of eternal joy and eternal salvation: "With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible."
God’s way is better in every possible way, in every possible time, and in every possible degree, and in every possible type. And this glory only belongs to God, in this God is seen as utterly different, as a cut-above ad-infinitum, as Holy--as it were.
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