1 Corinthians 2:6–8 (ESV) — 6 Yet among the mature we do impart wisdom, although
it is not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are doomed to
pass away. 7 But we impart a secret and hidden wisdom of God,
which God decreed before the ages for our glory. 8 None of the
rulers of this age understood this, for if they had, they would not have
crucified the Lord of glory.
NOTE: So is Paul
advocating a certain kind of Gnosticism? No. What he is saying is that some
things are hidden from the world, but not from believers. There are two things
they cannot comprehend. One, that Jesus was God. And two, that God the Holy
Spirit indwells every believer, as a result of Jesus' death for our sin. If the world had understood that, they would
not have crucified the Lord. If the world knew the gift of salvation, they
would not spurn the offer. No, Paul says they are doomed because they think
they are too wise, that the wisdom of the world has made belief in God spurious
and unnecessary. And God has chosen to reveal this "secret" to the
despised, the deplorables. Someday the world hopes to rid itself of this error
of evolution -- believers in the Lord Jesus. And God will actually give them
what they hope for, as he often does to teach us a lesson. And the world will
find that once again they were wrong. Again and again, their wisdom is wrong.
PRAYER: Father, I
pray for my nation. It is certainly deserving of every judgment that can befall
it. We have sinned against you in every manner possible. We seemed to be beyond
rational thought and yet we try to argue that we are rational. Open our eyes to
our idiocy. Have mercy on a foolish and stupid people once more.
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