1 Corinthians 3:18-23 "Do not deceive yourselves. If any of you think you are wise by the standards of this age, you should become “fools” so that you may become wise. For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. As it is written: “He catches the wise in their craftiness”; and again, “The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile.” So then, no more boasting about human leaders! All things are yours, whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future—all are yours, and you are of Christ, and Christ is of God.
Let's slowly turn the ship around. Our Lord is still talking about His wisdom and our foolishness. In the eyes of the world, what we believe is simply foolishness. C'mon... abstaining from alcohol (or at least being moderate), drugs, basically just not allowing ourselves to do certain things that to us are sinful. That could be just about anything, whatever the Lord has spoken to our hearts as sinful, besides the Bible blatantly says.
And, what's this about 'relationship with God' - I mean REALLY? They think we're just a bunch of religious nuts. We may try to correct them by saying, 'No, I have a relationship with God/Jesus - just as I would a very close friend and Father.' Sometimes, this even gets them to think a little about it. It's a seed planted anyway.
A sect of the occult atmosphere believes that knowledge/enlightenment/light itself (small 'l') is everything, and that attain it certain 'steps' should be followed. Read 1 Corinthians 8:1 - it's talking about eating food, but knowledge puffs up in pride... 'Hey, look what I know...' The Lord just shakes His head with wonderment of how we could even think we really know everything about anything.
The wisdom of this world is foolishness to God - oh, a God Who - by the way - is all-powerful, everywhere at all times, and all-knowing. To me, that means He has all-knowledge and everything at all times. My head hurts just thinking about that. We sing 'this little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine', when we should be singing this great big Light of mine, it can't help but shine! Lucifer (the former light-bearer of heaven) is the one with the little, itty-bitty black light, that he tries to wiggle into our hearts and minds.
Great Big God.... itty-bitty devil. Anyone who follows the ways of the world, and thinks they are wise - because believing in a God that can't see is foolish to them... and prudish... and absolutely no fun what-so-ever (how little do they know!!! They are the ones we pray for. They are the ones that Jesus intercedes for - that's their eyes would be open, their ears would be hearing, and their hearts would be understanding. They are the ones the Lord calls foolish for thinking they are wise.
Our wisdom is in our humility.
The Perfect Wisdom of God - Stuart Townend
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