Whose Wisdom?

Do not be wise in your own eyes;
fear the LORD and shun evil.

Blessed is the man who finds wisdom,
the man who gains understanding,

By wisdom the LORD laid the earth's foundations,
by understanding he set the heavens in place;

by his knowledge the deeps were divided,
and the clouds let drop the dew.

Buy the truth and do not sell it;
get wisdom, discipline and understanding.

God, who has called you into fellowship
with his Son Jesus Christ our Lord,
is faithful.

I appeal to you, brothers,
in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,
that all of you agree with one another
so that there may be no divisions among you
and that you may be perfectly united in mind and thought.

My brothers, some from Chloe's household have informed me
that there are quarrels among you.

What I mean is this: One of you says, "I follow Paul";
another, "I follow Apollos"; another, "I follow Cephas (Peter)";
still another, "I follow Christ."

Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you?
Were you baptized into the name of Paul?

For Christ did not send me to baptize,
but to preach the gospel--not with words of human wisdom,
lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.

For the message of the cross is foolishness
to those who are perishing,
but to us who are being saved
it is the power of God.

For it is written: "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise;
the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate."

Where is the wise man? Where is the scholar?
Where is the philosopher of this age?
Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?

For since in the wisdom of God
the world through its wisdom did not know him,
God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached
to save those who believe.

Jews demand miraculous signs and Greeks look for wisdom,

but we preach Christ crucified:
a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles,

but to those whom God has called, both Jews and Greeks,
Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.

For the foolishness of God is wiser than man's wisdom,
and the weakness of God is stronger than man's strength.

It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus,
who has become for us wisdom from God --
that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption.

Therefore, as it is written:
"Let him who boasts boast in the Lord."

(Proverbs 3:7, 13, 19, 20; 23:23; 1 Corinthians 1:9-13, 17-25, 30, 31
All scripture taken from New International Version.)

Are YOU using the Wisdom of God?
(WWJD What Would Jesus Do?)


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