We Speak God's Wisdom

In context, the apostle Paul was contrasting the wisdom of the world with the wisdom which comes from God. He was not someone who taught worldly wisdom, but he taught the wisdom of God. He was not someone who tried to impress others with his superiority of speech, but he was a humble servant of the Lord who spoke the truth of God’s word to the people, even though many rejected it, and even though they rejected and persecuted him.

For Paul was more concerned with getting the truth of the Scriptures and the truth of the gospel of Christ to the people than he was concerned with how people would respond to him. And he did this consistently in the face of false accusations against his character and his teaching, which included false imprisonments, beatings, stonings, sleepless nights, hunger, and thirst. And he did this out of servitude to the Lord, and out of sincere love for people.

For what was of upmost concern to him was that the people hear and believe the truth of the gospel, regardless of how he was received and treated in return. Amen! I agree! It was important to him that they would be able to differentiate between the wisdom of man and the wisdom of God, too. And that is so critical to our world today for so many people are believing in the “wisdom” taught by humans while they’re rejecting the full wisdom of God.

We have so many charlatans and “wolves in sheep’s clothing” among us who are taking the Scriptures out of their biblical context, and who are twisting the Scriptures to say what they do not teach, if taught in context. And they are teaching a half-truth false gospel message to the people, absent of God’s requirements that by faith we die with him to sin and now walk with him in obedience to his commands, as part of what it means to believe in Christ.

And therefore we also have masses of people who are professing faith in Jesus Christ, but it is lip service only, not of God, but of the will of humans. And we purportedly have large gatherings of people supposedly “worshiping” God, which is shown by them moving their arms and their bodies to the music they are singing. But true worship of God involves our surrender to the Lord, us dying to sin, and us obeying our Lord and his commands.

For Jesus Christ taught that to come to him we must deny self, take up our cross daily (die daily to sin), and follow (obey) him. For if we hold on to living in sin and for self, we will lose our lives for eternity. But if we deny self, die daily to sin, by the Spirit, and we walk in obedience to our Lord and to his commands, in his power, then we have eternal life with God. For not everyone who calls him “Lord” will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one DOING (obeying) the will of God (see Luke 9:23-26; Matthew 7:21-23).

For by God-gifted faith in Jesus Christ, which is not of our own doing, we are crucified with Christ in death to sin and raised with Christ to walk in newness of life in him, no longer to live as slaves to sin but as slaves to righteousness in walks of obedience to God’s commands. We are no longer to permit sin to reign in our mortal bodies to make us obey its desires. For if sin is what we obey, it results in death. But if obedience to God is what we obey, it results in sanctification, and its end is eternal life with God (see Romans 6:1-23).

So, please be people who are following what the Scriptures teach regarding our salvation. And please make certain that you are reading the Scriptures in their full and intended context. For your salvation and eternal life are dependent on you believing and living the truth of God’s word, in practice. For if sin is still what you practice, and not obedience to the Lord, according to God’s word, you will not inherit eternal life with God. Please believe this!

[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 1:18-32; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 3:23; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-13; Hebrews 10:19-39; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:3-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22]

Oh, to Be Like Thee, Blessed Redeemer

Lyrics by Thomas O. Chisholm, 1897
Music by W. J. Kirkpatrick, 1897

Oh, to be like Thee! blessèd Redeemer,
This is my constant longing and prayer;
Gladly I’ll forfeit all of earth’s treasures,
Jesus, Thy perfect likeness to wear.

Oh, to be like Thee! full of compassion,
Loving, forgiving, tender and kind,
Helping the helpless, cheering the fainting,
Seeking the wandering sinner to find.

O to be like Thee! lowly in spirit,
Holy and harmless, patient and brave;
Meekly enduring cruel reproaches,
Willing to suffer others to save.

O to be like Thee! while I am pleading,
Pour out Thy Spirit, fill with Thy love;
Make me a temple meet for Thy dwelling,
Fit me for life and Heaven above.

Oh, to be like Thee! Oh, to be like Thee,
Blessèd Redeemer, pure as Thou art;
Come in Thy sweetness, come in Thy fullness;
Stamp Thine own image deep on my heart.


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We Speak God’s Wisdom
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