Friday, May 30, 2008

1 Corinthians 3:19-20

For what this world considers to be wisdom is nonsense in God's sight. As the scripture says, "God traps the wise in their cleverness"; and another scripture says, "The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are worthless." (1 Corinthians 3:19-20)

Three points:

1. The world has their own definition of wisdom.

God's is different. It doesn't take long after reading the world's wisdom to know it is foolishness. Evolution, abortion, immorality, lying, etc. "Who cares" is their attitude; "there is no God anyway". "Everything can be solved by science."

2. God sees and knows what the world thinks and does.

There is no hiding from God.

3. If and when someone will argue with God, they always lose.

For example:
The Pharisees went off and made a plan to trap Jesus with questions. Then they sent to him some of their disciples and some members of Herod's party. "Teacher," they said, "we know that you tell the truth. You teach the truth about God's will for people, without worrying about what others think, because you pay no attention to anyone's status. Tell us, then, what do you think? Is it against our Law to pay taxes to the Roman Emperor, or not?" Jesus, however, was aware of their evil plan, and so he said, "You hypocrites! Why are you trying to trap me? Show me the coin for paying the tax!" They brought him the coin, and he asked them, "Whose face and name are these?" "The Emperor's," they answered. So Jesus said to them, "Well, then, pay to the Emperor what belongs to the Emperor, and pay to God what belongs to God." When they heard this, they were amazed; and they left him and went away. (Matthew 22:15-22)

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