“Jesus Christ, the Wisdom and the
Power of Almighty God”
But Christ
is the power of God and the wisdom of God to those people God has called---Jews
and Greeks. Even the foolishness of God
is wiser than human wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than human
strength.
Because of
God you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God. In Christ we are put right with God, and have
been made holy, and have been set free from sin. So as the Scripture says, “if someone wants
to brag, he should brag only about the Lord.”
1 Corinthians
1: 24, 25, 30, 31
WISDOM and
POWER, two things that every TRUE BELIEVER needs in their relationship with
God. The Apostle Paul tells the church
in Corinth, that God called EVERY TRUE BELIEVER, who has FAITH to BELIEVE the
GOSPEL of Jesus Christ. If God had called
them on the basis of THEIR WISDOM, INFLUENCE, and POWER, He would have turned
them away. He went on to say that even
the FOOLISHNESS of God Is WISER than any HUMAN WISDOM, and the WEAKNESS of God
is STRONGER than HUMAN STRENGTH.
There is NO
WISDOM that can come close to COMPARING with that of the Almighty God, nor is
there any STRENGTH that can COMPARE with God’s POWER. God is OMNIPOTENT—ALL POWERFUL and OMNISCIENT—ALL
KNOWING, and there is NO HUMAN WISDOM or POWER that can come anywhere close to
Him.
God’s WISDOM
and POWER is personified in His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, and because of God
we, the TRUE BELIEVER, have the opportunity to exercise the WISDOM and POWER of
the Almighty God in our own lives, THROUGH the WORK of His HOLY SPIRIT, which
is given to the TRUE BELIEVER at the time of their conversion. In James 1:5, he says: “If any of you needs wisdom, you should ask
God for it.”
It is in
Christ that we are put right or given RIGHTEOUSNESS, with God, this is our
JUSTIFICATION, and we have been made holy, this is our SANCTIFICATION, and we
have been SET FREE from our sin, this is our GLORIFICATION. And it is ALL made possible because of the
SACRIFICE of the Lord Jesus Christ, on the Cross. By His Spirit we have ACCESS to God’s WISDOM
and POWER. That, my dear brothers and
sisters, is the ONE to whom we can BRAG ON!
However, if
you have NOT given your HEART and LIFE to God, then you are NOT a TRUE BELIVER,
who has received JUSTIFICATION, SANCTIFICATION or GLORIFICATION. But you are DOOMED and headed for HELL, the
place of UNENDING torment, torture, pain, heartache, agony, and despair, with
NO way of ESCAPE, unless you TURN AWAY FROM your sinful lifestyle, and TURN TO
God with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART, CONFESSING your sins to Him and asking Him for
His FORGIVENESS, BELIEVING with ALL your HEART, that Jesus died for YOU, and is
ALIVE in Heaven, making intercession for you, before God, then ACCEPT His gift
of SALVATION, and tap into His WISDOM and POWER. Do it NOW, while you still can. He’s waiting and coming SOON!!!