God’s Secret Wisdom

“Such ‘wisdom’ does not come down from heaven but is
earthly, unspiritual, of the devil. For where you have envy and selfish
ambition, there you find disorder and every evil practice. But the wisdom that
comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate,
submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere” (James
3:15-17).

Wisdom! Two kinds from two places with two very different
characteristics.

One kind of wisdom: of men, wisdom of the world, wisdom of
this age.

The place: earthly, of the devil.

The character: bitter envy, jealous, unspiritual, selfish
ambition, boastful, denies the truth, disorder, every evil practice, eloquence,
“wise” and persuasive words.

The second kind of wisdom: God’s secret wisdom, the wisdom
of God.

The place: heaven.

The character: pure, peace-loving, considerate, submissive,
full of mercy, good fruit, impartial, sincere, simple, powerful, not
sophisticated, expressed in preaching the cross, humility, spiritual, hidden in
that it is not known by the world, communicated by the Spirit of God expressing
spiritual truth using spiritual words, foolishness to those who are perishing,
used to admonish and teach in order to present every man perfect in Christ,
represents Jesus Christ Himself.

The natural man just does not understand God’s wisdom,
because spiritual truth requires spiritual discernment.

For two years, I was the communication officer on a
destroyer in the Korean War. There were thousands of messages transmitted and
received. We always knew what frequency to be tuned to in order to receive
messages, and also we knew which frequencies to transmit on. The enemy did not
know this. If he found out which frequency, it still did not do him any good,
because all messages were encoded, each one differently, with the code changing
every day.

The enemy of our souls and all those enslaved by him do not
know the frequency or the code. The wisdom of God is hidden from them. I had
been reading the New Testament every day for 20 months. It did not make any
sense to me. Then in October 1947 I was born again by the Spirit of God. At
that time, the Bible became English. I could understand it.

“No, we speak of God’s secret wisdom, a wisdom that has been
hidden and that God destined for our glory before time began. None of the
rulers of this age understood it, for if they had, they would not have
crucified the Lord of glory” (1 Corinthians 2:7-8).

Just think, if the enemy could have understood that the
crucifixion of Christ meant salvation for the world, he would not have
done it.

You, as a Christian, know the frequency and the code. Use
them! And for those who lack any needed wisdom we know this:

“If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives
generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him. But when
he asks, he must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave of
the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. That man should not think he will
receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all he
does” (James 1:5-8).

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