Wisdom of the world
Fleshly
wisdom
We all think we are smarter than we are.
We all think we are smarter than we are.
We
can go through this short life on earth led by the world and it’s wisdom or we
can go through this short life on earth with Jesus and live in eternity
thereafter.
It’s
all about short term false happiness vs long term real happiness.
What
does Jesus think when we spend 1/2 hour ta week studying the Bible and 4 hours
a day watching TV?
In
reality we are just blind programmed puppets on a string.
The
majority of people believe life is all about happiness and security in a
materialistic society, live for the moment, TV idolization...
Ecclesiastes
1
The
Futility of All Endeavor
1 The words of the Preacher,
the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
2
“Vanity
of vanities,” says the Preacher,
“Vanity
of vanities! All is vanity.”
3
What
advantage does man have in all his work
Which
he does under the sun?
4
A
generation goes and a generation comes,
But
the earth remains forever.
5
Also,
the sun rises and the sun sets;
And
hastening to its place it rises there again.
6
Blowing
toward the south,
Then
turning toward the north,
The
wind continues swirling along;
And
on its circular courses the wind returns.
7
All
the rivers flow into the sea,
Yet
the sea is not full.
To
the place where the rivers flow,
There
they flow again.
8
All
things are wearisome;
Man
is not able to tell it.
The
eye is not satisfied with seeing,
Nor
is the ear filled with hearing.
9
That
which has been is that which will be,
And
that which has been done is that which will be done.
So
there is nothing new under the sun.
10
Is
there anything of which one might say,
“See
this, it is new”?
Already
it has existed for ages
Which
were before us.
11
There
is no remembrance of earlier things;
And
also of the later things which will occur,
There
will be for them no remembrance
Among
those who will come later still.
The
Futility of Wisdom
12 I, the Preacher, have been
king over Israel in Jerusalem. 13 And I set my mind to seek and
explore by wisdom concerning all that has been done under heaven. It
is a grievous task which God has given to the sons of men to be
afflicted with. 14 I have seen all the works which have been done
under the sun, and behold, all is vanity and striving after wind. 15 What
is crooked cannot be straightened and what is lacking cannot be counted.
16 I said to myself, “Behold, I
have magnified and increased wisdom more than all who were over Jerusalem
before me; and my mind has observed a wealth of wisdom and knowledge.” 17 And
I set my mind to know wisdom and to know madness and folly; I realized that
this also is striving after wind. 18 Because in much wisdom there
is much grief, and increasing knowledge results in increasing
pain.
1
Corinthians 1;20-21
Where
is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater
of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?
21
For since in the wisdom of God the world
through its wisdom did not come to know God, God was
well-pleased through the foolishness of the message
preached to save those who believe.
1
Corinthians 3;19
For the
wisdom of this world is foolishness before
God. For it is written, “He is the one who catches the
wise in their craftiness”
2
Corinthians 1;12
[ Paul’s
Integrity ] For our proud confidence is this: the testimony of
our conscience, that in holiness and godly sincerity, not in fleshly
wisdom but in the grace of God, we have conducted
ourselves in the world, and especially toward you.
1/29/19