Wisdom That Comes From The Spirit
WISDOM THAT COMES FROM THE SPIRIT
1 CORINTHIANS 2:6-16
The real wisdom of God can only be understood by those who are spiritually alive.
The scriptural term “wisdom” needs careful definition. Paul had been at pains to show that the apostolic preaching of the cross does not look to any human philosophy or merely human argument for its persuasiveness. Reliance of unredeemed and unilluminated humanity on their own supposed innate ability to know God is foredoomed (1:21). The “wisdom of this age” (2:6) is ephemeral and, in the realm of the spirit, worthless. So Paul draws his confidence from the assurance that his message is based on God’s truth, and announced in dependence on the Holy Spirit (2:4).
But there is a wisdom which is appropriate (2:6)—based on divine revelation, not human discovery (2:7) and communicated to people by the Spirit (2:10-12). And the same Spirit who imparts the true knowledge of God to the receptive mind must also be at work in conveying the gospel message in the language which the apostle uses (2:13)—an important observation, shedding light on the modern problems of communication.
How can unregenerate humanity ever appreciate the saving value of the cross and see their own need as desperate sinners whose only hope is in Christ crucified (2:2)? This is the starting-point in all considerations of evangelism, especially sharpened in our concern to reach the many people outside our Christian fellowships.
These verses lay down certain clear guidelines:
Meditation Job 28:28.