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Does your faith stand in the wisdom of men, or in the power and "hidden wisdom" of God?

And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God. For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified. And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.

And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power: That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

Bonus Q: What is the "hidden wisdom" of the Cross of Christ, which the princes of this world did not know, or they would not have crucified the Lord of Glory?

Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought: But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even THE HIDDEN WISDOM, which God ordained before the world unto our glory: Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

1Corinthians 2:1-8

Much love to You and ALL : )

Update:

My apologies, dear friends,...

how about...

Would you rather place confidence in man's wisdom or in God's power ?

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Update 2:

(((sick puppy:))) excellent, thank you for sharing.... I hope you get feeling better ; )

Update 3:

(((Good Shepherd:))) that was wonderful, thank you! : )

Update 4:

(((Carey:))) Thank you dear friend : )

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Bonus Q: What is the "hidden wisdom" of the Cross of Christ, which the princes of this world did not know, or they would not have crucified the Lord of Glory?

    Home is as were a brother can lay his head with out having to whichever but he in “his” faith and eas-y and light. As awareness to all as kind quite spirit in the peace not once but you can count on it again, it becomes home. Not a training day but home likens the church and thru a church as a mellow one. Thanks Brother as I to come to your house you are a kind soul and justice too as all as I when see within eyes.

    I love his and I come as no gender even the little children as blessed ones as unto the Lord my God, clear as Christ spoke in his ears of love with out self but as He who hears is king with the king. To me this is what the devils in many are fighting with false swords with lies and a make up of love in there own mind with out a true male portion as king to lie and hide truth and real love, as by his deception as saying as doing what was rite in his own eyes and trying everyone to buy his goods separate, as war.

    But as the great of wis-dom (Father and the Son) was always a focus to the point of even death was “his” the Father the Son was true unto death on the cros-s to “his” will in all… even the devil, for He My Lord said to the devil by faith within the spirit and truth so as “his” as of His father will as even unto him..

    Jesus and the Devil after 40 days in the wilderness

    But He answered and said, “It is written, ‘MAN SHALL NOT LIVE ON BREAD ALONE, BUT ON EVERY WORD THAT PROCEEDS OUT OF THE MOUTH OF GOD.’” In God we find “his” the Father as universal love of one stop love even unto the devil as being faithful to the father in all things even the devil (his); and this I say is hidden wisdom of the “cros-s” Christ is “his” the very mountain in as all the male images was king to behold in by truth of unto him, them, as one becoming known of God. For if the hearts are true to his, the male is bless by the mirrored male image the fe-male portion, the female is she whom completes the mystery as they cros-s as a Son (them) they of male-fe-male as what’s was two halves making living One new Man true of their baptisms they in the Father and Son and the Holy Spirit as end. The mystery of Christ is this as Him in a Son the cros-s (“one-his-his”) this is central to “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God,” (his) This “his” is the mystery of the reverend to come who would be reverend in the whole earth and heavens as who His second coming to hold face for all as the face to life of God. “his” is the first love and first shall be last and the last shall be first or its said first last and last first. So the gospel of Jesus Christ makes end and not any antichrist but the real Jesus as truth in You as a heart of flesh of love, love but true to the abounding to the Father’s Love for all it so wills.

    “On the other hand, it is written, ‘YOU SHALL NOT PUT THE LORD YOUR GOD TO THE TEST.’” But one must believe as his who comes believes this is He One

    “Go, Satan! For it is written, ‘YOU SHALL WORSHIP THE LORD YOUR GOD, AND SERVE HIM ONLY.’” Matthew 4

    It is a personal love “his” and it’s your Lord Your God and serve Him only thus him as on earth will so end the law as under His feet for the mystery of his opens the door to the second coming of His above and below in by His Son alive from the grave ( law).

    "For truly I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or stroke shall pass from the Law until all is accomplished.

    28“Now learn the parable from the fig tree: when its branch has already become tender and puts forth its leaves, you know that summer is near. 29“Even so, you too, when you see these things happening, recognize that He is near, at the door. 30“Truly I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place. 31“Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will not pass away. 32“But of that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but the Father .Mark 13

    For they were both male female made…….our burden Light one to be not ashamed as blood unshed only living my friend for every as home.

    Praise the Lord with out pain and death and as we lately have been speaking as suffering is no more my friends for to have one who believed Him One can as Come…

    Thanks Seth

    And so we meet again

    Carey

  • 1 decade ago

    My faith is in God, His Wisdom (His Word) and His Power. In fact, this is one of my best Bible verses

    And if they knew the wisdom of God, they would not reject His Son and His living Word. For it is only in Him that we live, move and have our being.

    The hidden wisdom is: Christ in you, the hope of GLORY!

    Col 1:27 To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

    It is only if we have Christ dwelling in us that we can have real hope and that we can be assured of a glorious life now and in the life that is to come.

    I love this question. May God bless you

    Donu Tim and Cookie the Dentist- try reading the verses from modern translations:

    1Co 2:1 When I came to you, my friends, to preach God's secret truth, I did not use big words and great learning.

    1Co 2:2 For while I was with you, I made up my mind to forget everything except Jesus Christ and especially his death on the cross.

    1Co 2:3 So when I came to you, I was weak and trembled all over with fear,

    1Co 2:4 and my teaching and message were not delivered with skillful words of human wisdom, but with convincing proof of the power of God's Spirit.

    1Co 2:5 Your faith, then, does not rest on human wisdom but on God's power.

    1Co 2:6 Yet I do proclaim a message of wisdom to those who are spiritually mature. But it is not the wisdom that belongs to this world or to the powers that rule this world---powers that are losing their power.

    1Co 2:7 The wisdom I proclaim is God's secret wisdom, which is hidden from human beings, but which he had already chosen for our glory even before the world was made.

    1Co 2:8 None of the rulers of this world knew this wisdom. If they had known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    I have learned (the hard way in my 54 short years) to only trust ONLY Gods wisdom found ONLY in the Word of God - the Holy Bible.

    I can find little wisdom in the many different voices of humans here on earth who tend to disagree on who is right as far as their differences in denominations, etc... I absolutely do NOT believe there is only one true church except the entire church of all who believe in Jesus Christ as Lord & Saviour...no denomination because no matter what we all say - they are man-made! All have been created by many men through the years...and with many changes as time went by...

    No mere man can have the power of God!

    Only Jesus Christ who was not merely a man, but Gods only son.

  • Oh for the wisdom of Solomon to help me write this! But wait!; maybe that’s not such a good idea because for all his wisdom Solomon never found salvation.

    Solomon, the tenth son of David, the second child of Bathsheba, the third king of Israel chose wisdom in preference to all things and the Lord was so pleased (1 Kings 3: 10) that he also gave Solomon things he didn’t ask for, riches and fame! And in verse 14 God added “And if you follow me and obey me, as your father David did, I will give you a long life.” Solomon’s fame spread far and wide throughout the world and his wealth and riches increased immensely.

    (1 Kings10:24) “all the Earth sought to Solomon to hear the wisdom God had given him”. Even the Queen of Sheba came to Solomon bringing large amounts of gold and spices and precious jewels. But God had already appeared to Solomon a second time in 1Kings chapter 9 after the completion of the “Temple of the Lord” and spoken to Solomon saying “If you follow me with integrity and godliness, and obey me as your father David did I will establish your throne forever.”

    Can we see a pattern emerging here? Follow and obey. This simple instruction is so important that God appeared to Solomon twice. You see Solomon should have asked for obedience, or at least wisdom from God tempered with obedience to God. Solomon disobeyed God four times, not only did he marry women from Moab and Edom and lots of other places among his 700 wives and 300 concubines which went against Gods instructions but to add insult to injury he went and built pagan shrines to their gods and goddesses, Ashtoreth, Molech and Chemosh and began worshipping them.

    1 Cor3:19 tells us “For the wisdom of the world is foolishness to God. As the Scriptures say, “He traps the wise in the snare of their own cleverness (Job 5:13). As Gods word tells us that “faith without works is dead” (James 2:17) so then wisdom without obedience is useless. “the fear of the Lord” as the basis of all wisdom is fundamental to our lives if we are serious about making a stand for God and living our lives for Him.

    The hidden wisdom is the simplicity of the gospel itself; it is our faith in Christ Jesus and Him risen.

    God bless <)))><

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  • Lindy
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    I prefer God's power, the secret of the cross is that if they had known that crucifying Jesus would result in many millions of followers who practice what he taught, they would not have done it.

  • 1 decade ago

    I do not follow man and his teachings. The only teachings that I follow is the teachings found in the wisdom of the Bible. That is what has been given to us for our learning.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    I will take the wisdom from above over man's.

    Source(s): Cami God's wisdom is not selfish
  • 1 decade ago

    I can't understand what you are asking.

    Try rewording it without using any similes, metaphors, analogies or obscure implications.

    .

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    of God,men's views are usually not right.

  • 1 decade ago

    I'm not sure I follow.

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