Good morning and welcome in today. Today we are going to look at some scripture from 1st Cor. 3, but before we do that…
Have you ever made a fool of yourself? A fool is somebody who really doesn’t have any wisdom or understanding.
Out in the world today people amass all kinds of knowledge and information in their minds. They are reading or studying and trying to understand things in the world, but no matter what information they may study or learn it’s all comes up short in comparison to the knowledge of scripture.
Our precious God feels that the wisdom of this world is foolishness. Do you know why that is? Because at judgment day, all the wisdom that you learned while here upon the Earth is not going to amount to anything in the eyes of God.
It’s not going to matter if you can recite all the presidents forwards and backwards. It’s not going to matter if you know the square root of pie. These are things that have to do with this Earth and they are temporal.
Someday nothing will remain of this Earth because the Bible teaches that it’s going to be gone and it will be dissolved. There will be a new Heaven and a new Earth and it’s not going to be here. Jesus himself taught that I go prepare a place for you.
The thing that matters most is that you learn and understand the teachings of scripture because that is the wisdom that leads to eternal life. That is the wisdom that God wants us to be filled with and to seek after.
1 Cor 3:18-20 Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.
20 And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.
Everyday people attend schools, colleges and higher education. They seek after wisdom and understanding in regards to the things of this world. But no matter how much knowledge you can gain here, it is nothing compared to the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
How many of you out there were educated in things at a school somewhere but you never had any interest in certain classes. It was a really big waste of time wasn’t it.
While certain Educators try to pigeonhole you into society somewhere, the truth is what we all need is the teachings of Jesus Christ more than anything else. It’s the thing that’s most lacking in the world today, and as Jesus taught the laborers are few.
You men out there come follow me it’s time to preach Christ!
Remember Jesus could have picked highly educated scribes and pharisees to be his disciples but do you know who he picked? He picked some fishermen!
Acts 4:13 “Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus.”
To many people Jesus appeared as a carpenter. The truth is he’s God’s only begotten son.
Jesus called men to apostleship but never required a diploma. He called them to preach but never required a four-year degree. He didn’t choose people who were puffed up with so much knowledge that they were filled up with pride. He chose men who were willing to listen and to learn God’s wisdom, and the Lord Jesus poured all of his knowledge into them. They were simple common everyday men.
In order to learn God’s wisdom we have to turn away from all the false things that we’ve learned in the world. We truly have to become fools and understand that the things that we have learned are wrong.
We have to turn away from all the philosophy and the false teachings that we have been educated in. We have to empty out our hearts from all this false knowledge and throw it all in the trash bin. We need to unlearn the things that we’ve been taught wrong and then relearn the way of Christ. We need to become born again. It’s like becoming a child all over again except this time our minds are being lead by the truth in Christ.
God desires to give us wisdom and he’s not going to scold us if we come looking for it. He always helped the disciples grow in their faith and was constantly educating them day by day.
James 1:5 – If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all [men] liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
Proverbs 3:13-18 – Happy [is] the man [that] findeth wisdom, and the man [that] getteth understanding.
Proverbs 10:23 – …a man of understanding hath wisdom.
A prudent person is acting with or showing care and thought for the future. The future we are speaking of today is eternity in heaven!
Proverbs 18:15 – The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; and the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.
The church is similar to any other school or college out there in the world today, but the only difference is, is that the church is giving instruction from the word of God.
The only way we will ever truly become wise is to listen to what God has to say to us from His Word.
Proverbs 19:20 – Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.
True wisdom only comes from Christ, because it is eternal. We want to allow His teachings to fill our hearts and minds day by day. A great way of doing this is singing songs that are written about our Christian faith.
Colossians 3:16 – Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
God wants to give us His wisdom and assures us that anyone who comes against this wisdom, if it is based in scripture, will not be able to contradict it or oppose it.
Luke 21:15 – For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.
The apostles wanted the church to continue to grow in the knowledge of God so that they would become wise.
2 Peter 3:18 – But grow in grace, and [in] the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him [be] glory both now and for ever. Amen.
Ephesians 5:15 – See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,
Matt 10:16 .. be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
Philippians 1:9 – And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and [in] all judgment;
Let’s take a look for a moment at an example of a woman who was seeking after wisdom.
Luke 10:38-42
38 Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house.
39 And she had a sister called Mary, which also sat at Jesus’ feet, and heard his word.
40 But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to him, and said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone? bid her therefore that she help me.
41 And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things:
42 But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.
If we’re going to gain God’s wisdom we need to have a seeking heart and strongly wish for and want it.
1 Peter 2:2 – As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:
Instructions are detailed information telling how something should be done, operated, or assembled.
We have an instruction manual provided by us it’s the teachings of Jesus Christ in the scriptures. These instructions are more important than whatever you could ever learn in the world, and is more profitable to you.
2 Timothy 3:16-17 – All scripture [is] given by inspiration of God, and [is] profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
Everyday people study out in the world , but the things that we should be focused on more than anything else, is to study scripture and to grow in wisdom and knowledge from God’s word.
2 Timothy 2:15 – Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
Some people read the scriptures but some of the scriptures they don’t understand because they have only been a Christian for a year or two.
They are still a novice in biblical truth.
In order to grow in our faith we have to listen to those who have been involved with the faith as Paul was or Peter for many years. Remember Paul corrected Peter because he loved him in the truth. There’s no substitute for truth.
Gal 2:11 But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed.
12 For before that certain came from James, he did eat with the Gentiles: but when they were come, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing them which were of the circumcision.
13 And the other Jews dissembled likewise with him; insomuch that Barnabas also was carried away with their dissimulation.
14 But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Peter before them all, If thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, why compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?
Paul wasn’t doing something mean to Peter, he was helping him out to understand the truth.
In order to gain the wisdom of God we must accept the fact that we are not wise. Before you learn anything in life you have to first accept that fact. Earthly knowledge and wisdom can puff a person up with pride. It makes us feel wise and knowledgeable but it’s a false wisdom because it doesn’t go anywhere in the end.
The Apostle Paul was very high up in Judaism and was filled with knowledge but he turned away from all of that to be filled with the knowledge of Christ. All of his earthly accomplishments he compared to dung.
Romans 1:21-22 – Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
More than anything else in this world you want to seek God’s truth and knowledge found in the Holy scriptures. At judgment day it’s not going to matter how much knowledge that you obtained in this world. It’s foolishness because come Judgment day all that information is not going to matter. What will matter is if you knew God and we’re filled with his wisdom.
1 Corinthians 1:19-20 – For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?
There is certain knowledge that is beneficial to us while we are here upon the Earth. Simple knowledge that helps you get on a day by day basis. But the quest to attain wisdom and knowledge and years and years and years of schooling in philosophy and the world’s teachings are vain.
Remember God’s wisdom is a wisdom that is eternal. All the wisdom of this world is going to come to nothing.
1 Corinthians 2:6 – 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:
It’s hard to say that you’re a fool isn’t it! It’s hard to admit that we’re going the wrong way. And the worst of it is who’s going to listen to a fisherman? Who’s going to listen to somebody who lives out in the wilderness and eats locusts? What do you really expect to see… someone clothed in fine linen?
I want you to make sure you hear me and hear me well, that God’s knowledge is found in areas that you would never expect it to be. Judge not by appearance but judge righteous judgment.
Knowledge is more than a plaque on the wall. It is more then a room that is filled up with all kinds of books. The true knowledge is about knowing the teachings of Jesus Christ, because I guarantee you in the end that is the only knowledge that’s going to matter to you and your salvation. Make the teachings of Christ a priority in your life and watch what he does with you.
That’s where we are going to stop for today but Lord willing we’ll talk some more tomorrow till then bye-bye everybody.♥️
Teufer Lake King James Bible Church 