“To
receive Christ Jesus as a child is the highest human achievement.”
There
is no achievement in the realm of humanity that is greater than this,
And
yet, it is obtainable by every person; every child.
There
is no other access to the Kingdom of God and Heaven.
Christ
Jesus said:
'I
tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little
children,
You
will never enter the Kingdom of Heaven.
Therefore,
whoever humbles himself like this child
Is
the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven.
And
whoever welcomes a little child like this in My name welcomes Me.'
(Matthew
18:2-5)
This
is the child that is esteemed by God Almighty in His infinite wisdom;
God
who is Love, Mercy, Grace and Forgiveness.
The
child who is humble and contrite in spirit and trembles at His Word.
(Isaiah
66:2)
This
is the narrow Way through the only Gate, Christ Jesus,
That only a
few find;
The
only passage to the Kingdom of God and Eternity in the Presence of
God,
Where
everlasting Joy crowns their head.
The
only passage Way to Love, Peace and Joy in the here and now.
This
is what it means to “know” God, which is Eternal LIFE. (John
17:3)
This
is what destroys the wisdom of the wise;
And
frustrates the intelligence of the intelligent. (1 Corinthians 1:19)
Where
is the wise man? Where is the scholar?
Where
is the philosopher of this age?
Has
not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?
For
since in the wisdom of God
The
world through its wisdom did not know Him,
God
was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached
To
save those who believe.
Jews
demand miraculous signs and Greeks look for wisdom,
But
we preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews
And
foolishness to Gentiles,
But
to those whom God has called, both Jews and Greeks,
Christ
the power of God and the wisdom of God.
For
the foolishness of God is wiser than man's wisdom,
And
the weakness of God is stronger than man's strength.
Brothers,
think of what you were when you called.
Not
many of you were wise by human standards;
Not
many were influential; not many were of noble birth.
But
God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things--
And
the things that are not-- to nullify the things that are,
So
that no one may boast before Him.
It
is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus,
Who
has become for us wisdom from God--
That
is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption.
Therefore,
as it is written: 'Let him who boasts boast in the Lord.'
When
I came to you, brothers,
I did not come with eloquence or superior
wisdom
As
I proclaimed to you the testimony about God.
For
I resolved to know nothing while I was with you
Except
Jesus Christ and Him crucified.
I
came to you in weakness and fear, and with much trembling.
My
message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words,
But
with a demonstration of the Spirit's power,
So
that your faith might not rest on men's wisdom, but on God's power.
We
do, however, speak a message of wisdom among the mature,
But
not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age,
Who
are coming to nothing.
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.
However,
as it is written:
'No
eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind conceived
What
God has prepared for those who love Him.'
But
God has revealed it to us by His Spirit.
The
Sprint searches all things even the deep things of God.
We
have not received the spirit of the world
But
the Spirit who is from God,
That
we may understand what God has freely given us.
This
is what we speak, not in words taught by human wisdom
But
in worlds taught by the Spirit,
Expressing
spiritual truths in spiritual words.
The
man without the Spirit
Does
not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God,
For
they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them,
Because
they are spiritually discerned.
The
spiritual man makes judgments about all things,
But
he himself is not subject to any man's judgment:
'For
who has know the mind of the Lord that he many instruct him?'
But
we have the mind of Christ. (1 Corinthians 1:20-31, 2:1-16)
Hallelujah!
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