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Jan. 7, 2007 “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction” (Proverbs 1:7) The days of Jesus were days of ministry. He spoke to the needs of the common men of his age with sincerity and strength of faith. He trusted that his Father stood behind every pronouncement he spoke in correcting the religious leaders of his generation. The religions of the world during the time of the Messiah had far too many incorrect ideas of the grace of God. Each religion spoke to work as a means of pleasing God. They spoke of personal sacrifices in the forms of money and goods as a means to gaining points to eternal life in paradise. These religions were probably helpful in protecting the rights of widows and orphans or feeding the poor or aiding the ill. These helps and good works were only helpful in the physical plane. It was enough in all cases to say the right words of comfort and offer a bowl of soup. None of these physical helps did much to assure the soul of eternal peace on the spiritual side of mankind. Since the attempt by God to explain to the world of men their errors, men have continued to revel in the trappings of religions. Experience in the traditions of men gives temporary comfort and the various missions of religion keep human suffering manageable in the physical. But men still starve. Men still take advantage of other men. Men raise monies of which only portions reach the needy while greater portions are used to pay salaries that support ministries well beyond what is minimally needful to sustain works-based programs. There is nothing new under the sun. Jesus had to drive out the thieves that preyed upon the people who had come to the temple to give heartfelt worship to the Father of Heaven. Jesus only taught the things needful to gain and retain trust in God. He made no sermons that called for monetary sacrifice. He made no general call for physical gifts. He asked only for the sacrifice from the heart. The heart had to turn to God. The “fear” (trust) had to be directed toward heaven. That was where true “knowledge” resided. When Jesus had his physical form we could say he was the most intelligent and trustworthy soul of his age. His Father spoke from the heavens that one should hear his “beloved son”. Even to this current age the wisdom and trust that Jesus displayed is written of and debated by intelligent men desiring to know the truth. The life and death of Jesus is not in dispute except by those who might dispute such things as the history of the Holocaust or the biblical faithfulness of many of America’s founders. Natural men do not “despise wisdom and instruction” in the realm of physical idealism. Men agree there is validity in scientific study and mathematical exercise. Men have the inbred desire to explore and discover. For many centuries men traveled the world, searching out one discovery after another because they recognized a God of the universe in the marvels of the creation of the world. Much of this exploration ended when men found replacements for God. Men turned to theories instead of the historical records to find a way to idolize men as heroes or to become themselves heroes before other men. Men began to “despise the wisdom and instruction” of God. They stopped trusting the LORD. The Apostle Paul wrote that when he was a child he thought as a child, but when he became an adult he put away childish things. Paul had grown up in a works-based religious system that told him it was okay to kill men and women who had embraced a faithful trust in Jesus the Messiah. Paul matured quickly upon learning the truth of God’s words concerning the Christ. He put away his childish religiosity and entered his adulthood of faith and trust in the LORD. That is when Paul became wise. The only words a man will hear from God are those that will guarantee his eternal life. The physical life is lived and then as the wind it blows away. It is the eternal and the spiritual life that is the finality of each man. Some men see this and as Paul, put away their childish things; going on to a greater wisdom through faith in the all-wise God. Too many men depend on the physical and refuse to see past that final black hole in the ground where their once vibrant flesh will rot and return to the dust from which it was formed. Christian, be content in the wisdom imparted to you. We have all gone to our schools and colleges and learned our myriad subjects. We can speak to science and geography and marine biology, but more importantly we can speak to the Spirit. We can speak with God. ------------ Email Skip: skiptoomaloo@hotmail.com Comment on this article here! ------------ All articles are EXCLUSIVE to Useless-Knowledge.com. Please link to this article rather than copying and pasting it onto your site (which would be unauthorized and illegal). |
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