"WISDOM OF THE WORLD!"

1 Corinthians 1:20-25                       (ESV)
"20 Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not GOD made foolish the "WISDOM OF THE WORLD"?
21 For since, in the wisdom of GOD, the world did not know GOD through wisdom, it pleased GOD through the folly of what we preach to save those who believe.
22 For Jews demand signs and Greeks seek wisdom,
23 but we preach CHRIST crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles,
24 but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, CHRIST the power of GOD and the wisdom of GOD.
25 For the foolishness of GOD is wiser than men, and the weakness of GOD is stronger than men."



Remembering September 11, 2001 is not a comfortable thing to do.  It wasn't as if the enemy used an elaborately detailed, computerized, scientifically amazing monstrosity to bring the most powerful nation to ever exist to its knees!  The enemy used a simple phenomenon known as FEAR to literally bring to a stop our country because we allowed evil to go unchecked in the name of TOLERANCE!

The "WISDOM OF THE WORLD" tells us that THERE IS NO GOD and we don't need to allow HIS precepts and HIS Word into the public arena.  However, when our FAITH is not focused on GOD and the things of GOD, FEAR can run amuck amongst us.  When we TOLERATE evil and the things that make evil flourish, our entire society becomes infected with the disease of TOLERANCE!  In Luke 11:35-36 JESUS says "Therefore BE CAREFUL lest the light in you be darkness. If then your whole body is full of light, HAVING NO PART DARK, it will be wholly bright, as when a lamp with its rays gives you light."  JESUS alerted us to BE CAREFUL, yet we are now TOLERANT!

"This world" would have us believe that the things of GOD is foolishness and antiquated.  Surely the "WISDOM OF THE WORLD" in the time of JESUS' earthly ministry thought HIS precepts and Words were outdated and ancient!  So "this world" attempted to put this light out of view so their lifestyle wouldn't be cramped by HIM.  They were unsuccessful in that attempt, as JESUS overcame death, hell, and the grave and lives even today!

Why does HIS Church let the "WISDOM OF THE WORLD" intimidate us into believing we must follow their rules and be subjugated to their plan?  GOD's Plan is the chart we should be studying and following.  The "WISDOM OF THE WORLD" allows men with primitive tools and a false god cause FEAR and trembling to reign over all.  Joshua said it best in Joshua 24:15 when he spoke "But as for me and my house, WE WILL serve the LORD."  The CHOICE is still our own!  We can CHOOSE to serve the "WISDOM OF THE WORLD", or we can "serve the LORD"!