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Jesus, the Wisdom of God

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“Everyone who hears these words of mine…”

In the Book of Proverbs, wisdom is often personified as a woman who stands alongside the Lord (Proverbs 1:20-33). She claims that those who heed her call will live in safety (Prov 1:33). Centuries Later, Jesus echoed these same words, taking them straight from wisdom and putting them in His own mouth as though He, Himself, were the personification of wisdom:

“Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock” (Matthew 7:24-25).

Notice the peculiar-sounding condition by which the wise man may find life. Jesus says, “Therefore everyone who listens to my words…” That is a very exclusive claim! How dare He say that! Can Jesus really say that? To answer this, we must first consider who this Jesus is.

Who is this Jesus?

Wise men bowed down before Him to at His birth.  When He was a child, His parents found Him seated before many and teaching the teachers. Religious leaders and scholars were astounded by His words. In Mark 6:2 they asked, “where did this man get wisdom?” In Luke 11, He again has the apparent audacity to speak much of himself and said “someone greater than Solomon is here.”

In other words, Jesus said, “I AM THE WISDOM OF GOD.”

Jesus, the Wisdom of God

What do I do with that? Paul understood that God’s wisdom is foolishness to the world, but not so for the quickened in Christ. And for those who are lofty in worldly wisdom but lack Christ, they are living in foolishness, deceived.

“Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you seems to be wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise. For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, ‘He catches the wise in their [own] craftiness’; and again, ‘The LORD knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are futile.'” (1 Corinthians 3:18-20 NKJV)

Matthew Henry offers a fair warning:

Do not be led away from the truth and simplicity of the gospel by pretenders to science and eloquence, by a show of deep learning, or a flourish of words, by rabbis, orators, or philosophers.’ Note, We are in great danger of deceiving ourselves when we have too high an opinion of human wisdom and arts; plain and pure Christianity will be likely to be despised by those who can suit their doctrines to the corrupt taste of their hearers, and set them off with fine language, or support them with a show of deep and strong reasoning. But he who seems to be wise must become a fool that he may be wise.

Fool for Jesus

Jesus is the wisdom of God, but, as we read, this wisdom is foolishness to carnal men. So the dilemma is this: you’re a fool no matter what. The question is: Are you a fool to the world? Or are you a fool to the Lord? Are you a fool for Jesus, or against Him?

Comments

  1. Amen. I shut up like Job, I am the villain, He is the Hero, El Gibbor, the Mighty God , the Mighty Traveler on my Emmaus trips, of this cosmic drama. Job.4o:4. Amen, ” FOR IT IS A GOOD THING THAT THE HEART BE ESTABLISHED GRACE; not with- – – -( you fill the blanks!) (Heb.13:9) Amen. Grace be with you all.
    Poor and needy one,
    mathew

    • ERRATA:-
      small men have to resort to errata, but ” to God only wise ” (Rom.16:24-27)….He is the quintessence of wisdom! Churn the seven seas of science, technology, philosophy… the end product is Christ the wisdom of God and the power of God!!! (1Cor.1:24) To Him be glory. He has the power to establish our hearts and minds with grace. The once closely guarded, classified ‘palace secret’is now the plaza talk, the talk of the town SO THAT we small men may be polished, fashioned after the similitude of a palace. Our style is PALACE STYLE! (Ps.144:12; Rev.3:12)
      I’m sorry, the above reference is Job.40:4.Thanks.
      Poor and needy one,
      mathew

      • Tithing
        There are quite as few false teachers which espouse that your tithe is something that you may use as an investment. They will even distort the parable of the Farmer who scattered SEED – which is the WORD OF GOD – as a Tithing in order to receive donations by exclaiming that you will get back 100 fold back on your investment AND trying to intersect it with Malachi 3:10, ‘Bring the whole tithe into the store-house, that there may be FOOD in My House. Test me in this,” says the Lord Almighty, “and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of Heaven and pour out so much blessing that you will not have room enough for it.’

        Think – Is not The House – made up of The Vessels of The Sanctuary and/or/as The Potter! See: Secrets of Enoch 3 through 22 to have a more comprehensive understanding of the 10 Heavens. Note: SuNs Whhel which is Under the Earth to be able to intersect it with the Cherubs Wheels in Ezekiel 1/3/10.

        I have even heard them make the following statements by exclaiming that they received the Word of Lord, “If you give your SEED to us, the Lord has will forgive your whole household by covering it in the Blood of Christ” – “and you will also receive a 100-fold from your offering!“ A year later – a different guy was saying that he was receiving a lot of mail from those who haven’t received this 100 fold to which he proclaimed was because it wasn’t given in some ”spirit of …..” Sorry, I forget .. However, it is not Written, If someone claims to speak in His Name regarding something Good – and it doesn’t happen – we are told not to be fearful of him – and shouldn’t have anything to do with them — and also know that He was not sent by the Lord — Hmmm… Why are these scriptures never mentioned?

        The Fellowship of the Believers
        Acts 2:42 They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. 43 Everyone was filled with awe, and many wonders and miraculous signs were done by the apostles. 44 All the believers were together and had everything in common. 45 Selling their possessions and goods, they gave to anyone as he had need. 46 Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, 47 praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.
        The Believers Share Their Possessions
        Acts 4:32 All the believers were one in heart and mind. No one claimed that any of his possessions was his own, but they shared everything they had. 33 With great power the apostles continued to testify to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and much grace was upon them all. 34 There were no needy persons among them. For from time to time those who owned lands or houses sold them, brought the money from the sales 35 and put it at the apostles’ feet, and it was distributed to anyone as he had need.

        Are we not to produce Work or Fruit – and to Store our Treasures in Heaven – where rust and moth cannot destroy — Think in Parabolic Meaning – Outside of Time – When we will Eat of Him and He will eat of our FRUIT – which is WORKS! Is not the SEED thats is Given – THE HOLY SPIRIT – which is a guarantee of your PROMISED SALVATION – which Wells up to Eternal Life? So that, when He spoke about how the Kingdom of God is WITHIN you – you may understand that we possess the SEED of the PROMISE of the REST in a Land of MILK and HONEY –

        Roman 3:16, ‘the PROMISE S were spoken to Abraham and to his SEED, the scripture does not say :
        and to SEEDS,” meaning many people, but “and to your SEED,” meaning one person, who is Christ.
        What I mean is this:
        The Law, introduced 430 years later, does not set aside the Covenant previously established.

        Caveat – Intersect the following scriptures with Ezekiel 28 to contradict the current teaching which espouses that the Garden of Eden is somewhere in SW Mesopotamia or Africa and how some exclaim the Patriarchs never entered into the Promised Rest in the Land of Milk and Honey – Nullifying His Word!

        Secrets of Enoch 8/9
        AND those men took me thence, and led me up on to the Third Heaven, and placed me there; and I looked downwards, and san the produce of these places, such as has never been known for goodness.
        2 And I saw all the sweet-flowering trees and beheld their fruits, which were sweet-smelling, and all the foods borne by them bubbling with fragrant exhalation.3 And IN THE MIDST OF THE TREES that of LIFE, in that place whereon the LORD RESTS, when He goes up into PARADISE; and this TREE is of ineffable goodness and fragrance, and adorned more than every existing thing; and on all sides it is in form gold-looking and vermilion and fire-like and covers all, and it has produce from all fruits. 4 Its root is in the GARDEN at the earth’s end. 5 And PARADISE is between corruptibility and incorruptibility. 6 And two springs come out which send forth HONEY and MILK, and their springs send forth OIL and WINE, and they separate into four parts, and go round with quiet course, and go down into THE PARADISE OF EDEN, between corruptibility and in corruptibility. 7 And thence they go forth along the earth, and have a revolution to their circle even as other elements. 8 And here there is no unfruitful tree, and every place is blessed. 9 And there are three hundred angels VERY BRIGHT, who keep the garden, and with incessant sweet singing and never-silent voices serve the Lord throughout all days and hours. 10 And I said: ‘How very sweet is this place,’ and those men said to me: THIS PLACE, O Enoch, is prepared for the righteous, who endure all manner of offence from those that exasperate their souls, who avert their eyes from iniquity, and make righteous judgement, and give bread to the hungering, and cover the naked with clothing, and raise up the fallen, and help injured orphans, and who walk without fault before the face of the Lord, and serve him alone, and for them is prepared THIS PLACE for ETERNAL INHERITANCE.

        1Adam 42,
        THEN came The Word of God to Adam, and said unto him:– 2 “O Adam, as to what thou sayest, ‘Bring me into a land where there is REST,’ it is not another land than this, But it is the Kingdom of Heaven where alone there is REST. 3 “But thou canst not make thy Entrance into it At Present; But only after thy judgment is Past and Fulfilled. 4 “Then will I make thee go up into the Kingdom of Heaven,
        thee and thy righteous seed; and I will give thee and them the Rest thou askest For At Present. 5 “And if thou saidst, ‘Give me of the Water of Life that I may drink and live’ –it cannot be this day, but on the day that I shall descend into hell, and break the gates of brass, and bruise in pieces the kingdoms of iron.
        6 “Then will I in mercy save thy soul and the souls of the righteous, to give them Rest in My Garden. And that shall be When the End of the World is come. 7 “And, again, as regards the Water of Life thou seekest, it will not be granted thee this day; but on the day that I shall shed My blood upon thy head in the land of Golgotha. 8 “For My blood shall be the Water of Life unto thee, At that time, and not to thee alone, but unto all those of thy seed who shall believe in Me; that it be unto them For Rest For Ever.”

        However, you must first understand the WORK or FRUIT of God from the following excerpts-
        John 6:29,
        Jesus answered and said to them, `This is the work of God, that ye may BELIEVE in him whom He did send.’ They said therefore to him, `What SIGN, then, dost thou, that we may see and may believe thee? what dost thou work? our fathers the manna did eat in the wilderness, according as it is having been written, Bread out of the heaven He gave them to eat.’ Jesus, therefore, said to them, `Verily, verily, I say to you, Moses did not give you the bread out of the heaven; but my Father doth give you the TRUE BREAD out of the heaven; for the bread of God is that which is coming down out of the heaven, and giving life to the world.’ John 6:47, `Verily, verily, I say to you, He who is believing in me, hath life age-during; I am the bread of the life; your fathers did eat the manna in the wilderness, and they died; “
        Now, look up the great and terrible wilderness which has burning serpents – which is Sheol – the Second Death – that Christ Jesus warned us about in Rev 2:10 and about what we are about to suffer to understand Isaiah 40 regarding the Bride, who will be paid back double for all Her sins – Which, is made up of the Vessels of the Potter that are being refined in the Iron Furnace of Egypt – to be intersected with the Captivity of Babylon – In her is the Prophets, and everyone who has ever been killed – He who is having an ear — let him hear what The Spirit Saith to the assemblies: He who is overcoming may not be injured of the second death. And it is only by our belief in Him that we may understand how we will be those who will be Raised Up on the Seventh or Last Day — Genesis 2 — to be placed in the Garden of Eden by the Eagles that are Hovering overhead – Oh, when we are in a Wilderness – Prepare ye the Way of Jehovah, Make straight in a Desert a Highway to our God – On a High Mountain get thee UP, O Zion, Proclaiming tidings, LIFT UP with power thy voice, O Jerusalem, Proclaiming tidings, LIFT UP, fear not, say to cities of Judah, `Lo, your God.’ Awake, Awake, Put on thy Strength, O Zion, Put on the Garments of thy Beauty, Jerusalem — the Holy City; For enter no more into thee again, do the uncircumcised and unclean. Shake thyself From Dust, Arise, sit, O Jerusalem, Bands of thy neck have loosed themselves, O Captive, daughter of Zion. For thus said Jehovah: `For nought ye have been sold, And not by money are ye redeemed.’

        Sounds Like you might also be able to Intersect the Vessels of the Potter Rev 2:27 — with the Promise of your being — a pillar in the sanctuary of my God Rev 3:12 – to The City of Revelation 21 -22 eh?

        Zec 14:1
        Lo, A Day hath come to Jehovah, and Divided hath been thy spoil in thy midst.
        Zec 14:2
        Secrets 8/9
        Secrets 3-22
        Enoch 72-82
        Genesis 2
        Ezekiel 40 –
        Rev 21 – 22 And I have Gathered all the nations unto Jerusalem to battle,
        And captured hath been the city, and spoiled have been the houses,
        And the women are lain with, gone forth hath half the city in a Removal,
        And the remnant of the people are not cut off from the city.
        Zec 14:3
        And gone forth hath Jehovah, and He hath fought against those nations,
        As In The day of His Fighting in a Day of Conflict.
        Zec 14:4
        En 17:4
        18/26/27 And Stood have His Feet, In That Day, On The Mount of Olives, that [is] before Jerusalem Eastward, And CLEFT hath been The Mount of Olives at its midst,
        To the East, and to the West, a Very Great Valley, And Removed
        Hath the Half of the Mount towards the north. and its Half towards the south.
        Zec 14:5
        And ye have fled
        [To] the Valley of My Mountains, for join doth the Valley of the Mountains to Azal,
        And ye have fled as ye fled before the Shaking, In the days of Uzziah king of Judah, And Come In hath Jehovah my God, All Holy Ones [are] with Thee.
        Zec 14:6
        And it hath come to pass, in that day, The Precious Light is not, it is Dense Darkness,
        Zec 14:7
        And there hath been One Day, It is known to Jehovah,
        Not Day Nor Night, and it hath been at Evening-Time — there is Light.
        Zec 14:8
        And it hath come to pass, in that day, Go forth do Living Waters from Jerusalem,
        Half of them unto the Eastern Sea, and Half of them unto the Western Sea,
        In summer and In winter it is.
        Zec 14:9
        And Jehovah hath become King over all the land,
        In that day there is One Jehovah, and His Name One.
        Zec 14:10
        Changed is all the land as a Plain, From Gebo to Rimmon, south of Jerusalem,
        And she hath been high, and hath dwelt in her place,
        Even from the Gate of Benjamin to the place of the First Gate, unto the Front Gate,
        And from the Tower of Hananeel, Unto the Wine-Vats of the King.
        Zec 14:11
        And they have dwelt in her,
        And Destruction is no more, and Jerusalem hath dwelt confidently.
        Zec 14:12
        And This Is The Plague with which Jehovah
        Doth Plague all the peoples who have Warred against Jerusalem,
        He hath consumed away its flesh, and it is standing on its feet,
        And its eyes are consumed in their holes, and its tongue is consumed in their mouth.
        Zec 14:13
        And it hath come to pass, in that day,
        A Great Destruction [from] Jehovah is among them, And they have seized each the hand of his neighbour, and gone up hath his hand against the hand of his neighbour.
        Zec 14:14
        And also Judah is fought with in Jerusalem, and gathered hath been the Force of
        ALL the nations round about, Gold, and Silver, and apparel, In Great Abundance.
        Zec 14:15
        And So Is The Plague of the horse, of the mule, of the camel, and of
        The ass, and of all the cattle that are in these camps, As This Plague.
        Zec 14:16

        Matter(s) And it hath come to pass,
        Every one Who hath been left of all the nations, Who are coming in against Jerusalem,
        They have also gone up from Year to Year, TO bow themselves to the King,
        Jehovah of Hosts, and TO CELEBRATE THE FEAST OF THE BOOTHS.
        Zec 14:17
        And it hath come to pass,
        That he who doth not go up of the families of the land unto Jerusalem,
        To bow himself to the King, Jehovah of Hosts, Even on them there is no Shower.
        Zec 14:18
        And if the family of Egypt go not Up, nor come In, Then not on them is the Plague With which
        Jehovah doth Plague the nations That go not up to Celebrate the Feast of Booths.
        Zec 14:19
        This is the Punishment of the Sin of Egypt, and the Punishment of the Sin of
        All the nations, that go not Up to Celebrate the Feast of Booths.
        Zec 14:20
        In that day there is on Bells of the Horse,

        `Holy to Jehovah,’

        And the Pots in the House of Jehovah Have been As Bowls before the Altar.
        Zec 14:21
        And every Pot in Jerusalem, and in Judah, Have been Holy to Jehovah of Hosts,
        And all those sacrificing have come in, and have taken of them, and boiled in them, And there is no merchant any more in the House of Jehovah of Hosts in that day!

    • Re: In the Book of Proverbs, wisdom is often personified as a woman who stands alongside the Lord (Proverbs 1:20-33). She claims that those who heed her call will live in safety (Prov 1:33). Centuries Later, Jesus echoed these same words, taking them straight from wisdom and putting them in His own mouth as though He, Himself, were the personification of wisdom:

      See Simile(s) of the SuN and the Moon and the Angels as Stars or Luminaries in Book of the Luminaries of Enoch in order to Intersect Day 4 of Genesis to Revelation 12 by 1Adam 68-73 – Then, you will have a more comprehensive understanding of the Simile(s) in Enoch 72:37.
      As He rises, so He sets and decreases not, and rests not, but runs day and night, and His Light is Sevenfold Brighter than that of the Moon; but as regards size they are both Equal.

      Is not the Moon — the Woman — Bride — who is arrayed or has received Seven-Fold Understanding from the SuN — Husband — in order to acquire Wisdom. Where, the Angels are as Stars or Luminaries that give Light or Water the Earth?

      Test this – Intersect the parabolic meaning of the root words True Light – True Bread or Manna – with the Waters that come from Eden – which is Heaven as written in Book of the Secrets of Enoch 8/9 and Ezekiel 28 – to understand how to intersect Phrat or the Euphrates that is dried up to Prepare the Highway for the Kings of the East At the Rising of the SuN (from His Throne) — with the progression of the True Light that is blackened or diminished to where they no longer give their Light (moon is Blood Red) by the Devil – who is Darkness itself!

      Oh yeah, to prepare the Highway (Isa 40) by Intersecting Rev 6:12 & 16:12 so that they are
      “Like Birds Fluttering Overhead!”

  2. What do I do with that? Paul understood that God’s wisdom is foolishness to the quickened in Christ. And for those who are lofty in worldly wisdom but lack Christ, they are living in foolishness, deceived.

    God’s wisdom is foolishness to the quickened in Christ
    I DO NOT UNDERSTAND THIS STATEMENT
    WE WHICH ARE QUICKENED (MADE ALIVE ) IN CHRIST GOD’S WISDOM IS GOOD PLEASE HELP

    • I think you misread the sentence. It says, “God’s wisdom is foolishness to the world, but NOT SO for the quickened in Christ” (caps mine). 🙂

    • Sorry, John. I read this post on Saturday, so what I read and commented on was the corrected version.

  3. Jesus, the wisdom of God, i believe there is a typed error in this paragraph, there is no way God’s wisdom can be foolishness to those who are alive/quickened in God amm if anyone understands then clarify and if it truly is an error can you fix it?

    • Hi Daniel…I, too, understand the confusion, but what is being said is that the Wisdom of GOD is foolishness to those who do not know HIM. The WORD of the LORD is foolishness to those who do not know that JESUS is THE CHRIST; those who have not accepted HIM as LORD and SAVIOUR; are those that this verse is referring to. Again, who would you rather be a fool for, because Paul put it so succinctly in 1 Corinthians 4:10 when he said the we are fools for CHRIST’s sake….”

  4. Hiya Chris I think you meant to say something else for the first line under “Jesus, the Wisdom of God”. God’s wisdom is foolishness to the un-quickened in Christ maybe?

    • Let’s not fight for the husk, like the prodigal, but seek and take the KERNEL. But that takes some VIOLENCE ( Mat.11:12) – instruments of cruelty. Next time you find a coconut try to dehusk it without a knife on THE ROCK, the stone (Mat.21:44)! Let the elder, MAKE the elder serve the younger – the elder, the first IS natural, carnal, earthy, Adamic.. the younger is spiritual, heavenly,CHRISTian(1Cor.15:46-47). The first, elder is a mere SHADOW,image (Col.2:17; Heb.10:1), but the second is the object, from heaven, the Lord (2Cor.3:17). Come, enjoy the blessings of LIBERTY. Thanks be to God, it is the will of God to put off, put away the elder for the younger, the true one pitched openly, evidently by God (Rom.3:25; Gal.3:1). HE TAKETH AWAY THE FIRST, THAT HE MAY ESTABLISH THE SECOND (Heb.10:9) – THE ONE OF GRACE , NOT race ( ‘g’ is a suffix for respect, eg. Gandhi’ji’, our God respects us !)- our Lord sprang out of Judah, He is the Lion of the Tribe of Judah! Hallelujah! That ought to be the end of black churches, white churches,….you name it! Behold, I make all things new. Behold, all things are become new. Henceforth know we no man after the race, color, flesh (2Cor.5:16). Yet….. audacity.. He that hath an ear, let him hear WHAT THE SPIRIT SAITH unto the churches.
      This seems to be a fitting conclusion to our lively discussion. GRACE be with you all. Amen.
      Poor and needy one,
      mathew

  5. Awesome post btw. Our Lord is the personification of God’s word, God’s wisdom and is Holy and the Way, the Truth and the Life. This is who we have access to. Lets not take the privilege lightly.

  6. Another very helpful article!

    I too wondered about the “quickened in Christ” statement, Chris. Perhaps “spiritually discerned” is what you were thinking, as in 1Corinthians 2:14.

    Again, thank so much for making these deep truths so clear and concise for us to digest!

    ~Suzanne

  7. Here is a Study for you which will renable you to intersect the 10 Matter(s) into obscure Simile(s)which have yet to be identified –

    Zec 3:1
    And he sheweth me Joshua the High Priest standing before the Messenger of Jehovah, And the Adversary standing at his right hand, to be an Adversary to him.
    Zec 3:2
    1Ad 48/49
    1Ad 53
    2Ad 8,21,22
    Mt 4/Jn 6
    Dt 4:12/8
    Exd 16/19
    Vessels of
    POTTER
    SANCTUARY And Jehovah saith unto the Adversary:

    `Jehovah doth push against thee, O Adversary,
    Yea, push against thee doth Jehovah,
    Who is Fixing on Jerusalem,
    Is Not This a Brand Delivered From FIRE?’

    Zec 3:3
    And Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and is standing before The Messenger.
    Zec 3:4
    Refined –
    Furnace of
    Egypt –
    Bread of
    Affliction
    Captivity of
    Babylon –
    Isa 13:19
    Jer 50:14
    Rev 11:8 And he answereth and speaketh unto those standing before him, saying:

    `Turn aside The filthy garments from Off him.’
    And he saith unto him,
    `See,
    I have caused thine Iniquity To pass away from Off thee,
    So As To Clothe thee with Costly Apparel.’
    Zec 3:5
    Matter(s)
    bitter/sweet
    bless/revile
    h20 causes
    the curse
    Jer 7:4,22 He also said,
    `Let them set A Pure Diadem on his head.
    And they set the Pure Diadem on his head,
    And Clothe him with Garments.
    And the Messenger of Jehovah is standing,
    Zec 3:6
    And the Messenger of Jehovah doth protest to Joshua, saying:
    Zec 3:7
    Matter(s)
    Oath(s)
    Jealousy
    Writings of
    Divorce `Thus said Jehovah of Hosts:
    If in My Ways thou dost walk, And if My Charge thou dost keep,
    Then Also
    Thou dost Judge My House, And Also thou dost keep My Courts,
    And I have given to thee Conductors among these standing by.
    Zec 3:8
    Intersect
    Flood of
    TEARS
    Burden of
    SHEOL Hear, I pray thee, Joshua, the High Priest,
    Thou and thy Companions sitting before thee,
    (For men of type [are] they,)
    For Lo, I AM bringing in My servant — a Shoot.

    Zec 3:9
    Matter(s)
    Deut 4:12
    Exd 8:19/9:8
    9:10 – 31:18
    Deut 9:10,16
    9:18,21,2210:2 For Lo,
    The Stone that I Put Before Joshua, On One Stone [Are] Seven Eyes,
    Lo, I AM GRAVING Its GRAVING, An affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts,
    And I have removed the iniquity of that land In One Day.
    Zec 3:10
    9:15/10:4
    11:18,26
    Ex 16:23/23:19
    34:26/Dt 14:21
    Dan 9:11
    Job 41:31 In That Day — an affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts, Ye do call,
    Each Unto his neighbour,
    Unto the place of the Vine, and Unto the place of the Fig-Tree!’

    • ‘Obscure simile’ seems to be an oxymoron. Simile makes things obvious, explicit, more evident.
      Let God be true, but every man a liar. Our God is Wonderful. He can turn again our captivity into nativity (Ps.87), He can take away our filthy and clothe us with healthy. That’s his mission.. He will accomplish it in one day or in a moment. He has aborted the enemy, enmity at the cross. “Behold, I shew you a mystery… change is ready for us. In a moment,…just like Y2K! the laaaast second of 1999 was the moment of decision, separation, compliant and non-compliant. SHADOW, shadow of death IS swallowed up in victory by SUBSTANCE(1Cor.15:51-52). Hallelujah, He is faithful.
      Poor and needy one,
      mathew

  8. John 5:34 But I receive not testimony from man but these things I say that you might be saved

    John 5:41 I receive not honor from men

    John 5:42 But I know you that you have not the love of GOD in you

    John 5:43 I am come in MY FATHERS name and you receive me not if another shall come in his own name him you will receive

    Romans 8:2 For the law of the spirit of life in CHRIST JESUS hath made me free from the law of sin and death

    John 6:63 It is the spirit that quickeneth
    the flesh profiteth nothing
    the words I speak unto you they are spirit and they are life

    Matthew 12:37 For by thy words thou shalt be justified and by thy words thou shalt be condemned

    John 5:44 How can you believe which receive honor one of another and seek not the honor that cometh from GOD only

    John 5:45 Do not think that I will accuse you to the FATHER there is one that accuseth you even Moses in whom you trust

    John 5:46 For had you believed Moses you would have believed ME for HE wrote of ME—— John 5:47 But if you believe not his writings how shall you believe MY words

    Loving the LORD JESUS CHRIST

  9. General question to all who read this blog: Can it be said that if you don’t honestly believe that Jesus is without beginning and without end, the Creator God. That you will not enter into heaven or be resurrected with the saints, but are destined for hell and/or lake of fire prepared for the devil and his angels?

    If so where is this in scripture so that it is plain understand.

    • Read the book of John, and pray that God will make the Scriptures clear to you. May you be blessed in your search.

    • Hear, O, Dan, try Mark.12.
      Grace and mercy be with you. As thy days ,so shall thy strength be. You are a lion’s whelp, you can, by grace, leap to the conclusion (Deu.33:22). Amen
      Poor and needy one,
      mathew

    • You must have sharpened, fine-tuned your Question.
      Jesus said that God is a Spirit.
      Jesus said that, ” my word is life and spirit.”
      Paul says that,”Now the Lord is that Spirit 2Cor.3:17. Note the two kinds of Ministries:
      1)ministration of death.
      2)the ministration of the spirit, spirit of glory, the God of glory, King of glory, Lord of glory, gospel of glory (cf.Jer.2:11; Rom.1:23); glory and shame are contrasted in the scripture. Walk in the spirit, be led by the spirit, nothing can vail you, you can go right within the vail to the Forerunner. The glory of the latter house (law vs grace)shall be greater (Hag.2:9). The centrality of the H.S in the NT ministry is an inescapable fact. Count the “He that hath an ear”s in the Book of Revelation.
      Read Hebrews you’ll find the answer.
      Grace be with you.
      Poor and needy one,
      mathew
      The vail is done away in Christ. W

    • Dan,

      There really isn’t a quick answer to your question because it must be considered within several other points. The Bible tells us that “No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him” (Jn. 6:44a), so if I am even being drawn to Christ, it is because the Holy Spirit has opened up my eyes of understanding to that degree of truth but, certainly, not truth in its fulness. The reason for this is that we don’t have full truth until we come to Christ because He is the truth (Jn. 14:6), and we further understand that we don’t receive all truth at once but that the Holy Spirit will guide us into all truth (Jn. 16:13). What you might initially know or not know depends, in part, to whether or not you have someone sharing the gospel with you. If you do, then that person will tell you of your spiritual state (Rom. 3:23), that Christ is God (Matt. 1:23) Who came in the flesh (Jn. 1:14) to die for your sins (I Cor. 15:3) and that you must be spiritually born again (Jn. 3:3) to be saved. That person will also tell you that you need to “believe” (Jn. 3:16), “repent” (Acts 3:19), “confess” (Rom. 10:9), and “call upon the name of the Lord” (Rom. 10:13).

      Now, if you are on your own, as I was, you won’t hear those particulars, but you will experience just what God’s love and grace are all about. Before I came to the Lord, I was a Mormon, and my understanding of the Bible and Jesus couldn’t have been any more skewed, and there was absolutely nothing inside of me that could articulate anything close to my being dead in my sins, of being totally separated from a holy God. Without going into the details because they really don’t matter, I found myself at the end of myself. I fell to my knees and said, “I’ve made a mess of my life; please do something with me.” Although there was no actual, point by point acknowledgment of Who Christ is, as Savior or God, or that I was dead in my sins and deserving of hell (Rom. 6:23), I called upon Him in the only way I was capable of, which is all He asks because it is to our hearts, alone, that he looks. Was I saved even though I didn’t, at that time, “honestly believe that Jesus is without beginning and without end, the Creator God”? Absolutely. However, because the verses illustrating the eternal existence of Christ (Rev. 1:8, Heb. 7: Melchisedec is pre-carnate Christ) and His existence as the Creator (Col. 1:16-17, Heb. 11:13) are fundamental and thoroughly documented in the Bible, I learned them soon after conversion.

      The answer to your question, then, is twofold: No, it isn’t mandatory for initial salvation that those things are believed; however, because they are biblical, for one to actually deny these truths, then that person can’t really be saved because, in addition to John 16:13, which I cited in the first paragraph, I Corinthians 2:14 tells us, “But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know [them], because they are spiritually discerned.” In other words, if you don’t understand the truth of God’s Word, you are still a “natural man” and not a new creature in Christ Jesus (II Cor. 5:17) who will spend eternity with Him in heaven. The bottom line is that the Bible is the written Word of God (II Tim. 3:16), and Jesus Christ is the Living Word of God (Jn. 1:1). To deny the former is to deny the latter, and those who deny Christ will spend eternity in hell. I just want to end with a final note. There are people who die immediately after professing a true belief in Christ according to John 3:3, and even though they have not learned the truths put forth in the Bible, they are still saved. I just don’t want my comments to be misunderstood.

      I hope I have helped.

      Barbara

      • Sister, please double-check the ID of Heb.7 Melchisedec. Please see Heb.7:3; Heb.7:15; Dan.3:25; Heb.9:14. In a simile the two things compared cannot be one and the same! ” For our God is a consuming fire.” Heb.12:29.
        It takes THREE to offer a sacrifice.
        1) the offerer,
        2) the offering &
        3) the officiating Priest.
        We can find all the three at the cross.
        Also “serve” in Rom.7:6 means WORSHIP, THE LETTER KILLS, MINISTRATION OF DEATH. BUT THE SPIRIT QUICKENS, newness of life, newness of Spirit. The new law is written in hearts & minds TLB.
        So who is this Melchisedec?
        What is The Ministry after the Order,( manner, manner of the king?) of Melchisedec?
        Please reconsider and share for the edification of all. Excel to the edifying of the Church (1Cor.14:12). Thanks. Grace be with you all.
        Poor and needy one,
        mathew

        • Please compare & contrast Heb.9:14 & Heb.10:29.
          ” COMPARE & SAVE ” is a sensible, popular marketing slogan! We must do the same thing. ” Compare & SAVE YOURSELVES FROM THIS UNTOWARD GENERATION (Acts. 2:40)
          “For the promise IS unto YOU…(Acts.2:39), Amen. Grace be with you all.
          Poor and needy one,
          mathew

        • Hi Mathew~

          Thank you for your comments. I would like to respond to your post regarding the identity of Melchisedec in light of the verses you cited in your first two sentences. However, I’m not really sure what the rest of the comments you made and verses you cited in the rest of this post or your second post have do do with this issue, so I would appreciate some clarification. I should have it posted Tuesday.

          Barbara

          • Sorry, Mathew. I understand that the issue of the “Ministry after the Order,( manner, manner of the king?) of Melchisedec” is relevant to the discussion. I just don’t know why you included the rest.

            Barbara

          • Sister,Jesus teaches us about true worshippers in Jn.4. I was trying to highlight the significance of the same. The centrality of the Holy Ghost and fire in the NT ministry is so obvious that even “the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein.” Isa.35:8. Both the compare & contrast verses mention about the Spirit – the Spirit of Truth. These days we have traditional , contemporary, … all kinds of worships. Which is the real, ACCEPTABLE genre((Heb.12:28)?
            I was trying to give you as many hints as possible..I think this is the only ministry named in the NT. Then we ought to consider it. Thank you, grace be with you.
            Poor and needy one,
            mathew
            P.S: ” My father,…Behold the Lamb and the fire: but where is the wood for the burnt offering? is the moot question today!! Wood is vested interests, my self will, self righteousness, easily besetting sins, inordinate affection, Lord burn it all for your glory. Amen. Thanks

        • Mathew,

          You wrote, “In a simile the two things compared cannot be one and the same!” While you are technically correct, you should also know that when discussing matters of God, everything cannot be neatly pigeonholed into the reasoning put forth by man. For example, human reasoning cannot explain a God who is self-existent and, yet, the biblical God is just that. Having said this, however, the comparison being made in Hebrews 7 is very much between two different things or, in this case, entities, and it is just what I said in my post. The two entities are the pre-incarnate Christ and the incarnate Christ.

          Figurative language aside, there is only one person that fulfills each and every descriptor of Melchisedec as written in Hebrews 7 (especially verse 3), and Melchizedek in Genesis 14 and Psalm 110, and that person is Jesus Christ. As we read in Hebrews 7:3b, Melchisedec was “made like unto the Son of God,” yet he preceded the Son of God. The compound “made like” is the Greek word ‘aphomoioo’ (Strong’s, G871), a word used only this one time in the NT and means “to be made like” and “rendered similar.” In addition, we read in Hebrews 7:15 that Jesus is the priest that arose according to the “similitude of Melchisedec.” The word “similitude,” which comes from the Greek word ‘homoiotes’ (Strong’s, G3665), means “after the likeness” and is only used in this verse and in Hebrews 4:15 in reference to Christ. That both Christ and Melchisedec were made after the likeness of each other, illustrated by the singular use of the Greek words used in these verses in addition to the very clear descriptions given, it is obvious that the comparison being made from the word “like” in verse 3 far transcends what humans define and understand as ‘simile.’

          As to your question as to what kind of worship, traditional or contemporary, is the “real, ACCEPTABLE genre,” let me say that it isn’t the beat of the music with which God is concerned but the beat of our hearts. If our hearts are truly right with God, then right worship will follow.

          God bless you~
          Barbara

          • Sister, thank you for the studied,discreet, elaborate reply. Yet thou art not far from the Kingdom (Rom.14:17). Of course Jesus is all in all. We are given a two-way genealogy of Jesus, whereas Melchisedec has none. Melchisedec is the eternal Spirit, the priest of the Most High God (Heb.9:14; Rom.15:16). You find all the three, Father, Son & The Holy Spirit participating in the sacrifice on Mt.Calvary. Pl. note Heb.5:11. Keep reading till v.14. This is the only ministry named in the NT. May the Lord give you the grace and wisdom to comprehend with all saints… Eph.3:18. Is Paul crazy (2Cor.5:13) to pen 2Cor.5:16; 1Cor.2:2 is also a good verse? Thank you. Grace be with you.
            poor and needy one,
            mathew

          • Mathew~

            It is true that the man Jesus has two genealogies, but the God Jesus has none, just like Melchisedec. In addition, we know that Jesus, just like Melchisedec, was both priest and king, which was not allowed during the OT. Both are kings of righteousness and peace.

            Barbara

      • Dear Barbara,

        Thanks for your reply, not much in there that I didn’t agree with. Those areas where we cannot explain step by step the process of Grace must be attributed to just that, God’s Grace. Because He really does see our hearts and know those that are His. I appreciate the contrast between the work of Gods Spirit at the point of faith, and the perfecting process of the knowledge of Christ that developes over time by the same Spirit. To God be the Glory for His marvelous works. Thanks again for sharing your testimony with me, it is the most powerful witness that we have as believers. A true point of identification, like a finger print, unique to each individual. God bless and keep you sister.

  10. The wisdom of God is that He is loving, and has provided our reconciliation with Himself through the sacrifice of His Son, Jesus Christ. Not because of any thing we have done or accomplished, but by His great Grace and Mercy. Wisdom is in seeing our need for a Savior and Repenting of our sins.
    The world’s wisdom is that “mankind” can save itself and has no need of God.
    The fool has said in his heart, “[There is] no God.” They are corrupt, and have done abominable iniquity; [There is] none who does good. Psm. 53:1

  11. But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption: That, according as it is written, He that glories, let him glory in the Lord.

  12. But of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God—and righteousness and sanctification and redemption—
    1 Cor. 1:30

  13. On a slightly different note, I want to address the first paragraph where the author states that Wisdom is personified as a female as if this is just a literary device in the Bible. I have always read the Wisdom of God as the Holy Spirit. Christ promises us this Advocate in the Gospel of John. He promises us the indwelling Spirit of God’s knowledge through the Grace of being a believer. Of course this Knowledge is given out sovereignly by God as He sees fit. I have always found the Proverbs fascinating because Godly Wisdom (the Spirit in the New Testament) is described as female. Proverbs 3:13-20 makes God and His Wisdom inseperable. I believe there is femininity in the Holy Spirit and that this is not just literary device in the Bible. Genesis clearly states that God created us male and female in the image of God. Where else do we see this femininity ascribed to the character of God, but in reference to the Wisdom of God in Proverbs. It is actually quite radical for it’s day (and perhaps still is) to ascribe Wisdom a female character. These thoughts are meant not as radical feminism or a pagan attempt to create an “earth Mother ” out of God. I am a very orthodox man. I just think this is hard to miss and pass off as literay personification. If God made both male and female in His image, there must be female likeness in Him. The Father and Christ are clearly meant to be seen as male. Perhaps it is the Spirit that holds part of the feminine. Finally, we have the Lord’s image of marriage. God states that a man and a woman join and become one and are joined by a “third strand” in the Lord. This is an image of the Trinity. Unity as it was created to be. Two that have become more than two. This joining of male and female in marriage shows us something about our Lord and is sacred.

    • In Hindi, even words have gender! Like that in Hebrew wisdom is feminine. Coming to Paul, BOTH man and woman, boys and girls have the same “INNER MAN”. He says Quit you like men! But we have a Mountain-breasted God. So Peter says, “Desire the SINCERE milk
      Now note the paradox;
      Rev.1:13 twin breasted God but breastless little sister, silly dove (Song.8:8) Go for some safe IMPLANTS (Jam.1:21) people!
      Then Only POTENTATE surrounded by impotent folks. That is the human predicament.Put away pride ( NOT SPOUSES), be a MEEK GEEK, you are in the land of promises,real milk. Come drink Isa.66:10-Spirutually, the Church is Jerusalem. Come to our Church. Come and see how we are dandled.Grace be with you all.
      Poor and needy one
      mathew

  14. Proverbs 7:4 Say unto wisdom thou art my sister and call understanding thy kinswoman

    Proverbs 7:5 That they may keep thee from the strange woman from the stranger which flattereth with her words

  15. 1 Timothy 2:5 For there is one GOD and one mediator between GOD and men the man JESUS CHRIST

    John 10:30 I and MY FATHER are one

    Luke 9:35 And there came a voice out of the cloud saying this is MY beloved son hear HIM

    3 John 1:4 I have no greater joy than to hear that MY children walk in truth

    2 John 1:4 I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth as we have received a commandment from the FATHER

    Loving the LORD

  16. Wisdom, even as a Christian, is fleeting if I don’t stay tuned in with a regular diet of consuming the word of God and prayer.

  17. Chris or anyone,

    How do I post the scriptural verses so that folks can see the full scripture when they click on it as others have done in the previous comments?

    Thanks

    • Nathan,

      All you do is just type in the Scripture verse; it will automatically show up when you post. 🙂

      God bless!

  18. Re: In the Book of Proverbs, wisdom is often personified as a woman who stands alongside the Lord (Proverbs 1:20-33). She claims that those who heed her call will live in safety (Prov 1:33). Centuries Later, Jesus echoed these same words, taking them straight from wisdom and putting them in His own mouth as though He, Himself, were the personification of wisdom:
    See Simile(s) of the SuN and the Moon and the Angels as Stars or Luminaries in Book of the Luminaries of Enoch 72-82 in order to Intersect Day 4 of Genesis to Revelation 12 by 1Adam 68-73 – Then, you will have a more comprehensive understanding of the Simile(s) in Enoch 72:37.
    “As He rises, so He sets and decreases not, and rests not, but runs day and night, and His
    Light is Sevenfold Brighter than that of the Moon; but as regards size they are both Equal.”
    Does not the Moon — the Woman — Bride – receive Wisdom by the Seven-Fold Understanding from the SuN as the Husband? Where, the Angels are as Stars or Luminaries that give Light or Water the Earth?
    Test this – Intersect the parabolic meaning of the root words True Light – True Bread or Manna – with the Waters that come from Eden – which is Heaven as written in Book of the Secrets of Enoch 8/9 and Ezekiel 28 – to understand how to intersect Phrat or the Euphrates that is dried up to Prepare the Highway for the Kings of the East At the Rising of the SuN (from His Throne) — with the progression of the True Light that is blackened or diminished to where they no longer give their Light (moon is Blood Red) by the Devil – who is a worker of unrighteousness as Darkness itself!
    Then, by Intersecting Rev 6:12 & 16:12 you will be able to See the Highway of Isaiah 40 by Intersecting that they are, “Like Birds Fluttering Overhead!” and “I bear you on eagles’ wings, and bring you in unto Myself. “

    • The MANCHILD (Rev.12:5) is the BRIDE, not the woman. She is left behind, not caught up.
      How sad people are deceived, devoured even today by the old serpent! (Rev.12:9). Deceitfulness of sin, Deceitfulness of riches!
      But the good news is that “I will rebuke the devourer (Mal.3:11). Praise ye the Lord for all his “I WILL”s. Hallelujah. Let us prove him and thereby disprove the old subtle serpent; It takes some drilling to get the ‘serpent’s root’ out and plant the HOLY, royal (NOT USURPER), HE WHOSE RIGHT IT IS, the root of David. Authentic Christianity is a painful Root Canal Treatment, RCT – all the 32,twins.Grace be with you all.
      Poor and needy one,
      mathew

  19. THIS IS your wisdom Deu.4:6
    THIS IS the rest Isa.28:12
    THIS IS the covenant Heb.8:10; Heb.10:16
    HE IS the KEY..Col.2:3(GNB)- the Key of Knowledge Luke.11:52.
    Pinpointing, demonstrating, yet groping in the darkness in this high noon. “Jesus, thou Son of David, have mercy upon me.”
    The god of this world hath blinded the minds, stopped the ears 2Cor.4:4; Ps.58:4
    Only the mercy and grace of God can morph “deaf adders” into ‘value adders’ 2Pet.1:4-5.
    Grace be with you all.
    Poor and needy one,
    mathew

  20. Jeremiah 23:19 Behold a whirlwind of the LORD is gone forth in fury even a grievous whirlwind it shall fall grievously upon the head of the wicked

    Jeremiah 23:20 The anger of the LORD shall not return until HE have executed and until HE have performed the thoughts of HIS heart IN THE LATTER YOU SHALL CONSIDER IT PERFECTLY

    Jeremiah 23:21 I have not sent these prophets yet they ran I have not spoken to them yet they prophesied

    Jeremiah 23:22 But if they had stood in MY counsel and had caused MY people to hear MY words then they should have turned them from their evil way and from the evil of their doings

    Jeremiah 23:23 Am I a GOD at hand saith the LORD and not a GOD a far off

    Jeremiah 23:24 Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him saith the LORD do not I fill heaven and earth saith the LORD

    Jeremiah 23:25 I have heard what the prophets said that prophesy lies in MY name saying
    I have dreamed
    I have dreamed

    Jeremiah 23:26 How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets that prophesy lies yea they are prophets of the DECEIT of their own hearts

    Jeremiah 23:28
    The prophet that hath a dream let him tell a dream
    and he that HATH MY WORD let him speak MY WORD FAITHFULLY
    what is the chaff to the wheat saith the LORD

    Jeremiah 23:31 Behold I am against the prophets saith the LORD that use their tongues and say HE saith

    Psalm 119:142 Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness and thy law is truth

    2 John 1:4 I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth
    as we have received a commandment from the FATHER

    Romans 8:6 For to be carnally minded is death
    but to be spiritually minded is life and peace

    Romans 8:7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against
    for it is not subject to the law of GOD neither indeed can be

    Romans 8:8 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please GOD

    Romans 8:9But you are not in the flesh but in the spirit
    if so be that the spirit of GOD dwell in you
    now if any man have not the spirit of CHRIST he is none of HIS

    Isaiah 30:1 Woe to the rebellious children saith the LORD that take counsel but not of ME
    and that cover with a covering but not of MY spirit
    that they may add sin to sin

    Romans 8:2 For the law of the spirit of life in CHRIST JESUS
    hath made me free from the law of sin and death

    Galatians 6:1&2 Brethren if a man be overtaken in a fault you which are spiritual restore such an one in the spirit of meekness considering thyself lest thou also be tempted
    (2) Bear ye one anothers burdens
    and so fulfill the law of CHRIST

    Romans 2:13 For not the hearers of the law are just before GOD
    but the doers of the law shall be justified

    Proverbs 6:23 For the commandment is a lamp
    and the law is light
    and reproofs of instruction are the way of life

    Matthew 12:36&37
    But I say unto you that every idle word that men shall speak
    they shall give account thereof in the day of judgement
    (37) For by thy words thou shalt be justified
    and by thy words thou shalt be condemned

    Malachi 2:6
    The law of truth was in his mouth
    and iniquity was not found in his lips
    he walked with ME in peace and equity
    and did turn many away from iniquity

    John 14:6 JESUS saith unto him
    I am the way
    the truth
    and the life
    no man cometh to the FATHER but by ME

  22. John 15:5 I am the vine you are the branches he that abideth in ME and I in him the same bringeth forth much fruit for without ME you can do nothing

    2 Chronicles 7:14 IF my people which are called by MY name shall humble themselves and pray and seek MY face and turn from their wicked ways then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land

    1 John 5:14 And this is the confidence that we have in HIM that
    if we ask anything according to his will he hears us

    Loving the LORD JESUS

    • Amen. Allied with God. Coupled with God, Dovetailed (Song.2:14) with God all things are possible. That is a giant leap from NOTHING to ALL THINGS – ICHABOD to ABODE(n)! Our God is Wonderful (Isa.9:6) He has left a big fat will for us ; let us probate it and possess it. Amen. Grace be with you all.
      Poor and needy one,
      mathew

      • UNION WITH CHRIST Col.2 TLB
        Pl. check the meaning of the word ‘Yoga’.
        We are joined to, connected to, yoked to Jesus.
        Still some churches tout yoga classes!
        United with Christ, we stand in true grace..
        This IS the true grace of God wherein ye stand 1Pet.5:12.
        UNION, YES. But FIRST with Christ! Seek ye first..
        Grace be with you all.
        Poor and needy one,
        mathew