From
the first five verses of this chapter, we saw how effective Paul was as a
communicator of the Gospel. He went about the task passionately. Why? It’s
because the message is powerful. So from verses 6-9, he shows us the fabric of
this powerful message of God.
Firstly,
this message Paul spoke was the wisdom of God, a wisdom not of this world.
Neither did that wisdom come from influential people. This kind of wisdom of the
Lord is permanent. It is not for time on earth only, it is also for eternity.
It is a wisdom for everyone, everywhere and applicable for all ages.
Secondly,
Paul dealt with the logic of the wisdom of God. Paul called the wisdom a
mystery. It’s not the kind of mystery as we understand it to be. Mystery
suggests that it’s something no one knows. But to Paul it is something clearly
revealed. It’s like a completed zigzaw puzzle where every piece is in place,
and the whole picture becomes complete and identifiable. Paul’s implication is
that God’s wisdom puts everything in life in the right place, to make a
complete sense out of it. Lasting answers on the origin of man, the ultimate end
of man and many questions of life are found in God’s wisdom. It’s a strategy of
God which he had planned beforehand for our glory. This wisdom of God was
understood by none of the rulers of this age. If they had understood they would
not have crucified the Lord of glory. The truth that Paul preached is something
only God alone could think of. Verse 9 puts it plainly. It simply means that
what Paul preached were truth undiscovered by human reasoning.
As
Christians, we are privileged and have been given the ability to accept this
mystery Paul spoke about. Since we are citizens of the Kingdom of God, let us
act and live as one.
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