Introduction

Welcome church! We are back here for week three of our series, “Fool’s Gold.” I hope you are enjoying this series as much as I am. We’ve been talking about wisdom and how to find it. Last week, we discussed the fact that we must be willing to dig deeper to discover what true wisdom is. God is the one who holds the keys to wisdom, and all we have to do to get it is ask.

Today, we are talking about how to view our wisdom as the precious treasure it is. The Bible sheds light on where this mysterious treasure is hidden. Job made it clear that God holds our wisdom, but Paul tells us more specifically how to find wisdom in Jesus Christ.

Christ our savior, redeemer, and the treasure of our wisdom.

Christ our savior, redeemer, and the treasure of our wisdom.

Main Teaching

If you’ve got a Bible with you, or a Bible app on your phone, please open them up and let me show you what I’m talking about in Colossians.

Within this passage, there seems to be three results when we come to find our treasure. And the first one is mentioned in verse 2, when Paul says his desire is to see people encouraged and knit together.

We can find encouragement, knowing Christ is where the treasure of wisdom can be found. The truth is, many things in our world offer us discouragement. It’s not too hard to find it on social media if you scroll for just a short time. Or maybe on the news when all you hear is bad news. The culture in which Paul was writing wasn’t so different. He was writing to a group of individuals just like us who lived in a broken world with broken people. Because of this, evil was everywhere. But thankfully Christ offers us encouragement.

But then Paul makes another statement related to Christ. He says he desires people to be encouraged and “knit together” by strong ties of love.

I believe Paul is trying to help us understand how our lives are meant to be intertwined. When it comes to finding wisdom in Jesus Christ, often God will include others in our story to share wisdom with us. This is meant to showcase the wonderful power involved in community.

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