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In today's lesson we are urged to recognize the folly of human wisdom and to embrace the wisdom of the gospel.
Scripture Today we continue studying The First Letter of Paul to the Corinthians in a series I am calling Challenges Christians Face. Christians in the church at Corinth had misunderstood the nature of wisdom with regard to salvation. From Paul’s perspective human wisdom opposes God’s ...read more
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:18-25
Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed
HUMAN WIDOM IS NOT WITHOUT ERROR
GOD’S WISDOM VERSES HUMAN WISDOM OBSERVATION: HUMAN WISDOM IS NOT WITHOUT ERROR. INTERPRETATION: 1 CORINTHIANS 3:19-20 (NKJV) 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 ...read more
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 3:19-20
Denomination: Baptist
Paul contrasts human wisdom with spiritual wisdom.
THE FOOLISHNESS OF THE GOSPEL 1 Corinthians 1:18-31 INTRO: Paul, in continuing his letter now talks about their unspiritual state by exalting human wisdom which is foolishness in the things of God. I. THE ...read more
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:18-31
We did not get to understand the Gospel and be saved because of human wisdom but the power and wisdom of God. There is nothing man can boast about.
The church has been plagued by divisions, with groups taking sides and pledging their support for various leaders. • This competitive and partisan spirit was tearing the church apart. They pride themselves on men and not on Christ. • They were boasting in human wisdom, eloquence and influence, and ...read more
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:18-25, Isaiah 29:14, Isaiah 55:8-9
Denomination: Independent/Bible
God's wisdom is higher than human wisdom and His weakness is greater than our strength. Let's submit to the wisdom of God.
A couple months ago a snake handling pastor in Kentucky died from a rattlesnake bite after refusing treatment when he went home after the service. This has happened more than a few times and continues to be quite a common practice in some churches in that area. There’s even a reality show ...read more
Message 18 in our exposition of James. This message covers 3:15-18 instructing us to live wisely followed by several insights regarding wisdom from above and wisdom from earthly , soulish and demonic sources.
Chico Alliance Church Pastor David Welch “Wisdom from Above” or "Living Wisely" The book of James is all about what it looks like to live by genuine faith. James recorded numerous instructions (51) that a person living by faith readily obeys because they are God’s instructions. James described ...read more
Scripture: James 3:15-18, 1 Corinthians 3:1-3, Ephesians 2:1-2, Colossians 2:20-23
Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance
Dealing with foolishness and wisdom.
Sermon Title: Believing – What is it? Scripture Text: 1 Corinthians 1:18-25 (NLT) 1 Kings 12 - Tell the story: -Solomon had died -Son, Rehoboam, inherited the Kingdom -The people came and ask him to ease up on all the taxes and forced labor. -Rehoboam called the older advisor that were with ...read more
More than anything else, Paul understood the reason for disunity in Corinth is their love for human wisdom. So explains what is human wisdom as well as the wisdom of God.
Characteristics of the wisdom of God 1Corinthians 1:21 1Co 1:21 For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through wisdom did not know God, it pleased God through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe. 1Co 1:23, 24 but we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews a ...read more
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:21
Denomination: Brethren
Explores living in harmony as the Body of Christ, overcoming hindrances to unity, and prioritizing God's wisdom over worldly wisdom.
Hello, beloved family of God. I am so thrilled to be standing before you today, sharing the Good News of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. We gather here, not as individuals, but as a unified body, bound together by the love and grace of the One who has called us out of darkness and into His ...read more
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 3:16-23
Topics: Avoid Dependence, Human Wisdom
God tells us how depressed Job was; how should we deal with depression?
Please open your bibles to the Book of Job…… We have noted so far that Job was a godly man who was enjoying life with family and all his possessions. But the devil Satan challenged God to see how Job will respond to God once much of his possessions and family are taken away and his entire body was ...read more
Scripture: Job 3:1-26
Paul knew more than anything else Corinthian’s their love for human wisdom led to division in the local church. So he explains it detail.
1Corinthians 1: 22 : “For Jews request a sign, and Greeks seek after wisdom..” Paul knew well, Greeks need wisdom…that’s what they are interested in. Jews, they need a sign, miracles, and mighty things…not the message of the cross… But Paul preached…no wisdom…cf. v. 12 ‘we preach Christ ...read more
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:17
The story of Abimelech demonstrates the shortfalls of Human Wisdom.
Right in their Own Eyes Text: Judges 9 Introduction The Poem "Smart" by Shel Silverstien (from Where the Sidewalk Ends--available at your library) Judges 21:25 "In those days Israel had no king; everyone did as he saw fit" or "everyone did what was right in his own eyes" Proposition:. ...read more
Scripture: Judges 9:1-53
Denomination: Assembly Of God
The writer of Job explains to us the difference between human wisdom and the wisdom that comes from God. How do we find wisdom?
KNOWING GOD: THE SOURCE OF WISDOM Why do we need wisdom? Someone said that knowledge is the ability to take something apart; wisdom is needed to put it back together again. I am not sure where that saying came from but I think it makes partial sense. A young man in our congregation told me ...read more
Scripture: Job 28:1-28
Denomination: Mennonite
The Christian message is foolishness to our world. But God’s foolishness is wiser than human wisdom. Christians can only boast in God, and not in ourselves. And Christians maturity is about having God’s Spirit, not our own wisdom. It’s about having the mi
By Guerin Tueno Imagine yourself a member of God’s heavenly selection committee. God has given us the job of putting together a profile of the sort of person that Heaven’s looking for. What sort of person should we be keen to select? Smart people? – God knows everything. Surely he’ll want to ...read more
Denomination: Anglican
Human wisdom fails to understand the importance of God'y Fathers.
MODERN FAMILY GOD’S WAY 4 - HUSBANDS Text: Ephesians 5:22-33 1. One of the great passages on Marriage and the role of the husband is Ephesians 5:22 – 33. 2. The wisdom of God shared in this passage was like nothing ever conceived by men and women before it was delivered by God. 3. No ...read more
Scripture: Ephesians 5:22-33
Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ
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