If we don't have God's wisdom amongst us, tragic mistakes can be made

Besides God's power, the church should also resemble and reflect God's wisdom.  Paul explains this in 1 Corinthians 2:6-16.  Paul first of all states in this passage that the church should be a place where we continually hear God's wisdom.  In verses 6, 7 and 13, Paul tells us to speak wisdom to one another.  If we don't have God's wisdom amongst us, tragic mistakes can be made.  Paul uses the example of Christ's death as he says that if the Roman and Jewish authorities would have been operating by God's wisdom, they would have never crucified the Son of God.  Paul then goes on to point out that God's wisdom is revealed to us through His Word, the Bible, and that we can only understand the Bible when we allow the Holy Spirit to be our Teacher and our Guide. 

 

The church should not only be a place where God's wisdom is spoken but according to Paul in verses 14 & 15, the church should be a place where God's wisdom is examined and investigated in detail.  This is the meaning of the word "discern."  It was a word used to refer to someone who would pick apart the details of something much like a crime scene investigator does today in order to unlock the details of the crime scene.  Well instead of being crime scene investigators, God calls the church to be Bible scene investigators.  Too many churches minimize the Bible and then wonder why people continue to make bad choices and decisions in their life.  When we are deficient in God's wisdom, that's exactly the outcome.  Can the church be a place where there's too much Bible? 

 

May our churches truly be places where God's wisdom is lived out amongst God's people.