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“Five Superlatives of Scripture - Part 2”
Five Superlatives of Scripture - Part 2
Wade Webster
In the first installment of this study, we noticed the first of five superlatives of Scripture. We noticed a peace that passes understanding. In this installment of our study, we will see a second superlative.
Wisdom Beyond Discovery
‘O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out! For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?” (Romans 11:33-34). God is rich in wisdom and knowledge. The exact depth of these attributes is unknown. You might say that there’s no bottom to them. His judgments are unsearchable. His ways are beyond discovery or finding out. Paul again used the term unsearchable in his epistle to the Ephesians. He wrote, “Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ: To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God, According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord:” (Ephesians 3:8-11). The unsearchable riches of Christ and the manifold wisdom of God are one and the same. They both refer to the eternal purpose that God had in Christ. In the unsearchable riches of His manifold wisdom God devised a plan for man’s salvation. Although we can understand the basics of this plan, there are aspects of it that are beyond our knowledge and understanding. Isaiah declared, “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts” (Isaiah 55:8-9). In like manner, to the Christians at Corinth, Paul wrote, “But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God” (1 Corinthians 2:9-10). The things that God prepared for saints has never entered their hearts and minds. In the first chapter, Paul wrote,” (1 Corinthians 1:25). Paul wrote, “For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, And bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.” Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? 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. For Jews request a sign, and Greeks seek after wisdom; but we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews a stumbling block and to the Greeks foolishness, but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men” (1 Corinthians 1:18-25). Of course, God has neither foolishness nor weakness. What some saw as foolishness and weakness, the saints knew to be wisdom and power.
