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No True Wisdom Apart From God, April 1
Happy are those who find wisdom, and those who get understanding.
Proverbs 3:13
, NRSV.
True wisdom is a treasure as lasting as eternity. Many of the world’s so-called
wise men and women are wise only in their own estimation. Content with the
acquisition of worldly wisdom, they never enter the garden of God, to become
acquainted with the treasures of knowledge contained in His holy Word. Supposing
themselves to be wise, they are ignorant concerning the wisdom which all must
have who gain eternal life. They cherish a contempt for the Book of God, which, if
studied and obeyed, would make them truly wise.
The Bible is to them an impenetrable mystery. The grand, deep truths of the Old
and New Testaments are obscure to them, because spiritual things are not spiritually
discerned. They need to learn that the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom,
and that without this wisdom, their learning is of little worth.
Those who are striving for an education in the sciences, but who have not
learned the lesson that the fear of God is the beginning of wisdom, are working
helplessly and hopelessly, questioning the reality of everything. They may acquire
an education in the sciences, but unless they gain a knowledge of the Bible and
a knowledge of God, they are without true wisdom. Unlearned persons, if they
know God and Jesus Christ, have a more enduring wisdom than have the most
learned who despise the instruction of God.—
The Seventh-day Adventist Bible
Commentary, Ellen G. White Comments, vol. 3, p. 1156
.
True wisdom is infinitely above the comprehension of the worldly wise. The
hidden wisdom, which is Christ formed within, the hope of glory, is a wisdom high
as heaven. The deep principles of godliness are sublime and eternal. A Christian
experience alone can help us to understand this problem, and obtain the treasures
of knowledge which have been hidden in the counsels of God, but are now made
known to all who have a vital connection with Christ.—
The Review and Herald,
July 18, 1899
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