1CORINTHIANS 1:19
"I will destroy the wisdom of the wise and discard the intelligence of the intelligent."
Humans as a race are really rather arrogant. Individuals may think of themselves as wise or intelligent, when in reality they are no more than foolish. Philosophers, scholars and the worlds brilliant minds are in the end made to look like the fools they really are. Can we bring about peace in the world, overcome disease or control the universe? The clear answer is no. We are not far away from the deserts and jungles that we arose from. Can we create life, or prevent death or control the weather? The clear answer is No. The truth is we can not even save ourselves from anything, let alone death.
God has baffled the supposed learned man and as soon as we overcome one disease or problem there are many more to take there place. Man asks for peace and there is no peace. God has destroyed the learning of the learned. He makes foolish the philosophies of the philosophers. No one is really cleaver or discerning when compared to the wisdom of the Lord All Mighty. So then who are the wise and intelligent among us? There is only one answer!
THE BEGINNING OF WISDOM IS THE FEAR, KNOWLEDGE AND LOVE OF GOD! Knowledge of the Lord and His Word and the Prophets leads to understanding and intelligence. So what is the only part of this equation that can not be missed? Acknowledgement of God is first in everything. If you are unwilling to believe in God you are incapable of wisdom or intelligence and you are a fool! To fools the story of the cross is foolishness and folly and the ironic fact is they are dead men walking and they do not even know it. God frustrates and brings to nothing everything they attempt to do. So then who are THE WISE AND INTELLIGENT, it is anyone who has come to a saving grace and knowledge of Jesus Christ and believes in God!
