JESUS IS OUR WISDOM.

 CHRIST ALONE

SEPTEMBER 19

JESUS IS OUR WISDOM.

But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, 

  who of God is made unto us WISDOM,  

  and righteousness, and sancitfication, and redemption: 

                                     1 Corinthians 1:30

Whatever we needed,

  God provided for us in Christ. 

He has made Jesus to be all we can want or lawfully desire.

He is our wisdom. 

In him dwells all the treasures of wisdom and   

  knowledge; and all his wisdom is employed for us. 

By his wisdom he wins our hearts to love him, 

  and keeps our feet in the way that leads to him. 

By his wisdom he provided for our reconciliation to God, 

  and our acceptance with him. 

By his wisdom he confounds all our foes, 

  and carries our cause in the court of Heaven. 

By his wisdom he teaches us to know the truth, 

  and makes us wise unto salvation. 

By his wisdom he rules the world, and 

overrules all things for our good.
 
But he not only employs his wisdom for us, 

  he imparts a measure of that wisdom to us. 

In consequence of this, we . . .
  flee from the wrath to come,
  hasten to the refuge set before us in the gospel,
  seek union with himself, and
  learn to make use of him for all 

   the purposes of justification, sanctification, 

    and victory over our foes.
 
The wisdom of the Church is in its Head. 

Our wisdom is in Christ, and 

  must come from Christ. 

It is superior to the wisdom of Adam, yes, 

  to the wisdom of all the holy angels. 

My soul, remember, under all the discoveries you 

  have of your ignorance, and

  of the necessity of wisdom, 

  in order honorably to do and 

  suffer the will of God below,

  that Christ alone is your wisdom. 

To him we must repair for it; 

  from him we must seek it; and 

  before him we should plead the promise,

   "Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and 

  liftest up thy voice for understanding;  

  If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest 

  for her as for hid treasures;   

  Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, 

  and find the knowledge of God.   

  For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth 

  cometh knowledge and understanding. "
 
If any of you lack wisdom, 

 
If any of you lack wisdom, 

 
If any of you lack wisdom, 

  let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, 

  and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. 

                                                        James 1:5
 
James Smith 1855