TWO WORLDS, TWO WISDOMS

James 3:15 (King James Version)

"This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish."

OUR BIBLE TELLS US ABOUT TWO VERY DIFFERENT WORLDS THAT ARE ANIMATED BY TWO COMPLETELY DIFFERENT UNDERSTANDINGS OF WHAT IS WISE! THE LARGER-BY-FAR OF THESE TWO WORLDS IS POPULATED BY EARTH-DWELLERS - HUMANITY! A GREAT DEAL SMALLER IS THE WORLD OF THOSE WHOSE AFFECTIONS LIVE ON HIGH - BELIEVERS!

THE WISDOM OF EARTH-DWELLERS RELIES ON INFORMATION FROM ONLY THE NATURAL WORLD, GATHERED IN BY THEIR SENSES, BUT MANIPULATED BY MALEVOLENT FORCES. THE WISDOM OF HEAVEN IS JUST THE OPPOSITE. IT RELIES COMPLETELY ON SUPERNATURAL INFORMATION, GATHERED IN BY FAITH, AND BEYOND THE REACH OF DEMONIC TAMPERING.

THIS EARTH-IMPRISONED WISDOM IS DISTORTED, UNRELIABLE, AND DECEPTIVE. GOD'S WISDOM COMES SATRAIGHT FROM THE MOUTH OF GOD, AND IS, THEREFORE, TRUSTWORTHY. IT WILL NEVER LEAD ASTRAY! A ROCK-SOLID LIFE AND WORLDVIEW CAN BE BASED UPON IT.

THE MOST PERNICIOUS CHARACTERISTIC OF EARTH-BOUND WISDOM IS THE WAY IT MESMERIZES THE EARTH-TETHERED SOUL. PROVERBS 14:12 WARNS US, "There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death." IT SEEMS RIGHT TO NATURAL REASON. BELIEVING THEMSELVES TO BE RIGHT IN THEIR TRUTH-SCHEMES, THEY GO UNSUSPECTINGLY TO THE GRAVE, SURPRISED TO DISCOVER THAT TRUE TRUTH HAD ELUDED THEM.

BUT DISAPPOINTMENT WILL BE THE LEAST OF THEIR PROBLEMS. HEBREWS 9:27 ASSURES US, "it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment." JUDGMENT? YES! HAD THEY LISTENED TO THE WISDOM FROM ABOVE, THEY WOULD NOT ONLY HAVE KNOWN ABOUT THE JUDGMENT, BUT COULD HAVE LEARNED HOW TO PROPERLY PREPARE FOR IT.

BUT THAT WILL BE MY NEXT POST....