For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. As it is written: “He catches the wise in their craftiness”
When Christians behave like the unsaved, it distorts their testimony, stunts their spiritual growth, and causes the Holy Spirit to be suppressed in their lives or grieved by their conduct. The Corinthians should have been growing in grace, maturing in the faith of God’s Word, and supporting one another. However, their fleshly behavior and prideful attitudes caused them to regress into spiritual infancy. Instead of delighting in the Lord, Who is the source of all blessings, they engaged in constant bickering. Their irrational behavior reflected that of the unsaved rather than a mature child of God. Their fleshly carnality was exposed when they adopted worldly wisdom, which is foolishness before God. Their jealousy, strife, and petty behavior had deceived them into thinking themselves superior to one another, when in fact it highlighted their immature notions and arrogant attitudes. Worldly wisdom and fleshly behavior is foolishness before God, and the one who promotes the wisdom of the world and develops the ideologies of the unsaved, are eventually exposed by their own folly. May we recognize that the shocking division and petty squabbles of the Corinthian congregation marred their Christian testimony, stunted their spiritual growth, quenched the work of the Spirit in their lives, and exposed their ‘wisdom’ as foolishness in the sight of the Lord. May we determine in our own hearts to live our lives unto the Lord and never fall into the same trap. May He lead us away from temptation, and deliver us from evil.
Spiritual Steve 