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God's Wisdom Is Simple





Where is the wise man? Where is the scholar? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe. Jews demand miraculous signs and Greeks look for wisdom, but we preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, but to those whom God has called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. (I Corinthians 1:20-24)



          Wisdom. How do you figure out what to do? God's wisdom is simple. God does what it is in His nature to do, so He is at peace with Himself and with what He does. Consider that God is love. The Bible never says that God's love is unconditional, but we observe historically that it is unconditional because Jesus came and died for us.[1] He loves us to the point of giving up His life for us, and if that isn't enough, He loves us to the point of letting us die for ourselves. 
          Some people find fault with this level of love. They think it preferable for God to have made it so that He would never have to die, and would never have to let us die. Instead, they think that love requires that God make it so that none of that was necessary. They seem to think that if everything were "just right" that everything would be just right. The problem is that the one thing God can't make "just right" is to make us truly like Him. It is the difference between God and man that led to our sinful state. We wanted to be "like God," and we rejected God's wisdom. If we were like God, then we would just be more of Him, and His love would only be shown toward Himself. He would fail to love except when it is easy to love. That is shallow love. 
       God wisely chose to love in accordance with His nature, knowing what it would cost. God is at peace with the cost because any other answer would have violated His nature.  
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[1] Side note: He did not die for our sins. He died for us. He died because of our sins.

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