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Introduction
Sages and Stooges: Having the Right Kind of Wisdom & Being the Right Kind of Fool
In this series, we are looking at wisdom and folly.
Inside of us, there is a natural desire to be wise.
No one wants to be a fool, right?
We want to be sages instead of stooges.
We want to make wise decisions in life about important things like our families, careers, money, and especially what to believe and the destiny of our souls.
Wise decisions result in the gain (of what’s really important) and foolish decisions that will result in loss (of what we care about).
So we are looking at wisdom, and how to be wise.
The Bible says there are only two sources of wisdom: worldly wisdom and godly wisdom.
Over the last two weeks we’ve looked at the differences between worldly wisdom and godly wisdom.
Over the
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In the Bible, godly wisdom comes from the heart of God and is revealed to us in the Bible.
It teaches us to begin with the Lord and to put our faith in Him.
It starts and ends with the gospel and teaches us to make ourselves nothing and become humble servants of God in this life.
It teaches us a delayed gratification, that all the gains that you really want (ultimate gain), God will give to you in heaven.
In godly wisdom, God gets all the credit and He celebrates the humble who trust in Him.
Worldly wisdom worries about gaining earthly treasure in this life.
It’s most concerned about money, power, physical beauty, talent, ability, intelligence, education, rhetoric, class, family pride, and fame.
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It’s not that these things are inherently bad, it is just that worldly wisdom teaches that these things are the key to having the full life.
Worldly wisdom teaches people to want these things more than anything else.
It celebrates those who have them.
So people strive for them with all their hearts, minds, and souls.
But these things will fizzle away at the end of this life.
They are lousy as the meaning of life.
It celebrates those who have them.
If you have these then your will find open doors and favor from others.
If you have these then you become part of a club of people who cling to one another, guarding what they have from those who have not.
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Among the problems of worldly wisdom, its sages are tempted to believe they are somehow responsible for their good fortune in life.
People who follow worldly wisdom often become proud.
Sadly, the Bible says they tend to put their faith in earthly things instead of the Lord.
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Such people find open doors and favor from others.
These people find opportunities and resources.
People with these things support one another and cling to one another, guarding what they have from these who have not.
They scratch one another’s backs.
Folks with these attributes are tempted to put their faith in them.
They are tempted to believe to become proud because they possess these attributes (never mind that everyone of these attributes were given to them).
Those who have these things believe that these are the key to having the full life, to get everything a person could want.
Worldly wisdom teaches people to want these things more than anything else.
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God is very opposed to human pride.
How could the created boast in himself instead of boasting in the Creator who gives him everything?
It’s like a clay vessel talking back to the potter.
As we’ve been working through , you’ve probably noticed God’s strong words for those who follow the tenets of worldly wisdom and those who are wise in their own eyes and boast in themselves.
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This morning we are going to see that God enjoys setting the record straight regarding who is really wise and who are really fools.
He shames the wordly wise and He humiliates the strong.
He puts humans in their place.
His word will be the last word.
His wisdom will be the only one that stands.
This satisfies His glory.
In doing this, He also exalts the weak and lowly.
This morning your going to want to listen intently for two reasons.
This morning your going to want to listen intently for two reasons.
You may resonate with being weak and lowly.
You’ve been trying to figure out how you are going to have a meaningful and purposeful life when you are so lacking in the things the world calls important.
This morning, I hope that you see that you are in the perfect place to call out to God and trust in the Gospel- to follow godly wisdom.
You may be quite accomplished according to worldly standards.
Today’s passage should be a welcome invitation to ask yourself, “Am I trusting in these things or am I trusting in God?” It’s not wrong to have the things I mentioned earlier.
God is the one who gave them to you as a gift.
Yet, they are to be possessed very carefully, with constant evaluation, to make sure that your trust remains first and foremost on the Lord.
Think about what you have.
Is there anything that would completely devastate you if it were gone tomorrow?
Would God be enough for you if those were gone.
Remember Jesus’ words,
He enjoys doing this by working His wisdom through the weak and the
He enjoys doing this by working His wisdom through the weak and the
As we’ve been working through , notice that is not as impressed by people who boast in these things and in their own merits.
Instead, He wants people to trust in Him, not in themselves.
He is the ultimate source of gain, not the things the world boasts in.
He favors opposite attributes like poverty, weakness, beauty of the heart, inability, simpleness, commonness.
These attributes foster humility and set the tone for dependents on Him.
that is not as impressed by people who boast in these things and in their own merits.
Instead, He wants people to trust in Him, not in themselves.
He is the ultimate source of gain, not the things the world boasts in.
He favors opposite attributes like poverty, weakness, beauty of the heart, inability, simpleness, commonness.
These attributes foster humility and set the tone for dependents on Him.
I notice that is not as impressed by people who boast in these things and in their own merits.
Instead, He wants people to trust in Him, not in themselves.
He is the ultimate source of gain, not the things the world boasts in.
He favors opposite attributes like poverty, weakness, beauty of the heart, inability, simpleness, commonness.
These attributes foster humility and set the tone for dependents on Him.
You see this time and time again in Scripture: God’s choice of Israel, Moses, Gideon, David, Mary the mother of Jesus…the people God celebrates portray a lot of foolishness or weakness by worldly standards.
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This is best demonstrated by the gospel, where the Son of God sets aside His glory to become a poor carpenter, deny Himself in obedience to God, even to suffer undeserved death on the cross.
Those who recognize their weakness and, in humility, put their trust in Christ are the ones who gain everything in the end.
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This is godly wisdom and there is great irony in it.
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