CALVARY
Tuesday, November 18, 2014
Proverbs 1:7, 29; 2:5; 9:10 The fear
of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and
instruction. … For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD: … Then shalt thou understand the
fear of the LORD,
and find the knowledge
of God. … The fear
of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom:
and the knowledge
of the holy is understanding.
Isaiah 11:2 And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him [Jesus Christ], the spirit of
wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD;
That day one thief went to paradise, the other did not. Luke
23:36-46
With family and
friend at the $3.00 theater Sunday we viewed the movie of the title name.
It is one of those
dark Irish tales filled with individuals and community suffering from critical
lack of knowledge gained from fearing God -- all set in land and seascapes of
God’s glorious creation with a splendid fitting soundtrack.
The film begins
with title and very brief quote highlighting everything goes back to Calvary.
The Apostle Paul
wrote of this essential: “Christ didn't send me to baptize. Instead, he sent me
to spread the Good News. I didn't use intellectual arguments. That would have
made the cross of Christ lose its meaning. The message about the cross is
nonsense to those who are being destroyed, but it is God's power to us who are
being saved.
Scripture says,
"I will destroy the wisdom of the wise. I will reject the intelligence of
intelligent people."
Where is the wise person? Where is the scholar? Where is
the persuasive speaker of our time? Hasn't God turned the wisdom of the world
into nonsense?
The world with
its wisdom was unable to recognize God in terms of his own wisdom. So God
decided to use the nonsense of the Good News we speak to save those who
believe.
Jews ask for
miraculous signs, and Greeks look for wisdom, but our message is that Christ
was crucified. This offends Jewish people and makes no sense to people who are
not Jewish. But to those Jews and Greeks who are called, he is Christ, God's
power and God's wisdom. God's nonsense is wiser than human wisdom, and God's
weakness is stronger than human strength.” (GW 1Cor.1:17-25)
If Paul were
writing today, or even producing a film as some followers of Christ now do,
would he include the Irish, Irish-Americans, Americans? I believe he would. But
what picture do we reflect . . . one of Calvary wisdom?
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