True Freedom: Trusting in Christ Over Human Wisdom

The Apostle is not only disturbed about this he's alarmed and so he writes and he deals with this in a very full and in a very exhaustive Manner and here I say at the end of this chapter though he does go on to apply his argument a bit in the fourth chapter but here essentially at the end of this third chapter he sums up winds up his great bit of argumentation and puts the truth very plainly and clearly before them as well as before us. [00:99:96]

The ultimate trouble with men is that he is a fool now that is the charge which he brings you notice the way he puts it if any man thinketh or seeth to be wise in this way world that he become a fool that he may be made wise let no man deceive himself the biblical case against men as he is by nature is that he is a fool. [00:04:48]

Man's Folly according to the Apostle here and it is as I say what the Bible says everywhere man's Folly shows itself supremely in his pride and his self-deception this is most amazing man is proud of himself you see it's because of that and because he Prides himself especially on his wisdom and his thinking and his understanding that he rejects the gospel. [00:06:36]

The tragedy is that men thinks that he can get all that in his own way and through his own efforts and through the efforts of other men that's his boast that is his great Endeavor it's the whole story of civilization man he wants all this he believes he can get it he's got confidence in himself and in his own capacity but unfortunately he doesn't succeed and that is why the world is as it is tonight. [00:08:02]

The Apostle points out to the Corinthians that in doing this they were reverting going back to are you not still carnal you've gone back to the old way of thinking he says that is what the world does now that's the point I'm making that is still what the world does it is of the very essence of worldly wisdom and of the worldly Outlook the Modern Man rejects God he rejects this gospel. [00:11:31]

The ultimate end always of glorying in men is slavery and this is an astounding thing I say we want to be independent we want to have happiness we want to have joy we want to master life we want to own and possess things that's what we're all are and we believe that men can do this for us now the end of that says the Apostle always is some form or other of slavery. [00:20:41]

The wisdom of glorying in God and in Christ here's the thing the Apostle tells us you we say are christs and Christ is God's miserable Corinthians don't make yourselves the slave of Paul or of Apollos or of sephus or of anything else there's only one you should be a slave of and that is the Lord Jesus Christ and he is the servant of of God. [00:29:34]

If we really want Liberty if we really want Mastery of life it's only to be obtained in one way and that is by believing and surrendering ourselves to the Lord Jesus Christ you notice the contrast don't you all things are yours then he gives the list but you are Christ Christ isn't yours you are Christ's and Christ is God. [00:30:05]

The gospel is a call to us really to glory in the Lord Jesus Christ not in Men in any shape or form not in man's world we must Glory only in the Lord in the Lord Jesus Christ why must we glory in him why is it right to glory in him why should we all glor glory in him whereas we should never glory in men. [00:30:35]

He is the Eternal Son of God he is perfect he is sinless he is the light which lith every men that cometh into the world he is Holy harmless and defiled and separate from Sinners look at him says Paul later on to the Colossians look at him here is one who appears amongst us as men amongst men who is he in him dwelleth all the fullness of the godhead. [00:31:59]

The world is the Lord and the fullness thereof he owns it all he made it all it is his he keeps it in existence and in being it's all in his hands it's gone wrong but God has planned a way whereby it can all be restored and he has done this through sending his son into the world when the fullness of the times that come God sent forth his son made of a woman made under the law to redeem them that are under the law. [00:34:20]

You believe in this blessed person Jesus of Nazareth the Son of God believe in him as the son of God the god men believe in his atoning work believe in his resurrection believe in his Reign believe in his coming believe in him give yourself to him trust yourself to him look only to him and rely only upon him do you know what happens to you you belong to him you receive of his nature you become a partaker through him of the divine nature you become a child of God you are born again you have a new nature and a new St heart you've got a principle of Divine Life In You. [00:43:16]