God alone has infinite wisdom. This includes reason, logic, knowledge, and judgment.
He is the only Wise God ( Rom 16:27; Job 12:37; Pr. 3:19; Jude 25)
Rom. 16:25-27 is Paul's doxology to God, summing up this book of Scripture, proclaiming the infinite wisdom of God.
Jude 25 reiterates what Paul says in the above verse: to the only wise God our Saviour be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and forever. Amen
There are many aspects to God's wisdom: Job 12:37 tells us that with God are wisdom and might, to Him belong counsel and understanding. Pr. 3:19 says that God in wisdom founded the earth and in understanding He established the heavens.
John Piper in "The Great Work of the only Wise God" defines wisdom as "knowing what the greatest goal is in any situation and knowing the best way to achieve it. It is different than knowledge, but it assumes knowledge. They overlap. you cannot exercise wisdom without knowledge...On the other hand, you can have a lot of knowledge but not have wisdom."
But God is perfect in knowledge and uses this perfect, infinite knowledge to make will and execute the wisest actions.
In this post I want to focus on two aspects of God's wisdom: 1) in the way He saves sinners and 2) the way He keeps His covenant with Israel.
so, let's look at Rom. 11:33-36
Oh, the depths of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are His judgments, and His ways past finding out. For who hath known the mind of the Lord? and who hath been His counsellor? Or who hath first given to Him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again? For of Him, and through Him, and to Him, are all things: to Him be glory forever. Amen."
This is a phenomenal statement! Unless God reveals it to us, we cannot know His wisdom in what He has done in history. We are dependent upon His revelation to us to know God's wisdom. We do not have the capacity to just know it with our own faculties. cont. to Pt. 2
God alone has infinite wisdom. This includes reason, logic, knowledge, and judgment.
He is the only Wise God ( Rom 16:27; Job 12:37; Pr. 3:19; Jude 25)
Rom. 16:25-27 is Paul's doxology to God, summing up this book of Scripture, proclaiming the infinite wisdom of God.
Jude 25 reiterates what Paul says in the above verse: to the only wise God our Saviour be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and forever. Amen
There are many aspects to God's wisdom: Job 12:37 tells us that with God are wisdom and might, to Him belong counsel and understanding. Pr. 3:19 says that God in wisdom founded the earth and in understanding He established the heavens.
John Piper in "The Great Work of the only Wise God" defines wisdom as "knowing what the greatest goal is in any situation and knowing the best way to achieve it. It is different than knowledge, but it assumes knowledge. They overlap. you cannot exercise wisdom without knowledge...On the other hand, you can have a lot of knowledge but not have wisdom."
But God is perfect in knowledge and uses this perfect, infinite knowledge to make will and execute the wisest actions.
In this post I want to focus on two aspects of God's wisdom: 1) in the way He saves sinners and 2) the way He keeps His covenant with Israel.
so, let's look at Rom. 11:33-36
Oh, the depths of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are His judgments, and His ways past finding out. For who hath known the mind of the Lord? and who hath been His counsellor? Or who hath first given to Him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again? For of Him, and through Him, and to Him, are all things: to Him be glory forever. Amen."
This is a phenomenal statement! Unless God reveals it to us, we cannot know His wisdom in what He has done in history. We are dependent upon His revelation to us to know God's wisdom. We do not have the capacity to just know it with our own faculties. cont. to Pt. 2
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