The Danger of Depending on Human Wisdom
Ecclesiastes has been included in Scripture to show us that
even the wisest man on earth can miss finding God when he depends on his human
cleverness. Jesus once said, "I thank You, Father that you
have hidden these things from the clever and the intelligent, but you have
revealed them unto babes" (Mt.11:25). What do babes have that clever and intelligent
people do not have? Humility; It is very difficult for
a clever, intelligent person to be humble. It is not wrong to be intelligent,
but it is certainly ungodly to be proud of one's intelligence. Proud men can
never understand God's ways, no matter how intelligent they may be.
Ecclesiastes demonstrates how one can have a lot of
knowledge and yet not be spiritual at all. The human wisdom that is found in
psychology today has many good things in it. But it is not divine wisdom. And it is more
dangerous when divine wisdom is mixed with human wisdom than if you had human
wisdom all by itself. If someone wanted to poison you, he would mix a little
bit of poison with a lot of milk. Things that are totally
bad are easy to detect. But psychology has a lot of good in it - and that is
why it can be dangerous. It is not divine wisdom. Divine wisdom comes from the
Scriptures alone. Many things that psychologists say, who do not submit their
minds to God's Word, are wrong. If you follow them, you will go astray.
In Ecclesiastes Chapter 3:1-8 we find
that Solomon was a keen
observer of human nature and the world. After many years of observation, he
discovered that there was a time and a season for everything that happened.
There are true and false
statements here. Psychology is a mixture of truth and error. Solomon says that
there is a time to give birth, a time to die and a time to plant. All of that
is correct. But then he goes on to say that there is a time to kill and a time to hate! For a spiritual man,
there is never a time to kill or to hate - and
there are no human beings he hates. A
spiritual man dwells in God and loves all people, all the time.
There are psychologists who teach that if you
are angry with your father, the way to get rid of your anger is by beating a
pillow, imagining that that pillow is your father! Solomon probably believed
something like that when he said that there's a time to hate. But that's not God's way. Jesus said, “Love your enemies." So here is an example of Solomon's worldly thinking coming
in to this book. Religious preachers add their worldly wisdom to
God's Word when they preach. We need to be careful here. If we don't live in
humility and brokenness before God, it is easy to be led astray by human
wisdom, because much of it sounds right.
Let me give you one example: A new teaching has
arisen in Christendom called "visualizing".
This teaches something like this: "Close your eyes and visualize that you are going to have 5000
people in your church, even if you have only 5 right now. Visualize that you are meeting in a very
large building, even if you are meeting only in a small house at present. If
you are lame, visualize yourself walking. If you only
own a scooter, visualize yourself
owning a nice, new car - then you will have the faith necessary to get these
things - and you will get them."
Most of such visualization is in relation to earthly luxuries and large
church-buildings, etc., I have never heard anyone teaching people to visualize themselves
“taking
up the cross and dying to themselves and following Jesus"!! The teaching of visualization comes from the modern
“New Age" philosophy (which
is a counterfeit of Divine truth) and
from psychology, not from the Bible. Yet many
believers who don't have discernment imagine that this is how they can increase
their faith.
Faith is not based on visualization. Romans 10:17 is clear that "faith comes by hearing and
hearing by the Word of Christ". Faith can be based only on what God
has spoken. Abraham could not have got Isaac by visualizing that Sarah would
give birth to a boy. His faith was based on God's clear promise. You can't
start visualizing whatever you want and expect God to give that to you. That's
the teaching of psychology, not of the Bible. Positive thinking
may be good for business people, but it is not Biblical faith. Jesus and the apostles did not do
miracles by visualization or by positive thinking. It is easy in these days, to be
deceived by such counterfeits. The book of Ecclesiastes therefore has a warning for all
of us in these days, of the danger of depending on human wisdom.
Zac Poonen
Prayer Points
1. Powers assigned to frustrate this month, die! In the name of Jesus.
2. You the month of March you shall favour me, by the power in the blood
of Jesus.
3. O lord my God, in this new month, let my story change, in the name of Jesus.
4. Father lord, in this month of completion, complete your good works in my life, in the name of Jesus.
5. My Testimony, Manifest ! by the power of the holy ghost.
6. The promotion that will announce my destiny, manifest by fire, in the name of Jesus.
Declare these Confessions to
yourself:
7. I laminated my life and my family with the blood of Jesus.
8. Throughout the year, People shall not have a cause to say to me;
Sorry! In the name of Jesus.
9. I shall not be used as Sacrifice; my family shall not be used as
sacrificed by the power in the power of Jesus.
10.
Father Lord! Announce my name for
promotion this month, in the name of Jesus.
Seven Fold Amen with Faith!!!
Amen! Amen!
Amen! Amen! Amen! Amen! Amen!
2015 is your Year of multiple restoration and
unparalleled Favor in the name of Jesus
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IF THE ENEMY HAS STOLEN FROM YOU;
RECOVERY IS BY FORCE.
STOP THEM BEFORE THEY STOP YOU,
GOD BLESS YOU.
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