The Wisdom of God1 CORINTHIANS 2:6,7 (Moffatt)
6 We do discuss 'wisdom' WITH THOSE WHO
ARE MATURE; only it is NOT the wisdom of this
world or of the DETHRONED POWERS who rule
this world,
7 It is the mysterious WISDOM OF GOD that we
discuss, that hidden wisdom which God decreed
from all eternity for our glory.
What is the wisdom of God that those who are
spiritually mature in the Word will see and
understand? It is knowledge of the inheritance that God
has already prepared for them in Christ; it is the
wisdom of knowing who they are in Christ. The wisdom
of God is that believers only need to stand against
demons in the finished work of the Cross—in the
victory that Jesus Christ already won for them.
If believers would begin to stand in their position of
authority in Christ against a foe that has already been
defeated and dethroned, it would solve so many of their
problems.
Many well-meaning believers have fallen into the
error of thinking they have to do something to overcome
the devil. They seem to think that somehow they have
to "fight" the devil and conquer him.
According to First Corinthians 2:6, one reason
believers have fallen into this error is that they aren't
mature in the Word: "We speak the wisdom of God to
those who are mature."
People who are wrestling against the devil in their
own strength, always trying to defeat a "dethroned
power," are not yet mature or full grown in the Word. I
didn't say that—the Bible said that: "... we speak
wisdom among them THAT ARE PERFECT [mature or
full grown]: yet not the wisdom of this world.... But we