Sabbath-School Worker
1909
June 1, 1909
The Wisdom of God
It is God's purpose that those who accept the teachings of his Word shall possess a wisdom that will make them wise unto salvation. Our hope and faith are not to depend on the wisdom of this world, but on divine testimony. The will of God is revealed to those who advance step by step in the upward way. These, gaining more and more of the knowledge of divine mysteries, God estimates as truly wise. He gives them clear spiritual discernment, and an understanding of the deeper revelations of the gospel. SSW June 1, 1909, par. 1
“We speak the wisdom of God in a mystery,” the apostle Paul declared. It is beyond the power of human wisdom to discover the things of God, but to those who keep the way of the Lord there are revealed hidden treasures of wisdom. Christ longs to bestow upon his chosen people in this world a foretaste of the glory in which his faithful ones are to share. From eternity it has been his purpose to imbue with wisdom believers in his Word, that they may be raised to sit with him in heavenly places in Christ Jesus. Wonderful is the light that opens to those who in faith press on, ever on, heeding not hindrance nor difficulty, but keeping the eyes fixed on the glory that Christ reveals. SSW June 1, 1909, par. 2
“The glory which thou gavest me, I have given them,” Christ prayed, “that they may be one, even as we are one: I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou, hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me. Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world. O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee; but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me. And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.” SSW June 1, 1909, par. 3
The possibility held out in these words of the Saviour is a mystery which none but those who day by day are taught of God can understand. The manifestation of the unity for which Christ prayed is an evidence to the world of the power of God. It is a sign to them of the divine character of Christ's mission. SSW June 1, 1909, par. 4
Christ brings his true disciples into close union with himself and his Father. By the golden cord of love they are bound to one another and to him. This is the glory given to Christ—the knowledge that he has not made his infinite sacrifice in vain. That which worldly wisdom can not do God will accomplish. He is glorified in the sanctification of his chosen ones. He identifies himself with them, saying, Your interests are my care. I will manifest my power by giving you victory over the world and over Satan, and by bestowing upon you everlasting life. SSW June 1, 1909, par. 5
Inestimable advantages are presented to us in the Word of God. God desires us to grow in grace and in a knowledge of himself. Those who receive Christ as a personal Saviour, and learn constantly of him, gain wisdom that will be recognized in the courts of God. “This is life eternal,” the Saviour said, “that they might know thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.” SSW June 1, 1909, par. 6