Wisdom, knowledge, truth and faith all require morality to be of God. If we remove virtue or morality from these, we have an activity that is apart from God. It is not enough just to have earthly wisdom, but as James instructs us to not only "do" and "be", but to "do" and "be" in the right way.
This will be offencive to those who want a God that can be loved and served without condition. As long as anyone can draw near to God, as long as you have a Divine Being who has a fear of man, then many will worship that being. Do we not love those who love us? Do we not love god who requires nothing from those who call Him Lord? "Only Believe" now means to live as you wish and trust God to daily serve you in your selfish pursuits. God is not a Divine Being that has any fear of man. God is so bold that He calls some of our wisdom - demonic.
Have you ever seen someone serve God by manipulation, selfishness, ambition, jealously or some other vise? Can God truly be served in this way? Not if "truth" requires virtue to be true. With God the right thing cannot be separated from the right way. In truth there is only one way. Jesus is the way, He is also life and wisdom and in the Christian faith, virtue cannot be separated from the idea.
We hang our head is shame when we remember the time when conversion to Christ was done at the point of a sword or spear. We despise the person who enters into a contract with others, only to break that contract and require that they spend all that they have in the quest for justice.
Do we use manipulation, boas tings of success, pleas for divine wealth and happiness as swords to convince people to get saved. People who have no love for God are proclaimed as Christian because they have taken on religious means to maintain their selfish lives. People are lead to enter into contract with God so that He will serve them, bless them, meet all their needs according to their carnal hearts desire.
I may be severe on this point, but the lack of consideration of God pushes me this way. God is no longer the Uncreated Majestic one, He is no longer the one who calls the stars by name, the ruler of nations, the creator of galaxies and humming birds. Wonder is lost. Beauty is reduced to human lust. Angles ascending and descending is pushed aside to read the Bible and tell others what I think it might mean. Burning bushes, floating thrones, angles, floating ax heads, water from rocks, more angles, walking on water, more angels are all lost to earthly wisdom.
Could all this be because we have removed morality from the things of God? Could sin in the human heart bring about such a deception that we not speak of truth, love, faith and these things can be held without a equal call to purity, holiness, virtue.
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