The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1919-06-26

TOWluB III u .,
and when it comes to removing death,
or the sting OF death, which is sin, or
indeed, any of the darkest shadows
that cloud our lives, we find that 1t has
made no progress at all. Sin ana sor-
row and death are still the great facts
of human experience.
Nor has mans wisdom given us any
knowledge of God and life beyond
Death. The wisest man that ever lived
was baffled in his searching out Of the
things that are done under heaven and
was unable, by wisdom, to discover
anything about God save "his eternal
power and Godhead." God must re-
veal himself. And he has done so
in the person of his son, of whom 1t
is written: "Who Of God is made I'M
to us wisdom" And the apostle, des-
canting upon the wisdom Of the world,
says, "The Jews require sign and
the Greeks seek after wisdom; but
we preach Christ crucified, unto the
Jews stumbling block, and unto the
Greeks foolishness; but unto them
which are called, both Jews and
Greeks, Christ the power of God, and
the wisdom of God" And behold the
wisdom Of God put to death in the
place of skull the utter wreck OF
human wisdom. That place of skull
is Gods estimate of the wisdom of
men; the cross erected there is mans
estimate Of the wisdom of God.
How did man acquire this boosted
wisdom? 1t was by listening to Sa-
tan's lie. The pursuit Of knowledge
was the career upon which that arch
liar proposed to set the race, and In
following his fatal suggestion there
was forfeited that higher wisdom
(which God ordained before the world
unto our glory" and (which none of the
princes of this world knew; for had
they known it they would not have
crucified the Lord of glory"
For twenty-five hundred years after
the creation, "the invisible things" Of
God were clearly seen even
his eternal power ana Godhead." Writ
ten across the heavens with accuracy
and clearness was that revelation, the
armament showing his handiwork.
But men "did not like to retain God
in their knowledge" and processing
themselves to be wise they became
fools" and changed the truth Of God
into a lie." Then began their guess
ing, and from that hour one school of
thought has displaced another. and
systems Of philosophy have chased
each other like shadows across the
bills of time. And still, ''the world
by wisdom knew not God" and "the
message of the cross Is to them that
perish foolishness." but "the wisdom
Of this world is foolishness with God"
and "the Lord knoweth the reasOnings
Of the wise that they are vain" "But
after that in the wisdom Of God the
world by wisdom knew not God, it
| pleased God by the foOlishness OF
preaching to save them that believe"
and 1--WE preach Christ the power OF
God and the wisdom of God"
Happy and wise alone Is he who at
the cross of the Lord Jesus has hum
bled himself as sinner to accept the
one "made SIM there for him. There,
and there alone, shall he find the an
swer to the eternal question, "What Is
TRUTH" for the lips that cannot lie
have furnished the one final answer
forever: 81 am the Truth" Oh, the
marvel Of divine wisdom! The very
murder of the son of God, outcome OF
Satan's lie that men in pride and self
will still cling to, is the highest Wis
dom of God, for II is his perfect pro-
vision for human sin and guilt-yea,
for every need of the human heart IL
you do not believe II, challenge you
to come and see for yourself.