30TH AUGUST, 2023
PASTOR OLUBI JOHNSON
MANIFOLD WISDOM OF GOD
Ephesians 3:9-10 AMP
Also to enlighten all men and make plain to them what is the plan (regarding the Gentiles and providing for the salvation of all men), of the mystery kept hidden through the ages and concealed until now in (the mind of) God who created all things by Christ Jesus. (The purpose is) that through the Church the complicated, many-sided wisdom of God in all its infinite variety and innumerable aspects might now be made known to the angelic rulers and authorities (principalities and power) in the heavenly sphere.
God’s Word, the 66 books of the Bible, contains hidden in types and shadows, all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge and God’s plan for every individual life (Col. 2:3; Rev. 22:19)
We need God’s wisdom to fulfill His word because Satan is coming out with new techniques everyday. The principles remain the same, but the applications are new, such that the way sin is presented today is different from the way it was presented years ago.
Satan is constantly changing his outward form to deceive and beguile (Prov. 5:6).
If you do not have the manifold wisdom of God, the antichrist spirit will surely fool you!
For example, in the days of the early Church, the purpose of the antichrist spirit was to stop men from being born again; today its purpose is to omit the weightier matters of the law, and stop men from growing into the perfection and fullness of Christ (1 John 4:1-3).
You need to have the manifold wisdom of God to know how to apply the Word of God in your current situation. That is why the Bible talks about being established in the present truth (2 Pet. 1:12).
All truth is true for all time, but there is always a particular present emphasis of the Holy Spirit, and you need to be current if you want to overcome the abounding iniquity of today.
Abounding grace is what overcomes the abounding iniquity, and it comes by abounding knowledge, or manifold wisdom (Matt. 24:12; Rom. 5:20).
What worked for you as a Christian ten years ago will not work with the same efficiency today. Just like an old World War Two Spitfire and a recent F-16 fighter plane are both planes and will both fly using the same law of lift, but the amount of detailed wisdom found in the older aircraft is far less than in the modern one.
Therefore, to excel and prosper in this new day, you must be ready to strive for excellence in both spiritual and secular things. It is the one who has the manifold wisdom of God who will be able to add some extra, or devise better processes to produce, to put the competition out of business overnight.
To get the manifold wisdom of God:
1. The first thing you need is lowliness of heart. This is submitting to the three tiers of relationship (God, those in authority over you with reverence and those under your authority with meekness) especially when their godly counsel is different from yours (Prov. 11:2).
2. Pray in the Spirit for both spiritual and natural wisdom daily. You need the latter for your work (Eph. 1:17-19; Jas. 1:5).
3. The third prerequisite for God’s manifold wisdom is diligence. Diligence means to apply a constant, concentrated and well-directed effort (Prov. 21:5; 10:4).
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