Profound knowledge
“Jesus saith unto them, Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings Thou hast perfected praise?” (Matt. 21:16).
The world eats from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Satan has his subjects ever seeking after knowledge of every subject imaginable in an endless and purposeless search for answers. We live in a gigantic laboratory in which we have infinite material to observe and study and find the knowledge of God. But what is the result of this world’s search? A technology that has ignored the evidence of a Designer and Creator, an intellectual elite with no solution for its own society’s freefall into moral, spiritual, and social morass.
Knowledge without the solution to this problem only invents more destructive machines and practices as Satan brings the whole world under the unflinching grip of his spell. The current lust for knowledge devoid of the study of God’s character spells the doom of the whole of humanity.
Each year as they enter the elementary schools, secondary schools, colleges and universities, millions of sons and daughters bow before Satan’s altar as, for centuries, Israelite babies were laid upon the Canaanite altar to Moloch. They grind away at memorizing facts and figures, “ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.” (2Tim. 3:7). Then they go out into the world, having received their prized gift of the state, and they offer their souls to the service of the god of this world. “Science falsely so called” is Satan’s most efficient tool to reeducate the children of Protestantism to lead them to cut off the last tie of faith to their Bible, so that they can lead the world’s populations into the devil’s reality vacant of truth. (1Tim. 6:20).
Today’s classical education was born under the Tree of the knowledge of good and evil, a system of learning that prevents faith in God and insidiously introduces falsehoods into truth. Cain took up its curriculum and, with his gigantic intellect, power, and magnetic influence, fervently and proudly passed it down throughout the antediluvian world. Noah preached against it with the sword of righteousness by faith. But his son, Ham, held on to Cain’s educational system and passed it over the flood, to his generations. His son, Cush, was a shining star in this education that the serpent had promoted since the fall. Cush encouraged and schooled his children in it, especially Nimrod, the great builder, the very post-flood founder of the Masonic order.
According the discovery of extant archeological evidence, as is revealed in the book, The Two Babylons, much has been learned concerning these members of a great apostasy under Ham and Cush and Nimrod. These rebels against Noah’s government of holiness became the gods which the world worshipped for ages throughout the earth during the Old Testament period and even to the present day in the ancient religions of the world. Satan used their rebellion to perpetuate his war against God, to undermine the work of His Holy Spirit, and to have undisputed rule of this world. The Roman name for Cush became Bacchus, the god of wisdom and of the initiated elite, and the god of drunken orgies. In the name of this god we see the source of the term of Bachelor’s degree and in this deity’s office of expertise we catch a glimpse of the ungodly character of this most ancient and continuous educational system that still trains the leaders of our world.
So the graduates of modern education, which has its roots in the darkest spiritualism and hedonism, exit their schools with a pigskin and a title of accomplishment, and they tower, like goliaths, over the unlearned masses. They intimidate the hosts of modern spiritual Israel who don’t have the pigskin or title, and who don’t recognize the superior education which they possess in the Lord God, Creator of heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is.
But, God doesn’t cower to man or demon. When Jesus freed the two demoniacs from Satan’s hosts, in His presence the demons sounded like their hearts were melting. “They cried out, saying, What have we to do with Thee, Jesus, Thou Son of God? Art Thou come hither to torment us before the time?” (Matt. 8:29). All it took was a single calm command from Jesus, “Go.” And they climbed over each other trying to escape His presence. “The devils…believe, and tremble.” They see in Christ what we are blinded to. The Pharisees’ hearts would have melted also if their eyes had been opened to the glory of the Lord. They would have said the words of Isaiah, “Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts.” (Is. 6:5). They would have fainted like Daniel and like the Roman guard at His resurrection.
“For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts.” (Is. 55:9). “The Lord looketh from heaven; He beholdeth all the sons of men.” (Ps. 33:13). “He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision. Then shall He speak unto them in His wrath, and vex them in His sore displeasure.” (Ps. 2:4,5). The Lion of the tribe of Judah declares, “Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?” (Is. 2:22). Away with our grasshopper complex!
In His infinite wisdom and maturity, the Lord cries out, “It is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.
Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this world? Hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?… Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.” (1Cor. 1:19,20,25).
“For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:
But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;
And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are:
That no flesh should glory in His presence.” (1Cor. 1:26-29).
Profound truth never comes from Satan. All that he can produce are lies and convoluted diversions from the truth. He uses stately professors with their PhD to convince the Lord’s youth and leave the greater majority of them forever impervious of the actual truth of reality.
The complexities of Satan’s sciences and arts system exists because of the tremendous manpower and effort it requires him to alter the information gathered from reality and nature, and the vigilance of men to catch the first glimpse of any new discovery that will expose the delusion of their current industry-educational system, harnessing it and steering it back to the devil’s status quo. They discredit the testing that arrived at all exposing truth and rerun the same tests with rigged, invalid specification; thus they arrive at phony results with just the misinformation they want in order to steer the original test back in line with the present regime. Then they publish their new and improved findings louder than the original discovery, using the bottomless funding granted to the scientific community from whatever industry the study affects.
Yet, despite the dragon’s best efforts to twist truth and evidence, our Creator is constantly creating new minds that respond to faith and love and that wear the Holy Spirit’s glasses that easily see through the lies of modern science. Little children who have not entered school have the ability to intuit and the honesty to call white white and black black. They have not yet been re-educated to lie to themselves. So they innocently speak reality in its cold, hard, starkness and bluntness; often snapping grown-ups out of their spell, to the painful embarrassment of the deluded adult community.
Remember the story of the vain king who believed in his invisible, fine suit, and the child who was the only person in the crowd to say, “But he isn't wearing anything at all!” The mother turning beet red in fear of social rejection, shushed her child, as the king kept his composure for the duration of the parade, and then ran for cover! It took the child to convince the king of his vanity and of his foolishness to trust in his royal clothiers. It takes a child at heart to reveal the oldest of truths: “Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord.” (Jer. 17:5).
When I was a toddler, my great aunt came to visit. In those days, it was fashionable for elderly women with white hair to dye their hair slightly blue. I must have embarrassed her greatly, and also my parents, when I blurted out in baby talk, “Her hair is blue!” But you risk the naked truth when you mingle with munchkins.
“Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast Thou ordained strength because of Thine enemies, that Thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.” (Ps. 8:2). Wouldn’t you like to be one of the Lord’s babes and sucklings?
“Whom shall He teach knowledge? And whom shall He make to understand doctrine? Them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts.
For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:
For with stammering lips and another tongue will He speak to this people.” (Is. 28:9-11).
Israel’s adults wouldn’t learn, but the little ones would. This is why the delivered Israel wandered for 40 years. The parents had the lusts and evil habits of Egypt stuck in their minds and only their children would heed Moses’ lessons and warnings. The hard-hearted parents saw Moses only by his bland appearance and dusky wife and boys, as nothing greater than themselves nor worthy of their respect; but the children responded to his love and earnestness to serve God. This same principle appears in the statement of Christ, “A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in his own house.” (Matt. 13:57).
“Behold, I and the children whom the Lord hath given Me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the Lord of hosts, which dwelleth in mount Zion.” (Is. 8:18). “Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto Me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.” (Matt. 19:14). “Ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children,” “Come unto Me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Take My yoke upon you, and learn of Me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
For My yoke is easy, and My burden is light.” (Heb. 12:5;Matt. 11:28-30).
As our perfect, everlasting Father, who was never discouraged with any who followed Him and trusted in Him, it was common practice for Jesus to address His disciples as His children. “And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the Bridechamber mourn, as long as the Bridegroom is with them? But the days will come, when the Bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast.” (Matt. 9:15). “The disciples were astonished at His words. But Jesus answereth again, and saith unto them, Children , how hard is it for them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God!” (Mk. 10:24). “Little children , yet a little while I am with you. Ye shall seek Me: and as I said unto the Jews, Whither I go, ye cannot come; so now I say to you.” (Jn. 13:33). “Then Jesus saith unto them, Children, have ye any meat? They answered Him, No.” (Jn. 21:5).
Paul repeated His example toward the larger church. “Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.” (1Cor. 14:20) “Now for a recompence in the same, (I speak as unto my children,) be ye also enlarged.” (2Cor. 6:13). “Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be burdensome to you: for I seek not yours, but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.” (2Cor. 12:14). “My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you….” (Gal. 4:19). “But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children… as ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children.” (1Thess. 2:7,11).
So did His other apostles. “Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; as obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance…”(1Pet. 1:13,14).
“My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:…
I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for His name’s sake.…
“I write unto you, little children, because ye have known the Father.
Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.…
And now, little children, abide in Him; that, when He shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before Him at His coming.” (1Jn. 2:1,12,13,18,28).
“My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.” (1Jn. 3:18). “Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is He that is in you, than he that is in the world.” (1Jn. 4:4). “Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.” (1Jn. 5:21). “I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.” (3Jn. 1:4).
“And Jesus called a little child unto Him, and set him in the midst of them,
And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth Me.
But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in Me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.” (Matt. 18:2-6). Only those who are children in heart, born again, will be perfect in intellect and character, even as our father in heaven is perfect. David found this truth.
David found childlikeness to be the secret of true wisdom.
“Thou through Thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me.
I have more understanding than all my teachers: for Thy testimonies are my meditation.
I understand more than the ancients, because I keep Thy precepts.” (Ps. 119:98-100). His childlikeness is what made him a man after God’s own heart, and it explains how he dared to talk to Goliath in such unintimidated boldness and then to take him down. The youthful David was living in a different world than unspiritual and hard-hearted King Saul and his armies, few of whom had ever learned spirituality and dependence on God, the power of trusting in the Savior through His Spirit.
And all the prophets would agree. All the prophets and the apostles were of the same moral and compassionate fabric. Throughout time, every great worker for God has been characterized by a child’s trust in Him as their everlasting Father and Friend.
The Lord will beat down this Babylon we are trapped in. “For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this world? Hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?” (1Cor. 1:19,20). We will be freed from the strictures that this world has placed upon our hearts and minds. Then we will be wise; and then we will be free.
Profound wisdom comes from all shapes, sizes, and ages; it doesn’t require as much intellect and learning as it does faith, love, and honesty to see the truth; and then courage to speak it.
The world eats from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Satan has his subjects ever seeking after knowledge of every subject imaginable in an endless and purposeless search for answers. We live in a gigantic laboratory in which we have infinite material to observe and study and find the knowledge of God. But what is the result of this world’s search? A technology that has ignored the evidence of a Designer and Creator, an intellectual elite with no solution for its own society’s freefall into moral, spiritual, and social morass.
Knowledge without the solution to this problem only invents more destructive machines and practices as Satan brings the whole world under the unflinching grip of his spell. The current lust for knowledge devoid of the study of God’s character spells the doom of the whole of humanity.
Each year as they enter the elementary schools, secondary schools, colleges and universities, millions of sons and daughters bow before Satan’s altar as, for centuries, Israelite babies were laid upon the Canaanite altar to Moloch. They grind away at memorizing facts and figures, “ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.” (2Tim. 3:7). Then they go out into the world, having received their prized gift of the state, and they offer their souls to the service of the god of this world. “Science falsely so called” is Satan’s most efficient tool to reeducate the children of Protestantism to lead them to cut off the last tie of faith to their Bible, so that they can lead the world’s populations into the devil’s reality vacant of truth. (1Tim. 6:20).
Today’s classical education was born under the Tree of the knowledge of good and evil, a system of learning that prevents faith in God and insidiously introduces falsehoods into truth. Cain took up its curriculum and, with his gigantic intellect, power, and magnetic influence, fervently and proudly passed it down throughout the antediluvian world. Noah preached against it with the sword of righteousness by faith. But his son, Ham, held on to Cain’s educational system and passed it over the flood, to his generations. His son, Cush, was a shining star in this education that the serpent had promoted since the fall. Cush encouraged and schooled his children in it, especially Nimrod, the great builder, the very post-flood founder of the Masonic order.
According the discovery of extant archeological evidence, as is revealed in the book, The Two Babylons, much has been learned concerning these members of a great apostasy under Ham and Cush and Nimrod. These rebels against Noah’s government of holiness became the gods which the world worshipped for ages throughout the earth during the Old Testament period and even to the present day in the ancient religions of the world. Satan used their rebellion to perpetuate his war against God, to undermine the work of His Holy Spirit, and to have undisputed rule of this world. The Roman name for Cush became Bacchus, the god of wisdom and of the initiated elite, and the god of drunken orgies. In the name of this god we see the source of the term of Bachelor’s degree and in this deity’s office of expertise we catch a glimpse of the ungodly character of this most ancient and continuous educational system that still trains the leaders of our world.
So the graduates of modern education, which has its roots in the darkest spiritualism and hedonism, exit their schools with a pigskin and a title of accomplishment, and they tower, like goliaths, over the unlearned masses. They intimidate the hosts of modern spiritual Israel who don’t have the pigskin or title, and who don’t recognize the superior education which they possess in the Lord God, Creator of heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is.
But, God doesn’t cower to man or demon. When Jesus freed the two demoniacs from Satan’s hosts, in His presence the demons sounded like their hearts were melting. “They cried out, saying, What have we to do with Thee, Jesus, Thou Son of God? Art Thou come hither to torment us before the time?” (Matt. 8:29). All it took was a single calm command from Jesus, “Go.” And they climbed over each other trying to escape His presence. “The devils…believe, and tremble.” They see in Christ what we are blinded to. The Pharisees’ hearts would have melted also if their eyes had been opened to the glory of the Lord. They would have said the words of Isaiah, “Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts.” (Is. 6:5). They would have fainted like Daniel and like the Roman guard at His resurrection.
“For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts.” (Is. 55:9). “The Lord looketh from heaven; He beholdeth all the sons of men.” (Ps. 33:13). “He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision. Then shall He speak unto them in His wrath, and vex them in His sore displeasure.” (Ps. 2:4,5). The Lion of the tribe of Judah declares, “Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?” (Is. 2:22). Away with our grasshopper complex!
In His infinite wisdom and maturity, the Lord cries out, “It is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.
Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this world? Hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?… Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.” (1Cor. 1:19,20,25).
“For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:
But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;
And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are:
That no flesh should glory in His presence.” (1Cor. 1:26-29).
Profound truth never comes from Satan. All that he can produce are lies and convoluted diversions from the truth. He uses stately professors with their PhD to convince the Lord’s youth and leave the greater majority of them forever impervious of the actual truth of reality.
The complexities of Satan’s sciences and arts system exists because of the tremendous manpower and effort it requires him to alter the information gathered from reality and nature, and the vigilance of men to catch the first glimpse of any new discovery that will expose the delusion of their current industry-educational system, harnessing it and steering it back to the devil’s status quo. They discredit the testing that arrived at all exposing truth and rerun the same tests with rigged, invalid specification; thus they arrive at phony results with just the misinformation they want in order to steer the original test back in line with the present regime. Then they publish their new and improved findings louder than the original discovery, using the bottomless funding granted to the scientific community from whatever industry the study affects.
Yet, despite the dragon’s best efforts to twist truth and evidence, our Creator is constantly creating new minds that respond to faith and love and that wear the Holy Spirit’s glasses that easily see through the lies of modern science. Little children who have not entered school have the ability to intuit and the honesty to call white white and black black. They have not yet been re-educated to lie to themselves. So they innocently speak reality in its cold, hard, starkness and bluntness; often snapping grown-ups out of their spell, to the painful embarrassment of the deluded adult community.
Remember the story of the vain king who believed in his invisible, fine suit, and the child who was the only person in the crowd to say, “But he isn't wearing anything at all!” The mother turning beet red in fear of social rejection, shushed her child, as the king kept his composure for the duration of the parade, and then ran for cover! It took the child to convince the king of his vanity and of his foolishness to trust in his royal clothiers. It takes a child at heart to reveal the oldest of truths: “Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord.” (Jer. 17:5).
When I was a toddler, my great aunt came to visit. In those days, it was fashionable for elderly women with white hair to dye their hair slightly blue. I must have embarrassed her greatly, and also my parents, when I blurted out in baby talk, “Her hair is blue!” But you risk the naked truth when you mingle with munchkins.
“Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast Thou ordained strength because of Thine enemies, that Thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.” (Ps. 8:2). Wouldn’t you like to be one of the Lord’s babes and sucklings?
“Whom shall He teach knowledge? And whom shall He make to understand doctrine? Them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts.
For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:
For with stammering lips and another tongue will He speak to this people.” (Is. 28:9-11).
Israel’s adults wouldn’t learn, but the little ones would. This is why the delivered Israel wandered for 40 years. The parents had the lusts and evil habits of Egypt stuck in their minds and only their children would heed Moses’ lessons and warnings. The hard-hearted parents saw Moses only by his bland appearance and dusky wife and boys, as nothing greater than themselves nor worthy of their respect; but the children responded to his love and earnestness to serve God. This same principle appears in the statement of Christ, “A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in his own house.” (Matt. 13:57).
“Behold, I and the children whom the Lord hath given Me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the Lord of hosts, which dwelleth in mount Zion.” (Is. 8:18). “Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto Me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.” (Matt. 19:14). “Ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children,” “Come unto Me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Take My yoke upon you, and learn of Me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
For My yoke is easy, and My burden is light.” (Heb. 12:5;Matt. 11:28-30).
As our perfect, everlasting Father, who was never discouraged with any who followed Him and trusted in Him, it was common practice for Jesus to address His disciples as His children. “And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the Bridechamber mourn, as long as the Bridegroom is with them? But the days will come, when the Bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast.” (Matt. 9:15). “The disciples were astonished at His words. But Jesus answereth again, and saith unto them, Children , how hard is it for them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God!” (Mk. 10:24). “Little children , yet a little while I am with you. Ye shall seek Me: and as I said unto the Jews, Whither I go, ye cannot come; so now I say to you.” (Jn. 13:33). “Then Jesus saith unto them, Children, have ye any meat? They answered Him, No.” (Jn. 21:5).
Paul repeated His example toward the larger church. “Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.” (1Cor. 14:20) “Now for a recompence in the same, (I speak as unto my children,) be ye also enlarged.” (2Cor. 6:13). “Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be burdensome to you: for I seek not yours, but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.” (2Cor. 12:14). “My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you….” (Gal. 4:19). “But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children… as ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children.” (1Thess. 2:7,11).
So did His other apostles. “Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; as obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance…”(1Pet. 1:13,14).
“My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:…
I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for His name’s sake.…
“I write unto you, little children, because ye have known the Father.
Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.…
And now, little children, abide in Him; that, when He shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before Him at His coming.” (1Jn. 2:1,12,13,18,28).
“My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.” (1Jn. 3:18). “Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is He that is in you, than he that is in the world.” (1Jn. 4:4). “Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.” (1Jn. 5:21). “I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.” (3Jn. 1:4).
“And Jesus called a little child unto Him, and set him in the midst of them,
And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth Me.
But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in Me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.” (Matt. 18:2-6). Only those who are children in heart, born again, will be perfect in intellect and character, even as our father in heaven is perfect. David found this truth.
David found childlikeness to be the secret of true wisdom.
“Thou through Thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me.
I have more understanding than all my teachers: for Thy testimonies are my meditation.
I understand more than the ancients, because I keep Thy precepts.” (Ps. 119:98-100). His childlikeness is what made him a man after God’s own heart, and it explains how he dared to talk to Goliath in such unintimidated boldness and then to take him down. The youthful David was living in a different world than unspiritual and hard-hearted King Saul and his armies, few of whom had ever learned spirituality and dependence on God, the power of trusting in the Savior through His Spirit.
And all the prophets would agree. All the prophets and the apostles were of the same moral and compassionate fabric. Throughout time, every great worker for God has been characterized by a child’s trust in Him as their everlasting Father and Friend.
The Lord will beat down this Babylon we are trapped in. “For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this world? Hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?” (1Cor. 1:19,20). We will be freed from the strictures that this world has placed upon our hearts and minds. Then we will be wise; and then we will be free.
Profound wisdom comes from all shapes, sizes, and ages; it doesn’t require as much intellect and learning as it does faith, love, and honesty to see the truth; and then courage to speak it.
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