Spiritual talk #325
The first gift of the Holy Spirit is wisdom (fore-wisdom). More precisely, the wisdom that comes from above, about which the Apostle speaks: "The wisdom that comes from above is first pure, then peaceful, lenient, yielding, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and not hypocritical." /James. 3:17/ The opposite of this wisdom is carnal wisdom, about which the Apostle says: " In simplicity and sincerity before God, not with carnal wisdom, but with the grace of God, we lived in the world ." /2 Cor. 1:12/ Borrowing testimony from the Old Testament / Is. 29:14/, the same Apostle speaks against this carnal and worldly wisdom in another of his epistles: "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise and reject the understanding of the prudent.” Where is the wise man? Where is the librarian? Where is the debater of this century? Has not God made the wisdom of this world mad?" /1 Cor. 1:19-20/
