Henry Morris
“Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.” (Colossians 2:8)
It is bound to be significant that, in the only place where
the Scriptures even mention philosophy, we are
warned to beware of it! Likewise, the only philosophers mentioned were evolutionary humanists who called the
apostle Paul a “babbler . . . because he preached unto them Jesus, and the
resurrection” (Acts 17:18).
The word “philosophy” literally means “love of wisdom,” and
every philosophy—ancient or modern—is essentially a humanistic devotion to
man’s wisdom for its own sake.
But such wisdom is false wisdom. It derives in type from “the
tree of knowledge,” through the “vain deceit” of Satan, who tries to persuade
us that partaking of it would “make one wise” and that “your eyes shall be
opened, and ye shall be as gods” (Genesis 2:17;
3:5-6). It has “indeed a shew of wisdom” (Colossians 2:23),
but “the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God” (1 Corinthians 3:19),
and eventually all “the wisdom of this world, . . . [and] of the princes of
this world, . . . [will] come to nought” (1 Corinthians
2:6).
Genuine wisdom, on the other hand, is as our text reminds us,
“after Christ. For in him dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily. And
ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power” (Colossians
2:8-10). For in Him “are hid [literally ‘stored up’] all the
treasures of wisdom and knowledge” (Colossians 2:3).
The Lord Jesus Christ is “the truth” (John 14:6), and is both “the power of God, and the wisdom of God” (1 Corinthians 1:24). This true wisdom is freely available to all who desire it. “If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God . . . and it shall be given him” (James 1:5). Therefore, we need never waste our God-given time on human philosophy. HMM
The Lord Jesus Christ is “the truth” (John 14:6), and is both “the power of God, and the wisdom of God” (1 Corinthians 1:24). This true wisdom is freely available to all who desire it. “If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God . . . and it shall be given him” (James 1:5). Therefore, we need never waste our God-given time on human philosophy. HMM
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