Perhaps nothing shows more clearly the perfect “wisdom” of our Lord’s life upon

earth than the fact that, among all his detractors, not one has been able to point out any
unwisdom in any part of it. Almost all men do unwise things, things which they regret to
have done, things which do them harm, which injure instead of promoting the objects that
they have in view. But our Lord’s whole course was guided by the most perfect wisdom.
Wisely he conformed in all respects to the Jewish Law, though he was above the Law.
Wisely he led, not the ascetic life, but the life of ordinary humanity. Wisely he chose his
disciples among those who were poor and ignorant and powerless, so that it might be
evident they did not convert the nations by their natural gifts, but by wielding a
supernatural influence. Wisely he declined to be made an earthly king, so that ambition
cannot be laid to his charge. Wisely he submitted himself to the powers that be, that
neither revolutionist nor anarchist might be able to make a shelter of his example. Wisely
he covered himself with a cloud, hid up his glory, did his great miracles comparatively in
secret, let the knowledge of his true Divinity steal upon men by degrees.
The wisdom wherewith he executed his mission is seen in the success of that mission.
How quickly did the “little flock” grow into a Church to be counted by thousands, and
the thousands become tens of thousands, and the tens of thousands increase into millions,
until the whole Roman empire was converted, and the “kingdoms of the world became
the kingdoms of the Lord, and of his Christ”! And what but infinite wisdom could have
inspired a teaching which should attract both Jew and Gentile, both civilized man and
barbarian, both haughty noble and down-trodden slave; which should, moreover, suit
alike the requirements of both ancient and modern times, and be as much valued in the
nineteenth century after its publication as in the first.
By the wisdom – “science falsely so called” – of Greece and Rome “the world knew
not God”; by the wisdom, the true wisdom, of Christ the whole civilized and much of the
barbarian world now knows God. The result is the effect that “prudent dealing,” or true
wisdom in act and word, which Jesus Christ, the “Servant of Jehovah,” showed forth
during the three and thirty of his life upon this earth.

The Pulpit Commentary, Isaiah II p. 282, Isaiah 52:13, (G. Rawlinson)

See also: Isaiah 11:2, John 7:4, Acts 2:41, Acts 4:4, Revelations 6:15, I Timothy 6:20, I
Corinthians 1:21

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Perfect Wisdom

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