I’ve been thinking about the wisdom of God because it comes up so prominently in Ephesians 3 and I have been reading 1 Corinthians as well and it’s a big topic in that letter as well. It brings me to question what exactly is the wisdom of God.

The wisdom of God always has to do with solving the problem of the alienation between God and man. In the discovery of the wisdom of God, one must always start with the premise that their exists a radical rending of relationship between God and man. The damage is not in part, but total. Intrinsic in understanding this damage is the fact that God is faultless. The fault lies solely with man and to say otherwise only proves the point.

The problem is created by humanity, so the solution must come from God. Man is fractured and unable to heal ourselves. His wisdom is spent on repairing the damage that exists. In His wisdom, the solution must exalt God, while humbling man. The result of this is that the wise man is made foolish, while the simple man is saved by faith. This is our glory.

But in Ephesians 3, Paul looks at the wisdom of God as it relates to Jew and Gentile. How does it relate? Because the fruit of alienation from God is alienation from each other. The fall of man has severed the relationship between man and man, as well as between God and man. The beauty of the cross is that He humbles all men and it proves that we have fallen short and we are all equal before God in acquiring salvation. So the wisdom of God is displayed to the heavenly principalities when Jew and Gentile, black and white, man and woman, all dwell with each other in Godly love and peace.