1. The sphere of true wisdom
6 Yet among the mature we do impart wisdom, although it is not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are doomed to pass away. 1 Corinthians 2:6 (ESV)
2. The secret of true wisdom
7 But we impart a secret and hidden wisdom of God . . . 8 None of the rulers of this age understood this, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. 1 Corinthians 2:7a; 8 (ESV)
26 the mystery hidden for ages and generations but now revealed to his saints. Colossians 1:26 (ESV)
19 Then the mystery was revealed to Daniel in a vision of the night. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven. 20 Daniel answered and said: “Blessed be the name of God forever and ever, to whom belong wisdom and might. 21 He changes times and seasons; he removes kings and sets up kings; he gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who have understanding; 22 he reveals deep and hidden things; he knows what is in the darkness, and the light dwells with him. Daniel 2:19-22 (ESV)
3. The strategy of true wisdom
7 . . . which God decreed before the ages . . . 1 Corinthians 2:7 (ESV)
20 He (Jesus) indeed was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you 1 Peter 1:20 (NKJV)
4. The scope of true wisdom
7 . . . for our glory. 1 Corinthians 2:7 (ESV)
18 And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.
2 Corinthians 3:18 (ESV)
5. The source of true wisdom
9 But, as it is written, “What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined, what God has prepared for those who love him”— 1 Corinthians 2:9 (ESV)
4 From of old no one has heard or perceived by the ear, no eye has seen a God besides you, who acts for those who wait for him. Isaiah 64:4 (ESV)
17 “For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth, and the former things shall not be remembered or come into mind. Isaiah 65:17 (ESV)
2 “Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge? Job 38:2 (ESV)
3 . . . Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I did not know. Job 42:3 (ESV)