Treasures of Wisdom and Knowledge

 

in whom [Christ] are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. (Colossians 2:3 ESV)

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The Old Testament reports about Solomon’s extraordinary knowledge and wisdom that people from distant nations came to visit and listen. Kings from faraway lands sent emissaries. Since those were pagans, they have had minimal knowledge the One True God. Yet somehow they valued knowledge and wisdom. Even with its preoccupation with material treasures, the world recognizes that knowledge and wisdom are desirable things.

The ultimate treasury of knowledge and wisdom according to Colossians 2:3 is Christ. Christ is the treasury, the storehouse, the vault of all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

The problem with the unbelieving world is this: though they acknowledge that knowledge and wisdom are valuable enough to be sought and stored up, they refuse to come to the ultimate source— Jesus Christ. Jesus rebuked the unbelieving scribes and Pharisees by pointing out that the Queen of the South came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon yet unbelievers reject the wisdom of Jesus when in fact he is greater than Solomon! (Luke 11:31)

Brothers and sisters, we may not be knowledgeable and wise according to the world’s standards. We may not have the intellectual sharpness they possess. We may not have reached the level of educational training that they reached. We may not have the academic accolades that they have received. If you are in Christ, God has opened the vault. The treasury of knowledge and wisdom is is accessible to the believer. Instructed by the word of God and guided by the Spirit, we have the mind of Christ.

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