The
sophists were ancient Greek philosophers notorious for their specious
arguments. Their arguments sounded
logical and good but often were far from being correct. The disputers were philosophers who were
debaters involved in controversial discussions.
Paul declared here that God has shown how insipid their arguments
were. The arguments of the sophists were
as verse twenty tells us, based on the wisdom of the aion or the present system
of the age. It was wisdom based on the
matrix of Satan.
What
does the Scripture lesson in 1 Corinthians 1:18 that we mentioned yesterday
mean to the 21st century church?
First of all, there is and always has been a war going on between the
wisdom of God and the specious arguments of the present age. Every Christian musician should be sure that
he or she is following biblical wisdom when developing a music ministry philosophy. Second, there are very logical sounding
arguments that are prevalent today that simply do not line up with
Scripture. Beware that you are not led
astray by what seems to make sense at least by the world’s standards. If your philosophy has caused you to not keep
the main thing then it is faulty.
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