What God has done for you and me defies all natural logic! Do you know that God desires to use you to display his manifold wisdom to the powers of the universe? I know that sounds crazy but hear me out on this. First, let’s look at the Scripture that declares God’s intent.

Eph 3:8-11 Although I am less than the least of all God’s people, this grace was given me: to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ, 9 and to make plain to everyone the administration of this mystery, which for ages past was kept hidden in God, who created all things. 10 His intent was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms, 11 according to his eternal purpose, which he accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord.

So what is God’s manifold wisdom? There are spiritual entities that are behind the religions of the world. These spiritual entities are the rulers and authorities that God is going to display his wisdom to. The wisdom of every religion on earth except true Christianity is based upon works to gain a better afterlife. This is not so with the gospel of Jesus Christ. Part of the mystery spoken of in the Scripture above is God’s intense wisdom of righteousness that defies all natural logic. Please read the following Scripture carefully!

Romans 11:32-38 For God has bound all men over to disobedience so that he may have mercy on them all.

Doxology

         33      Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God!

         How unsearchable his judgments,

         and his paths beyond tracing out!

         34      “Who has known the mind of the Lord?

         Or who has been his counselor?”

         35      “Who has ever given to God

         that God should repay him?”

         36      For from him and through him and to him are all things.

         To him be the glory forever! Amen.

Do you see it? The wisdom of God has bound all men over the sin so that he can have mercy on them all. This includes you and me! Wow! This flies in the face of all religions on earth outside of Christianity. In other religions, a person’s good works must outweigh the bad to secure a better afterlife.

On the contrary, the eternal wisdom of God is bound up in the word LOVE. You see, God is so deeply in love with us that he gave his only son to pay for all of our failures and mistakes, and whoever believes in him will not perish but have everlasting life. John 3:16 Because of this, God has declared you and me as perfect in his sight. For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9 not by works so that no one can boast. Ephesians 2:8-9

God made him who had no sin to be sin for us so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. 2Corinthians 5:21 WOW! The manifold wisdom of God is displayed to the powers of the universe when you don’t trust in your works but wholly trust in what Christ has done for you! This is mind-blowing! Our right standing with God does not depend on our works but rather on faith! Your total reliance upon what Christ has done for you instead of your works is how God is displaying his manifold wisdom to the rulers and authorities of the universe. And this…

DEFIES ALL NATURAL LOGIC