Q4. All Treasures of Wisdom and Knowledge

[wifee]

4a)To have a heart knowledge of Jesus intimately & fully is how we access God

[jacquie7]

They are hidden in the sense of the mystery of knowing Christ fully, understanding, and appreciating who He really is. This means that the full knowledge and wisdom of God is to have full heart knowledge of Him that can only be found in Him. Knowing Him personally and intimately is a privilege to all believers. God is the only one who possesses all the fullness of wisdom and treasures, and it is only He who can bring out and show believers the hidden treasures that He has instilled in us.

[WinstonY]

Q4. (Colossians 2:2-3) In what sense are �all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge� hidden in Christ? What does that mean?

 

Paul is not speaking of the wisdom and knowledge of the world, not even of the scientific  knowledge of the today. He is referring to The Lord who "...  will be the sure foundation for your times,     a rich store of salvation and wisdom and knowledge;    the fear of the Lord is the key to this treasure."(Isaiah 33.6).  Paul wrote " We do, however, speak a message of wisdom among the mature, but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing.  No, we declare God’s wisdom, a mystery that has been hidden and that God destined for our glory before time began."(1 Cor 2.6-7) So we are not speaking of the wisdom of the world but the wisdom of God which is hidden in Jesus. Paul had to confront the 'wisdom' of the Greeks. In Athens they got the better of him. But Paul was not discouraged. Today we as Christians  are challenged by the wisdom of the Scientific age-not unlike the Greeks. But we also must strive to remember that the font of wisdom is hidden in Jesus. Without knowing Jesus all knowledge is useless. It leads down the garden path." For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. As it is written: “He catches the wise in their craftiness” (1 cor 3.19)