Covenant Reformed News – September 2018 • Volume XVII, Issue 5
This excerpt from Covenant Reformed News explores God's wisdom as revealed in Jesus Christ, examining Christ's development in wisdom according to His human nature and His role as the fulfillment of Old Testament prophecy. The article demonstrates how the gospel proclaims salvation through Christ's crucifixion as God's wisdom and power, contrasting divine wisdom with human foolishness, and illustrates these themes through biblical exegesis and the example of Paul's conversion. This resource would appeal to those seeking to understand Christological foundations for Reformed soteriology and biblical interpretation.
God’s Wisdom (4) The wisdom of God was personally manifested in our Lord Jesus. According to His human nature, Christ grew in wisdom as He developed as a boy: “the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was upon him” (Luke 2:40). As a teenager, “Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man” (52). He is the fulfilment of the prophecy of Isaiah 11:2: “the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and...