From the Doctor’s Diary-39- Are you an idiot?

Recently I posted an article titled “Are you weary and burdened” in an Indian Forum. There was a small prayer at the end of the article for those who needed to pray for peace in their times of crisis.

A couple of days later I found a few comments put under this article. One of them was in the form of a question posted by another forum member and it read-“Are you an idiot?”

The comment didn’t startle me as I am used to such things from the pen and mouth of unbelievers and Christ haters. Surely I was not an idiot with 20 years as a Consultant Physician and 2 Doctorates behind me. Yet the question reminded me of a few verses in the 1st book of Corinthians. Here the Bible says,

“Do not deceive yourselves. If any one of you thinks he is wise by the standards of this age, he should become a "fool" so that he may become wise. For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God's sight. As it is written: "He catches the wise in their craftiness"; and again, "The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile.” (1 Corinthians 3:18-20)

Here we read the Apostle Paul advising the Corinthians to become fools in order to become wise. Surely this would be not comprehendible to the wise of this world. It’s a great thing if we are able to humble ourselves and accept the Lord Jesus Christ as Savior by faith. Paul says, “the wisdom of the world is foolishness in God’s sight.” That’s because the world and it’s inhabitants collectively cannot save the world that they live in, how much ever they may try. Of course many of them do not realize it and are trying to grow even wiser by their efforts.

In a poll that I conducted online recently (At Buzzle.com), about truthfulness or otherwise of “Da Vinci and the Gospel of Judas” I was amazed that 67% of the 78 people who voted, were of the preposterous opinion that the things written in the above 2 controversial books perhaps were true. Paul says, “The wisdom of this world is foolishness in God's sight” and he also says “He catches the wise in their craftiness."

And how true this is going to be. For the Lord’s coming is nigh and He’s going to catch the wise in their craftiness. He’s caught many before and He’ll catch them all. So blessed be the name of the Lord.