Age Without Obedience Cannot Claim Wisdom
The psalmist declares, "I understand more than the ancients" (Psalm 119:100), a statement that cuts against human nature. We assume that antiquity guarantees truth, that...
This is historical examples on the superiority of God's Word over human tradition and true wisdom comes through holy living and obedience, drawing on Psalms 119:100.
The psalmist declares, "I understand more than the ancients" (Psalm 119:100), a statement that cuts against human nature. We assume that antiquity guarantees truth, that wrinkles necessarily accompany wisdom, that longevity proves insight. Yet Yahweh's Word shatters these comfortable assumptions. Consider three reversals Spurgeon observed in Scripture: First, antiquity offers no security for truth when contrasted with revelation. A lie spoken a thousand years remains a lie; a truth newly revealed by God outweighs the accumulated errors of centuries.…
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