paul addresses a real wisdom

I came to you not with eloquence or superior wisdom (Apollos-like) as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God….My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words (Apollos-like again), but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power so that your faith might not rest on men’s wisdom, but on God’s power.”

 

The lack of the Spirit’s power in leaders, teachers and ‘believers’ leads to division, exploitation, the abuse of people and the misuse of the name of God. It is blasphemy.

“Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken the love you had at first. 5 Consider how far you have fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first. If you do not repent, I will come to   you and remove your lampstand from its place” (Rev 2:4-5). James assertion is chilling; ”… the body without the spirit is dead…..” (James2:26).

truthward..