Utter fools!'

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"Claiming to be wise, they became utter fools instead."
Romans 1:22

What am I by nature? A fool! All my wisdom, outside
of Christ, is nothing but the height of foolishness—and 
all my knowledge nothing but the depth of ignorance!

Left to ourselves we are utter fools! We have 
no wisdom whatever to direct our feet. We are . . .
blind,
ignorant,
weak,
helpless, and
utterly unable to find our way to God.

All wisdom which does not come down from the Father
is folly. All strength not divinely wrought in the soul is
weakness. All knowledge that does not spring from the 
Lord's own teaching in the conscience is the depth of 
ignorance.

We must know the value of the gem before we can 
really prize it. When diamonds were first discovered 
in Brazil, nobody knew that they were diamonds. They 
were handed about as pretty, shining pebbles. But as 
soon it was discovered they were diamonds, they were 
eagerly sought, and their value rose a thousandfold. 

So spiritually. Until we can distinguish between the 
"pebble of man's teaching" and the "diamond of divine 
illumination" we shall neglect, we shall despise, we 
shall not value divine wisdom.