Why Biblical wisdom?
The Bible is the Word of God. Through the Bible, God speaks to each and
every one of us, if we are willing. In other words, the wisdom expressed in the
Bible is God’s divine wisdom to man.
According
to Guinness Book of Records, the Bible is the all-time best-selling
book, as well as the most translated work in world literature. This indicates that many people do believe that the
Bible is a book of absolute truths and divine wisdom from God.
The
Bible is a book of wisdom based on Biblical truths that require faith to
believe in the authenticity of historical manuscripts reporting those events
that had already taken place.
”Now in
the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being
governor of Judea, Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch
of Iturea and the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,” (Luke 3:1)
This Biblical faith is further attested to by human historical time scale: BC (Before Christ) and AD (Anno
Domini—"in the year of our Lord"). Jesus Christ is a real
historical figure, and His birth is a very solid historical fact reported by
many historians.
Biblical wisdom is not just for the
Israelites; it is for all believers and non-believers alike because it is the
only way to salvation, which is the ultimate conquest of human mortality.
Why Tao wisdom?
If
the Bible is about God’s wisdom, then why should we read Lao Tzu’s Tao Te Ching,
which is, at best, only about human wisdom? Why don’t we just read the Bible
instead, and forget about Tao Te Ching? Why should we settle more for less?
According
to Lao Tzu, less is more.
“To guide a great country, we need a
great ruler.
To wage a successful war, we need
good strategies.
To live a life of harmony, we need
letting life live by itself.
That essentially means:
the more efforts we exert, the more
failure we experience;
the more weapons we make, the more
danger we encounter;
the more laws we enact, the more
law-breakers we produce.”
(Lao Tzu, Chapter 57, Tao Te Ching)
“Living our lives is like frying a
small fish;
we neither over-season nor over-cook
it.”
(Lao Tzu, Chapter 60, Tao Te Ching)
Understanding
human wisdom is the first step in the journey of a thousand miles
towards understanding God’s wisdom. Without human wisdom, God’s wisdom is even more
unfathomable and forever unintelligible to many.
Stephen Lau
Copyright© by Stephen Lau
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