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The wisdom of God is a central theme throughout the Scriptures, manifesting in His omniscience and intimate understanding of human nature, including the infirmities of His saints. God's knowledge of human frailty is not merely intellectual but deeply relational, as He engages with His people in their weaknesses, offering guidance, strength, and redemption.

God's Omniscience and Human Frailty

God's omniscience is foundational to His wisdom. He possesses complete knowledge of all things, including the innermost thoughts and struggles of His saints. Psalm 139:1-4 declares, "O LORD, You have searched me and known me. You know when I sit and when I rise; You understand my thoughts from afar. You search out my path and my lying down; You are aware of all my ways. Even before a word is on my tongue, You know all about it, O LORD." This passage highlights God's intimate awareness of every aspect of human life, including the infirmities that beset His people.

God's Compassionate Understanding

The wisdom of God is not detached or indifferent; it is compassionate and understanding. Hebrews 4:15 assures believers, "For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have One who was tempted in every way that we are, yet was without sin." Jesus Christ, the embodiment of God's wisdom, experienced human infirmities firsthand, allowing Him to empathize with the struggles of His followers.

God's Provision for Human Weakness

In His wisdom, God provides for the weaknesses of His saints. He offers His strength in place of human frailty, as seen in 2 Corinthians 12:9 , where the Lord tells Paul, "My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness." This divine provision underscores God's understanding of human limitations and His desire to empower His people through His grace.

God's Patience and Longsuffering

God's wisdom is also evident in His patience and longsuffering with the infirmities of His saints. He is slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, as described in Psalm 103:13-14 : "As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him. For He knows our frame; He is mindful that we are dust." God's awareness of human frailty leads Him to extend mercy and grace, allowing His people to grow and mature in their faith.

God's Redemptive Purpose

Finally, God's wisdom is displayed in His redemptive purpose for the infirmities of His saints. He uses their weaknesses to accomplish His divine will and to bring about spiritual growth. Romans 8:28 affirms, "And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose." Even the infirmities of the saints are woven into God's sovereign plan, demonstrating His ability to bring good out of human weakness.

In summary, the wisdom of God is profoundly exhibited in His knowledge of the infirmities of His saints. Through His omniscience, compassion, provision, patience, and redemptive purpose, God reveals His deep understanding and care for His people, guiding them through their weaknesses and drawing them closer to Himself.

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Psalm 103:14
For he knows our frame; he remembers that we are dust.
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This HomilyWas Delivered in the Old Church of Antioch
... lover of man; now, he was a lover of Wisdom. ... On this account Paul gave God thanks
in all ... was himself thereby rendered more approved, he exhibited his exceeding ...
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According to which principle or hypothesis all the objections ...
... the mercy of God is excellently well exhibited, in that ... it be hard for a man in his
natural wisdom to comprehend ... seeing, and handling the things of God; for a ...
/.../proposition vi according to which.htm

Against Marcionists and Manich??ans.
... for a sign and the Greeks seek wisdom, but we ... also when he had been instructed
practically exhibited both these ... and postpone our own will to the will of God. ...
/.../chrysostom/on the priesthood/against marcionists and manichaeans.htm

John Chapter xxi. 19-25.
... So far as my wisdom goes, so far as I comprehend, what ... of the Lord, which we wish
to be exhibited in our ... of the Word in the beginning, God with God, and those ...
/.../augustine/homilies on the gospel of john/tractate cxxiv john chapter xxi.htm

1 Timothy v. 15-Nov
... of the Spirit, and abounds with wisdom and understanding ... He spoken the word, but
He has exhibited the thing ... have mentioned could we have imitated God, if there ...
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Letter cviii. To Eustochium.
... holy places so great was the passion and the enthusiasm she exhibited for each ... 2990]
and "O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! ...
/.../jerome/the principal works of st jerome/letter cviii to eustochium.htm

English Version of the Second Helvetic Confession, AD 1566.
... from these Scriptures are to be taken true wisdom and godliness ... points also out of
the Word of God, as the ... of the Church have oftentimes done); knowing that the ...
/.../english version of the second.htm

On the Soul and the Resurrection.
... to the display of a Divine mysterious wisdom in the ... who declares the soul to be God's
likeness asserts ... man being capable of understanding and knowing is most ...
/.../gregory/gregory of nyssa dogmatic treatises etc/on the soul and the 2.htm

An Exhortation to Theodore after his Fall. Letter I.
... had received distinct tokens of God's wisdom and foreknowledge ... the solitude of the
mountains, exhibited a high ... all were rejoicing, and glorifying God, that one ...
/.../chrysostom/on the priesthood/an exhortation to theodore after.htm

Centenary Commemoration
... moreover, with the intuition of true wisdom, the danger ... also against another, and
in its provision exhibited a truer ... unto the river," and we bless God for the ...
/.../the sermons and addresses at the seabury centenary/centenary commemoration.htm