Devotional 20 October 2025

October 20, 2025 • Steve Torres

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“Yet among the mature we do impart wisdom, although it is not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are doomed to pass away. But we impart a secret and hidden wisdom of God, which God decreed before the ages for our glory. None of the rulers of this age understood this, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.” (1 Corinthians 2:6–8, ESV)

The world has always been fascinated with secret knowledge. From Gnostic writings in the early centuries to modern “hidden-teaching” bestsellers, humanity keeps searching for that one lost key to enlightenment. Some even use Paul’s words here to suggest that Christianity hides deeper truths for a select few: the spiritually advanced who can handle the “mystery.” But Paul means the opposite. What was hidden has now been revealed in Christ.

Throughout Scripture, God’s wisdom is shown to be mystery made manifest. Paul calls this “the mystery hidden for ages and generations but now revealed to his saints” (Colossians 1:26). What humanity could never discover through reason or ritual, God unveiled through the cross (Ephesians 3:3–6). The “mature” are not an elite class but those who have received the Spirit, so that “we might understand the things freely given us by God” (1 Corinthians 2:12).

When Paul says this wisdom is not of “the rulers of this age,” he reminds us that the proud and powerful missed it entirely. The political and spiritual leaders of his day (Rome’s governors, Jerusalem’s priests, even the unseen forces of darkness) were blind to the divine plan. In their blindness they crucified “the Lord of glory,” and in doing so fulfilled the very purpose they opposed (Acts 3:17–18; John 12:31–32). God’s wisdom is so far above human cleverness that even His enemies accomplish His will.

So, Christianity is not a mystery religion; it is revelation itself. Christ did not whisper salvation in shadows, He declared it from a cross. What was once veiled has been laid bare. To the proud, this seems foolish, but to the humble, it is the power and wisdom of God (1 Corinthians 1:24). The invitation is not to uncover a hidden secret but to behold the glory of the One who was once hidden and is now revealed forever.