I had to read your post a couple of times to extract your message from the “zeal”. It reminds me of someone who sees something hilarious on YouTube. Then they can’t wait to show everybody because it’s the funniest thing they’ve ever seen. When they show other people the response may be a giggle or even a laugh but they aren’t as effected as the sharer. Same as the latest health fad...everything is gluten intolerance...Paleo diet...whatever.
There may have been some truth to what you are saying about applying scripture as a whole, and not basing your theology on excerpts. PAC-fit however doesn’t even capsulate the verse you sited. In completion; “...or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all things are yours, and ye are Christ’s and Christ is God’s.”
The message delivered by your P(AC), is that we are all part of a larger mechanism, or brush strokes of a grand masterpiece.
The vanity that is the “wisdom of men” isn’t knowledge per se, but rather the arrogance that accompanies it. When somebody thinks they are wisest, then everyone becomes foolish. The wise man becomes unteachable. That is why proverbs gives high esteem to knowledge and wisdom, but Christ raised up the child and told people to be more like them. Children haven’t solidified their opinions yet. I think that happens during adolescence. They are teachable.
Blessings, I commend your reading of Scripture.
