Christian Philosophy: How Christ Fulfills Proverbs 10:23

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Proverbs 10:23 says: "It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom." Here, we return to our usual kind of proverb: a positive clause and a negative clause paired to shed light on each other. But this time, the negative clause comes first, with the positive clause following it. So, as always, what illustration of the Lord Jesus Christ do we have here?

The first clause says that it's like sport for a fool to do mischief. In other words, for a wicked man, doing wrong is like playing. And since this is obviously the negative clause in this proverb, we see Christ here by, first, seeing who He is not. Since He is Wisdom (1 Corinthians 1:24), foolishness is the opposite of His character. And the fool, the one characterized by this christlessness, finds wrongdoing to be like a sport. He finds pleasure in evildoing. How different from Love Incarnate (John 1:1, 14; 1 John 4:8), who delights in lovingkindness, righteousness, and the truth (Jeremiah 9:24; 1 Corinthians 13:6)!

The second clause says that a man of understanding has wisdom. Given His infinite and full knowledge, Christ is the ultimate Man of understanding. And this Man of understanding has wisdom, wisdom being an attribute of His!

Reader, which picture matches you? Do you take delight in what God calls sin in His Word? Or are your thoughts conformed to the Word of Him who is Wisdom, and are you drawing understanding and wisdom from that Well?