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Worldly Wisdom is the bane of the cross. The way of the cross and the way of the world are two divergent paths. Paul wrote of the two types of wisdom in 1 Corinthians 1:20-25Then Evangelist proceeded, saying, "Give more earnest heed to the things that I shall tell thee of. I will now show thee who it was that deluded thee, and who it was also to whom he sent thee. The man that met thee is one Worldly Wiseman: and rightly is he so called; partly because he savours only the doctrine of this world (1John 4v5) (therefore he always goes to the town of Morality to Church) and partly because he loves that doctrine best, for it saves him from the cross (Galatians 6v12); and because he is of this carnal temper, therefore he seeks to pervert my ways, though right. Now there are three things in this man's counsel that thou must utterly abhor:
1. His turning thee out of the way.
2. His labouring to render the cross odious to thee.
3. And his setting thy feet in that way that leads unto the administration of death.
"First, thou, must abhor turning thee out of the Way--yea, and thine own consenting thereto; because this is to reject the counsel of God for the sake of the counsel of a Worldly Wiseman. The Lord says, 'Strive to enter in at the strait gate' (Luke 13v24), --the gate to which I sent thee; 'for strait is the gate that leads unto life, and few there be that find it' (Matthew 7v13,14). From this little Wicket gate, and from the way thereto, hath this wicked man turned thee, to the bringing of thee almost to destruction. Hate, therefore, his turning thee out of the way; and abhor thyself for hearkening to him.
"Secondly, thou must abhor his labouring to render the cross odious unto thee; for thou art to prefer it before the treasures in Egypt (Hebrews 11v26). Besides, the King of Glory hath told thee, that he that will save his life shall lose it; and, he that comes after him, and hates not his father, and mother, and wife and children, his brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be his disciple (Matthew 10v39; Mark 8v35; Luke 14v26; John 12v25). I say, therefore, for man to labour to persuade thee that that shall be thy death, without which, the Truth hath said, thou canst not have eternal life-- this doctrine thou must abhor.
"Thirdly, thou must hate his setting of thy feet in the way that leadeth to the ministration of death. And for this thou must consider to whom he sent thee; and also how unable that person was to deliver thee from thy burden.