TUESDAY, 23 APRIL 2024
TEXT:
I Corinthians 1:18-31
18:
For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to
us who are being saved it is the power of God.
19:
For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of
the intelligent I will frustrate.”
20:
Where is the wise person? Where is the teacher of the law? Where is the
philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?
21:
For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know him,
God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who
believe.
22:
Jews demand signs and Greeks look for wisdom,
23:
but we preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to
Gentiles,
24:
but to those whom God has called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God
and the wisdom of God.
25:
For the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom, and the weakness of God
is stronger than human strength.
26:
Brothers and sisters, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of
you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of
noble birth.
27:
But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the
weak things of the world to shame the strong.
28:
God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things
that are not—to nullify the things that are,
29:
so that no one may boast before him.
30:
It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom
from God—that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption.
31:
Therefore, as it is written: “Let the one who boasts boast in the Lord.”
(New International Version Holy
Bible)
TOPIC:
CHRIST AS THE WISDOM AND POWER OF GOD
The
simplicity of Christ's gospel based on faith and His acceptance as Lord and
saviour for salvation seemed foolish to the intellectuals and philosophers of
Paul's day.
How
can a wretched sinner, a notorious killer and hardened criminal simply be
forgiven and become a member of the Kingdom of God?
To
the Jews, it was unlawful, to the Gentiles it was foolishness and to the Greeks
it wasn't logical that salvation could be so cheap.
Note
that all those classes of people made up the Church and were always contending
about the truth of whom Christ really is.
But
Paul, from his experience of salvation, could boldly say, "but we preach
Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles.
This
Jesus working the miracle of salvation in anyone that believes is the wisdom
and the power of God almighty that brought salvation to the Corinthian
Church."
Man's
wisdom is foolishness in His presence. So, God chose the foolishness of the
gospel to confound the wisdom of the world. We can only find relevance and
truth in Christ.
QUESTION:
Who is Christ in God to you and your family?
PRAYER:
Grant unto us divine wisdom to go out and preach the word for the salvation of
more souls, in Jesus name. Amen.
Remain
Blessed
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