1 Corinthians 1:20-25 “Where is the wise man? Where is the
scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the
wisdom of the world? For since in the wisdom of God the world
through its wisdom did not come to know God, God was well-pleased
through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who
believe. For indeed Jews ask for signs and Greeks search for
wisdom; but we preach Christ crucified, to Jews a stumbling
block and to Gentiles foolishness, but to those who are the
called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom
of God. Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the
weakness of God is stronger than men.” (NASB)
Hello,
Do you ever wonder why it is that the highest levels of
education don’t always yield the most percentage of Christ followers? Why is it
that this message of Christ seems so foolish to the world – including those who
are considered to be the most intelligent? What are we to make of this passage?
The simplicity of the message and method of Christ is
amazing. People want it to be more, or they want it to be dependent more on
them, or they want something that manifests itself in a different physical way –
but it is none of those things. It is straight forward, it is fully based on Him,
and the death and resurrection has already happened.
If we try to make it more, we will struggle with the
discussion. It is when we come back to the basics of who He is and what He did
for us and the why that we have the most success. Interestingly enough, the
harder we try to intellectualize the Gospel message, the more we are making the
sharing about us instead of Him….ironic isn’t it, since it fully relies on Him to
start with?
Now, don’t get me wrong – I am a big advocate of knowledge
and learning. The things we learn about God and His creation can help us answer
or ask questions to those we share Christ with. (Let alone, just getting to
know Him even deeper). But, we cannot stray from the foundation of the amazing
simplicity of the love of God.
Have a blessed day,
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