Posted on 01/14/2010 3:28:10 PM PST by CondoleezzaProtege
As the Scriptures say, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise and discard the intelligence of the intelligent.”
So where does this leave the philosophers, the scholars, and the world’s brilliant debaters? God has made the wisdom of this world look foolish. Since God in his wisdom saw to it that the world would never know him through human wisdom, he has used our foolish preaching to save those who believe. It is foolish to the Jews, who ask for signs from heaven. And it is foolish to the Greeks, who seek human wisdom. So when we preach that Christ was crucified, the Jews are offended and the Gentiles say it’s all nonsense.
But to those called by God to salvation, both Jews and Gentiles, Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God.
This foolish plan of God is wiser than the wisest of human plans, and God’s weakness is stronger than the greatest of human strength.
Remember, dear brothers and sisters, that few of you were wise in the world’s eyes or powerful or wealthy when God called you. Instead, God chose things the world considers foolish in order to shame those who think they are wise. And he chose things that are powerless to shame those who are powerful. God chose things despised by the world, things counted as nothing at all, and used them to bring to nothing what the world considers important. As a result, no one can ever boast in the presence of God.
God has united you with Christ Jesus. For our benefit God made him to be wisdom itself. Christ made us right with God; he made us pure and holy, and he freed us from sin. Therefore, as the Scriptures say, “If you want to boast, boast only about the Lord.”
1 Corinthians 1: 19-31 (NLT)
His ways our not our ways; his thoughts not our thoughts. We need the Holy Ghost to lead and guide us. Amen.
thank you for the posting. :)
Beautiful; the perfect word of God revealed through his son is foolish to many. But in the spirit realm, the demons tremble upon the name of Jesus Christ! And also, the earth will tremble upon the Lord’s return. Every knee shall bow and every lip will confess that Jesus is Lord. That includes all those who feel they are wise.
Condy, thanks for the versus’. where has mans wisdom gotten us?? just look around the world and you can see mans total complete failure. we just get better at killing each other it seems.
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