1 Corinthians 1:18-31
18 For the word of the cross is folly 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,
and the discernment of the discerning I will thwart.”
20 Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? 21 For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, it pleased God through the folly of what we preach to save those who believe. 22 For Jews demand signs and Greeks seek wisdom, 23 but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles, 24 but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. 25 For the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
26 For consider your calling, brothers: not many of you were wise according to worldly standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth. 27 But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong; 28 God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are, 29 so that no human being might boast in the presence of God. 30 And because of him you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, righteousness and sanctification and redemption, 31 so that, as it is written, “Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.”
The Holy Bible : English standard version. 2001 (1 Co 1:18-31). Wheaton: Standard Bible Society.
Let no one boast in his own strength or wisdom. When we are weak, he is strong. When we are foolish, he is wise. St Paul teaches the people of their own foolishness. The Corinthians have disagreements and divisions among them. But God desires his people to be united in the one body of Christ. They are united through his death and resurrection.
People often boast in themselves or their own abilities. They will boast in created things, apart from the creator himself. God is the one who has made all things. Nothing was made without Christ himself and everything that has been made was made through him. But that is not why we should boast in the Lord.
God was wise enough to provide a way of salvation. God was smart enough to see new life even in the midst of justice. Justice calls for your death and your blood to be spilt for your sins. God was wise enough that out of his Love he sent his only Son to Die for the forgiveness of all sins. Not just a sheep for you and a goat for him, but one sacrifice once for all.
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