Is he who you think he is?
“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise and discard the intelligence of the intelligent.”
20 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. 21 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. 22 It is foolish to the Jews, who ask for signs from heaven. And it is foolish to the Greeks, who seek human wisdom. 23 So when we preach that Christ was crucified, the Jews are offended and the Gentiles say it’s all nonsense.
24 But to those called by God to salvation, both Jews and Gentiles, Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God. 25 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.
26 Remember, dear brothers and sisters, that few of you were wise in the world’s eyes or powerful or wealthy when God called you. 27 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. 28 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. 29 As a result, no one can ever boast in the presence of God. 30 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. 31 Therefore, as the Scriptures say, “If you want to boast, boast only about the Lord.”
Just about everybody on this planet has an opinion about Jesus but few have really studied God's word and found out for themselves who this unique man is.
The mainstream thought about Jesus doesn't give him much more than a mild respect as a good man. Just take a look at how the world viewed Jesus while he was on earth, he was counted as nothing. Jesus was used for personal gain, manipulated, mocked and physically abused, he didn't matter much to the average Joe while he was here on earth but I know that he was priceless.
Paul tells us that Jesus is "the power and wisdom of God" and he said that "Christ made us right with God; he made us pure and holy, and he freed us from sin" all of this from a man that the world thought was lowly, foolish and of no importance.
Thank you Lord for making the world's wisdom to be nothing. I am so glad that I don't need to seek to become wise or to gain power in order to be somebody. I am somebody because of what you did for me at Calvary.
The mainstream thought about Jesus doesn't give him much more than a mild respect as a good man. Just take a look at how the world viewed Jesus while he was on earth, he was counted as nothing. Jesus was used for personal gain, manipulated, mocked and physically abused, he didn't matter much to the average Joe while he was here on earth but I know that he was priceless.
Paul tells us that Jesus is "the power and wisdom of God" and he said that "Christ made us right with God; he made us pure and holy, and he freed us from sin" all of this from a man that the world thought was lowly, foolish and of no importance.
Thank you Lord for making the world's wisdom to be nothing. I am so glad that I don't need to seek to become wise or to gain power in order to be somebody. I am somebody because of what you did for me at Calvary.
