Good morning -
It's a battle that you'll never clearly see but it is real nevertheless. It is the battle for our minds, and it's waged with the most sophisticated techniques and weapons ever devised. The wisdom of the world is engaged in a battle for our minds against the wisdom of God, but it is a battle that the Lord will ultimately win:
"For it is written, "I WILL DESTROY THE WISDOM OF THE WISE, AND THE CLEVERNESS OF THE CLEVER I WILL SET ASIDE." (1 Corinthians 1:19)
The ultimate trick that God has played on our enemy, and the world, is that He has cleverly disguised His wisdom to appear as foolishness:
"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." (1 Corinthians 1:21)
Nothing is more foolish than the message about the cross. Paul goes on to say:
"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." (1 Corinthians 1:22-24)
Few things are more absurd than the message of a coming world ruler who has been killed. His resurrection from the dead provides a powerful and logical solution to the problem of His death, but the fact that He was killed is a major stumbling block to many. And yet in the wisdom of God that message becomes the power of God for salvation to all who believe. That belief unleashes the power and wisdom of God that can not be received in any other way.
Because we have received the foolishness of God, we have become far wiser than the most learned person in the world. We then have the capacity to understand and share with others of that wisdom:
"Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may know the things freely given to us by God, which things we also speak, not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Spirit, combining spiritual thoughts with spiritual words." (1 Corinthians 2:12-13)
May you enjoy the blessings today that come from freely understanding what God has given you, and in sharing that with others through Spirit-inspired words.
Living today in appreciation of insights through the Spirit,
Pastor Steve
It's a battle that you'll never clearly see but it is real nevertheless. It is the battle for our minds, and it's waged with the most sophisticated techniques and weapons ever devised. The wisdom of the world is engaged in a battle for our minds against the wisdom of God, but it is a battle that the Lord will ultimately win:
"For it is written, "I WILL DESTROY THE WISDOM OF THE WISE, AND THE CLEVERNESS OF THE CLEVER I WILL SET ASIDE." (1 Corinthians 1:19)
The ultimate trick that God has played on our enemy, and the world, is that He has cleverly disguised His wisdom to appear as foolishness:
"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." (1 Corinthians 1:21)
Nothing is more foolish than the message about the cross. Paul goes on to say:
"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." (1 Corinthians 1:22-24)
Few things are more absurd than the message of a coming world ruler who has been killed. His resurrection from the dead provides a powerful and logical solution to the problem of His death, but the fact that He was killed is a major stumbling block to many. And yet in the wisdom of God that message becomes the power of God for salvation to all who believe. That belief unleashes the power and wisdom of God that can not be received in any other way.
Because we have received the foolishness of God, we have become far wiser than the most learned person in the world. We then have the capacity to understand and share with others of that wisdom:
"Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may know the things freely given to us by God, which things we also speak, not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Spirit, combining spiritual thoughts with spiritual words." (1 Corinthians 2:12-13)
May you enjoy the blessings today that come from freely understanding what God has given you, and in sharing that with others through Spirit-inspired words.
Living today in appreciation of insights through the Spirit,
Pastor Steve
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