Today, I am reading and commenting on 1 Corinthians 1-4.

As I read this passage the first thing I wanted to write about was when Paul wrote that the message of the cross is foolishness to those who do not put their faith in Christ.  That is what I want to primarily focus on.  However, as I read in depth to get my thoughts together I noticed that Paul introduces that by writing: “For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.”  The thing which I noticed was the word “For”.  That means that what he is about to write provides an explanation for what he just finished writing.  Paul had just finished writing that Christians should not allow themselves be divided because of their understandings of the teachings of different leaders, he even includes those who claim to follow Jesus directly but then divide themselves who follow Jesus according to the teachings of various other leaders of the Church.  So, why should we not allow our understandings of the teachings of particular leaders divide us from other Believers?  Because the Gospel message, the Good News of Jesus, is foolishness, and attempting to separate ourselves out from others by certain teachings is an attempt to appeal to human wisdom.  Some want miraculous signs and others want wise arguments.  Both find the idea that God’s power is displayed in Jesus’ death on the cross to be foolishness.  Nevertheless, God’s power is truly displayed in that event.  God does indeed give us wisdom, but it is not wisdom which is understood by those of this world.  God uses our weakness, and our foolishness (as understood by those of this world), to display His power and His wisdom.  Only by listening to God’s Spirit can we begin to understand God’s wisdom.

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