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Foolishness.
Dave in Tenn:
1Co 1:17 For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to proclaim the gospel, not with clever speech, lest the cross of Christ be emptied.
1Co 1:18 For the message about the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
1Co 1:19 For it is written, "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the intelligence of the intelligent I will confound."
1Co 1:20 Where is the wise person? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?
1Co 1:21 For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through its wisdom did not know God, God was pleased through the foolishness of preaching to save those who believe.
1Co 1:22 For indeed, Jews ask for sign miracles and Greeks seek wisdom,
1Co 1:23 but we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews a cause for stumbling, but to the Gentiles foolishness,
1Co 1:24 but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God.
1Co 1:25 For the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than human strength.
What is the message of the cross?
ralph:
I was always perplexed by this scripture. I am thinking about the major catalysts that distanced me from the orthodox church. For me it was the preaching of hell, tithing, and other "foolish" doctrines. When I heard the truth being preached however, I did not consider it foolish, but great nourishment, a lifeline.
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