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. For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.”
Where is the wise person? Where is the teacher of the law? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe. Jews demand signs and Greeks look for wisdom, but we preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, but to those whom God has called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. For the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than human strength.
Brothers and sisters, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth. But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not—to nullify the things that are, so that no one may boast before him. It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God—that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption. Therefore, as it is written: “Let the one who boasts boast in the Lord.” I Corinthians 1:18-31
There is an old saying – You can’t make something out of nothing. Except God. He made everything from the smallest single-cell life form to the largest whale in the ocean. And He has never stopped creating. His power gives where there is naught.
Strength to the weak
Knowledge to the unlearned
Wisdom to the foolish
Hope to the forlorn
Redemption to the sinner
Influence to the disenfranchised
Identity to the forgotten
Honor to the lowly
Acceptance to the despised
A message to the silent
Holiness to the defiled
Righteousness to the wicked
Nothing survives in a vacuum. We are all empty shells save for what He has instills in us. All good things come from above.
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