The Foolishness of Preaching

1 Corinthians 1:18-29

18 For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.
19 For it is written I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.
20 Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?
21 For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.
22 For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom:
23 But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness;
24 But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.
25 But the foolishness of God is wiser then men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
26 For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:
27 But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;
28 And base things of the world, and things which are despised , hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things which are:
29 That no flesh should glory in his presence.

Reading my bible last night, I came across this passage, and it really jumped out at me, and I read it 3 times. And I really began pondering it.
"The foolishness of preaching". Really? Its foolish? Not to me, but if I wasn't saved it sure would be. Think about it. As an unbeliever you are told "Christ died for you, he was buried and is now alive again! Because of this you don't have to fear death. Repent and be baptized. Forgive your enemies. Love your neighbor. Pray for all people. Rejoice in torment, for Christ suffered more." Can you imagine how dumb that sounds? "Well, so what if he died. That was 2,000 years ago. And yeah right that hes alive again. Why'd he die in the first place? What does repent mean? Forgive? Love? No way. And to rejoice in pain? Are you crazy?" But yet, its this "foolishness" that brings people to a saving knowledge of Christ. Its the "foolishness of God" that saves.
Yet, look at verse 25, the "foolishness" of God is wiser than the "wisdom" of men! No matter how smart we think we are, we are still under the line of the most foolish thing of God. We can say "I don't need to worry about being saved, nothing happens when I die. I can think about it later. " etc, etc. Thats just the foolishness of men.

Here's the "foolishness" God speaking :

"For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have everlasting life."
"But God commendeth his love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us."
"For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord."
"That if though shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation."
"For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved."

So, call me a fool, but every word that God says I believe, for God's "foolishness" is wiser than anything the world may try to tell me.

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