Sabbath, June 3, 2006
1 Corinthians 1:26-31
For consider your calling, brothers: not many of you were wise according to worldly standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth. But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong; God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are, so that no human being might boast in the presence of God. And because of him you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, righteousness and sanctification and redemption, so that, as it is written, “Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.” (ESV)
by Victoria Shephard
We don’t have to be mentally smart, physically strong, or of noble birth to come to Christ. Many in the Corinthian church were not these things, and neither are many of us. But God uses the very traits that humankind despises to show the poverty of riches and power. We are “jars of clay” (2 Corinthian 4:7, NIV) and comparatively weak. Yet God is shown strong in our weakness. Why does God do this? Because God is preeminent and wants no one to usurp his power by being able to boast.
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Daily Bible Meditations are taken from The Helping Hand,a Sabbath School student quarterly for youth and adults. Copyright © 2008, Seventh Day Baptist Board of Christian Education, Inc.
Scripture quotations marked "ESV" are taken from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. Copyright ©2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Text provided by the Crossway Bibles Web Service .
