Sunday, March 29, 2009
1 Corinthians 1:18-25
For the word of the cross is folly 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,
and the discernment of the discerning I will thwart.”
Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, it pleased God through the folly of what we preach to save those who believe. For Jews demand signs and Greeks seek wisdom, but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles, but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. For the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men. (ESV)
by Angie Osborn
Many people reject the cross. They see Christianity as a crutch for the weak or as foolishness. Our society places high value on everything from technology to material possessions to famous people to what to wear. It often seems as if very little value is placed on faith and serving the Lord. All of those worldly things will pass and in the end, each person will stand before the God of the universe. It is easy to get distracted by the foolishness of man, but we have a higher calling. We are to seek out the Lord and his wisdom, even when it isn’t easy, even when we appear foolish to man; the Lord is calling us to follow him.
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Daily Bible Meditations are taken from The Helping Hand,a Sabbath School student quarterly for youth and adults. Copyright © 2010, 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.
