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Question:<\/span> <\/p>\n How to understand \u201cthe foolishness of the message preached\u201d in 1 Corinthians 1:21?<\/em><\/span> Preaching Christ\u2019s death on the cross is not\u00a0foolishness! <\/em><\/span>Then how to understand this sentence?<\/em><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n To understand why Apostle\u00a0Paul says so, we\u00a0need to\u00a0see how he uses the word \u201cfoolishness\u201d in the next part of chapter 1 of\u00a01 Epistle to the Corinthians:<\/span> <\/p>\n For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, not in cleverness of speech, so that the cross of Christ would not be made void.\u00a0For the word of the cross is foolishness<\/strong> to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.\u00a0For it is written,\u00a0\u201dI WILL DESTROY THE WISDOM OF THE WISE,\u00a0AND THE CLEVERNESS OF THE CLEVER I WILL SET ASIDE.\u201d\u00a0Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish<\/strong> the wisdom of the world?\u00a0For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not come to know God, God was well-pleased through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe.\u00a0For indeed Jews ask for signs and Greeks search for wisdom;\u00a0but we preach Christ crucified, to Jews a stumbling block and to Gentiles foolishness<\/strong>,\u00a0but to those who are the called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.\u00a0Because the foolishness<\/strong> of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.\u00a0For consider your calling, brethren, that there were not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble;\u00a0but God has chosen the foolish<\/strong> things of the world to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to shame the things which are strong,\u00a0and the base things of the world and the despised God has chosen, the things that are not, so that He may nullify the things that are,\u00a0so that no man may boast before God.\u00a0But by His doing you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption,\u00a0so that, just as it is written, \u201cLET HIM WHO BOASTS, BOAST IN THE LORD.\u201d (1 Corinthians 1:17-31)(NASB)<\/span> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n We understand the\u00a0following things from this text:<\/span> <\/p>\n So, Apostle Paul, made reference to how he and his word\u00a0were understood\u00a0by the world when he said:<\/span> <\/p>\n For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not come to know God, God was well-pleased through the foolishness of the message preached<\/strong> to save those who believe.<\/span><\/span> (1 Corinthians 1:21)(NASB)<\/span> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n What about you, what do you hold on esteem?<\/span> The wisdom of God or what the world calls wisdom?<\/span> In the beginning Corinthians\u00a0chose to run after worldly wisdom, the one that depends on the cleverness of\u00a0speech or manipulation and they\u00a0refused to\u00a0preach Christ crucified as He is presented in the Sacred Scripture.<\/span> <\/p>\n Let us\u00a0always choose to remain\u00a0in the wisdom of God, because\u00a0our Savior Jesus Christ became to us wisdom from God made and\u00a0righteousness, and sanctification and redemption, so that, just as it is written: \u201cLet him who\u00a0boasts, boast in\u00a0the Lord.\u201d<\/span> <\/p>\n Translated by Felicia Rotaru<\/em><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Question: How to understand \u201cthe foolishness of the message preached\u201d in 1 Corinthians 1:21? Preaching Christ\u2019s death on the cross is not\u00a0foolishness! Then how to understand this sentence? To understand why Apostle\u00a0Paul says so, we\u00a0need to\u00a0see how he uses the word \u201cfoolishness\u201d in the next part of chapter 1 of\u00a01 Epistle to the Corinthians: For […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[126],"tags":[7977,9847,11497,18950,20502,622,8050,9922,11885,19252,23307,942,8482,10056,11990,19273,23792,1101,8604,10083,12418,19354,2224,8639,10161,12438,19439,2911,8686,10248,14267,19596,4151,8834,10336,14649,19712,5595,8845,10372,14723,19722,6420,9005,10383,14824,19837,7795,9182,10399,15704,19880,7796,9268,10427,16438,19889,7797,9285,10619,16841,19966,7798,9648,10723,17560,19979,7859,9668,10757,18347,20159,7961,9683,10844,18568,20239,7962,9726,10848,18580,20364],"class_list":{"0":"post-81337","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-answer-from-the-bible","7":"tag-world","8":"tag-r","9":"tag-cor","10":"tag-i","11":"tag-will","12":"tag-oi","13":"tag-post","14":"tag-o","15":"tag-in-the-lord","16":"tag-wise","17":"tag-the-cross","18":"tag-ore","19":"tag-om","20":"tag-sc","21":"tag-saved","22":"tag-eve","23":"tag-preach-the-gospel","24":"tag-co","25":"tag-eli","26":"tag-ca","27":"tag-rom","28":"tag-sanctification","29":"tag-word","30":"tag-sin","31":"tag-apostle-paul","32":"tag-but","33":"tag-who","34":"tag-wor","35":"tag-sac","36":"tag-po","37":"tag-mai","38":"tag-si","39":"tag-st","40":"tag-te","41":"tag-apostle","42":"tag-ou","43":"tag-lie","44":"tag-set","45":"tag-p","46":"tag-pr","47":"tag-ue","48":"tag-scripture","49":"tag-ani","50":"tag-christ","51":"tag-power","52":"tag-ong","53":"tag-sea","54":"tag-gospel","55":"tag-t","56":"tag-death","57":"tag-la","58":"tag-cross","59":"tag-man","60":"tag-pl","61":"tag-l","62":"tag-flesh","63":"tag-jews","64":"tag-men","65":"tag-blo","66":"tag-le","67":"tag-cruci","68":"tag-1-corinthians","69":"tag-people","70":"tag-ion","71":"tag-b","72":"tag-believer","73":"tag-savior","74":"tag-god","75":"tag-ta","76":"tag-un","77":"tag-felicia-rotaru","78":"tag-greek","79":"tag-believe","80":"tag-do","81":"tag-the","82":"tag-cred","83":"tag-preaching","84":"tag-jesus-christ","85":"tag-j","86":"tag-corint","87":"tag-ny","88":"tag-gentiles","89":"entry"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n
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