THE FOOLISHNESS OF GOD
Memorise: Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the
weakness of God is stronger than men. 1st Corinthians 1:25
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 stumbling
block, 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 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the
weakness of God is stronger than men.
Bible in one year: 1st John 1-4, Psalms 30
MESSAGE
Foolishness is commonly
interpreted as the lack of a good sense of judgement. It has a range of
synonyms that include folly, imprudence, stupidity, laziness, and perverse in
speech. In addition, it is frequently contrasted with wisdom, such that the
fool is contrasted with the wise, and a fool is everything a wise person is
not. The Bible presents wisdom as a divine gift from God, while foolishness
characterises anyone that does not believe in God (Psalm 14:1). Consequent upon the
above, it is unthinkable that foolishness will be tied to God for any reason.
However, the Bible in 1st Corinthians 1:25 says,
Open Heavens 7 August 2016: – the
foolishness of God
“Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and
the weakness of God is stronger than men.”
The Holy Spirit responded to the
early Church with the above statement, as they tried to berate the message of
the Gospel with the wrong assumption that the wisdom of the world is superior
to the wisdom of God. The Word of God clearly states that what the people
termed to be foolishness is much wiser than the wisdom of the world. The people
of the world cannot relate with the wisdom of God because it is meaningless to
them, they cannot understand the wisdom behind the principles and commandments
of God. The thought of salvation from sin, the process of redemption, the mystery
of the Holy Communion, water and the Holy Spirit baptism, speaking in tongues,
and the power of fasting and prayer, are all like closed books to the people of
the world. It is beyond their comprehension, they cannot simply relate with the
wisdom behind spiritual matters. 1st Corinthians 3:19 says:
“For the wisdom of this world of foolishness with God.
For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.”
The Bible in 1st Corinthians 2:14
further says;
“But the natural man receiveth not the things of the
Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them,
because they are spiritually discerned.”
(7 August
2016 open heavens)
It takes a spiritual person to
understand spiritual things. The inability of the world to comprehend the
things of God is deliberate as God has chosen the foolish things of the world
to confound the wise. A person must first be born again, after which Kingdom
matters become plain without any need for explanation. Indeed, the foolishness
of God is wiser than men. Are you a bona fide member of the Kingdom? Are you
born again?
Prayer Point:
Father please fill me with a heavenly wisdom that the world cannot
comprehend.
Open Heavens Daily Devotional, written by Pastor E.A
Adeboye
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