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
Read: 1st Corinthians 1:18-25, (KJV)
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 Devotional, written by Pastor E.A Adeboye
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