Paradox of the Cross.
The message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God…. it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the learning of the learned I will set aside. Has not God made the wisdom of the world foolish?
Since in the wisdom of God the world did not come to know God through wisdom, it was the will of God through the foolishness of the proclamation to save those who have faith.
For the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than human strength.
God chose the foolish of the world to shame the wise, and God chose the weak of the world to shame the strong,
God chose the lowly and despised of the world, those who count for nothing, to reduce to nothing those who are something, so that no human being might boast* before God. “Whoever boasts, should boast in the Lord.”
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To the world suffering is a bad thing. It is foolish to embrace the cross yet Jesus Son of God gave his life for love of us to save us to open heaven doors. If not the cross what is our path to salvation?
God chose the weak like me to reach out to others to proclaim the Gospel. If not me who then in this world with the Spirit as our guide will draw people to Christ?
What of myself am I ro boast? I am only to boast in the Lord, He has given me everything, my understanding, my liberty, and my entire will, Lord I return it all to you, Thy love and grace is sufficient for me.