The Wisdom of God

"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. 19For it is written, "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the discernment of the discerning I will thwart."

20Where 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? 21For 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. 22For Jews demand signs and Greeks seek wisdom, 23but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles, 24but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. 25For the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men. "

1 Cor 1:18-25

This passage of Scripture always comforts my soul. If there ever was a group of verses that stressed the need not to "win a theological argument" with non-Christians, it is this one. The Gospel of Christ is a stumbling block to Jews - they stumble because they cannot accept what Christ has done for us. The gosple of Christ is also "foolishness" to Gentiles. Those who do not believe in Christ think that his claims are indeed, foolish. How can God come to earth and die for mankind? Well, he has and we can confidently rejoice in this Truth, the Gospel is the "wisdom of God."