God uses His wisdom to confound the wise, parables to test knowledge of our insight and discernment to differentiate between all the above. Here is an amazing scripture that discusses this:
“For 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.
For it is written:
“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise;
The intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.”
Where is the wise person?
Where is the teacher of the law?
Where is the philosopher of this age?”
Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?
For since in the wisdom of God the world
through its wisdom did not know him,
God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached
To save those who believe.
Jews demand signs and Greeks look for wisdom,
But we preach Christ crucified:
a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles,
but to those whom God has called,
both Jews and Greeks,
Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.
For the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom,
And the weakness of God is stronger
Than human strength.
Brothers and sisters,
Think of what you were when you were called.
Not many of you were wise by human standards;
Not many were influential;
Not many were of noble birth.
But God chose the foolish things of the world
To shame the wise;
God chose the weak things of the world
To shame the strong.
God chose the lowly things of this world
And the despised things—
And the things that are not—
To nullify the things that are,
So that no one may boast before him.
1 Corinthians 1: 18-29
This scripture points to exactly why some people miss out on the saving grace of the cross. To use human understanding to seek out an invisible God is, as the above scripture says, a stumbling block. Some folks can’t get through the natural barriers of earth-bound knowledge and move into the spiritual. Here is a pretty blunt scripture that states why that is:
“For you know that you were not redeemed
from your useless (spiritually unproductive) way of life
Inherited (by tradition) from your forefathers
With perishable things like silver and gold,
1 Peter 1:18
Family beliefs and traditions from our forefathers can be a stumbling block to finding the one true God. Indeed, the wisdom of this world says that Christianity is foolishness; scientists of this world say “prove it” and the philosophers of this world say it is nonsense. But for those who have been saved it is the Power and wisdom of God.
“But the natural (unbelieving) man
Does not accept the things
(the teachings and revelations)
(the teachings and revelations)
Of the Spirit of God,
For they are foolishness to him;
And he is incapable of understanding them
Because they are spiritually discerned.”
1 Corinthians 2:14
“Whoever is (spiritually) wise,
Let him understand these things;
Whoever is (spiritually) discerning and understanding,
Let him know them.
For the ways of the Lord are right,
and the righteous will walk in them,
But transgressors will stumble and fall in them.”
Hosea 14:9
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Til the End of Time
By: Cody Carnes
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