God chose the weak things to exalt His power

God chose the weak things to exalt His power

I. The Gospel is foolishness for the unbelievers (vv.18-23).

1 Corinthians 1:18–23 (ESV)

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. For it is written,

“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,

and the discernment of the discerning I will thwart.”

Where 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? For 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. For Jews demand signs and Greeks seek wisdom, but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles,

II. The Gospel is the wisdom of God for the Believers (vv.24-31).

Application:

1. By rejecting the gospel, it shows that God confronts the wickedness of men.

2. The gospel that is rejected by the unbelievers that appears to them foolishness is the same gospel that saves the believers.

3. God did come to help the good people to come to Him, but He came to save the hopeless, desperate, and sinful men to exalt His name.