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Oct 15.99: Light For The Day - "Christ is God's Power and Wisdom."
"The fear of the LORD is the beginning of
wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One
is understanding."
-- Proverbs 9:10 (NIV)
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1Corinthians 1:18-31 (NCV)
18 "The teaching about the cross is foolishness
to those who are being lost, but to us who are
being saved it is the power of God. It is written
in the Scriptures:
"I will cause the wise men to lose their wisdom;
I will make the wise men unable to understand."
(Isaiah 29:14)
20 Where is the wise person?
Where is the educated person?
Where is the skilled talker of this world?
God has made the wisdom of the world foolishness.
In the wisdom of God the world did not know God
through its own wisdom.
So God chose to use the message that sounds
foolish to save those who believe.
22 The jews ask for miracles, and the Greeks want
wisdom. But we preach a crucified Christ. This is
a big problem to the Jews, and it is foolishness to
those who are not Jews.
But Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of
God to those people God has called
-- Jews and Creeks.
25 Even the foolishness of God is wiser than human
wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than
human strength.
26 Brothers and sisters, look at what you were when
God called you. Not many of you were wise in
the way the world judges wisdom. Not many of you
had great influence. Not many of you came from
important families.
27 But God chose the foolish things of the world
to shame the wise, and he chose the weak things
of the world to shame the strong.
He chose what the world think is unimportant and
what the world look down on and thinks is nothing
in order to destroy what the world thinks is important.
29 God did this so that no one can boast in his
presence. Because of God you are in Christ Jesus,
who has become for us wisdom from God.
In Christ we are put right with God, and have been
made holy, and have been set free from sin.
So, as the Scripture says, "If someone wants to
boast, he should boast only about the Lord."
-- 1Corinthians 1:18-31 (NCV)
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"God's Wisdom"
"However, I speak a wisdom to those who are
mature. But this wisdom is not from this world
or from the rulers of this world, who are losing
their power. I speak God' secret wisdom,
which he has kept hidden. Before the world
began, God planned this wisdom for our glory.
8 None ot the rulers of this world understood it.
If they had, they would not have crucified the
Lord of glory. But as it is written in the Scriptures:
"No one has ever seen this, and no one has ever
heard about it. No one has ever imagined what
God has prepared for those who love him." (Isa 64:4)
10 But God has shown us these things through
the Spirit. The Spirit searches out all things,
even the deep secrets of God."
-- 1Corithians 2:6-10 (NCV)
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