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The Foolishness of God
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Mike Mazzalongo
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Jews-Well Trained In Moral/Religious
Life
Greeks- Trained In Greek
Philosophy/Immoral Lifestyle
1st Corinthians 1:10
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Now I exhort you, brethren, by the
name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you
all agree and that there be no divisions
among you, but that you be made
complete in the same mind and in the
same judgment.
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Trained Orators & Debaters were
a social phenomena of the times.
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By relying on the power of
persuasion and debate to convince
men to believe they took away the
power of the cross of Christ to draw
men to faith.
3 Reasons Why God’s Way Seems Foolish
1. The Message Itself is
Foolish
1Cor. 1:18-25
1st Corinthians 1:18-19
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For the word of the cross is foolishness to
those who are perishing, but to us who are
being saved it is the power of God.
19 For it is written,
“I WILL DESTROY THE
WISDOM OF THE WISE, AND THE
CLEVERNESS OF THE CLEVER I WILL SET
ASIDE.”
1st Corinthians 1:20
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Where is the wise man? Where
is the scribe? Where is the debater
of this age? Has not God made
foolish the wisdom of the world?
1st Corinthians 1:21
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For since in the wisdom of God the
world through its wisdom did not come
to know God, God was well-pleased
through the foolishness of the message
preached to save those who believe.
1st Corinthians 1:22-24
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For indeed Jews ask for signs and Greeks
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search for wisdom; but we preach Christ
crucified, to Jews a stumbling block and to
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Gentiles foolishness, but to those who are
the called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the
power of God and the wisdom of God.
1st Corinthians 1:25
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Because the foolishness of God is
wiser than men, and the weakness of
God is stronger than men.
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• Faith Before Insight
• Belief Precedes Understanding
• Obedience First Rewards Second
3 Reasons Why God’s Way Seems Foolish
1. The Message Was Foolish
2. The Messengers Were Foolish
1Cor. 1:26-29
1st Corinthians 1:26-27
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For consider your calling, brethren, that there
were not many wise according to the flesh, not
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many mighty, not many noble; but God has
chosen the foolish things of the world to shame
the wise, and God has chosen the weak things
of the world to shame the things which are
strong,
1st Corinthians 1:28-29
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and the base things of the world and
the despised God has chosen, the
things that are not, so that He may
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nullify the things that are, so that no
man may boast before God.
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World Changers Use…
- Power
- Intelligence
- “Religion”
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Messengers
Foolish
Results
Powerful
3 Reasons Why God’s Way Seems Foolish
1. Message
2. Messenger
3.The Method was Foolish
1Cor. 1:30-31
1st Corinthians 1:30-31
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But by His doing you are in Christ Jesus,
who became to us wisdom from God, and
righteousness and sanctification, and
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redemption, so that, just as it is written,
“LET HIM WHO BOASTS, BOAST IN THE
LORD.”
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Dr. Spock
Playboy
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The “Method” doesn’t
appeal to man’s reason or
feelings.
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What we need to be saved is
given “freely” to us because of our
association with Christ through
faith.
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We are “foolish” because…
Our message requires belief in
what is unseen.
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We are “foolish” because…
Our Messengers are without
influence, power or prestige.
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We are “foolish” because…
Our method requires total
dependence on another.
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For those who believe…
-The unseen becomes real
-The method removes fear
-The hearers become messengers
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Are You Foolish?