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“God has been pleased by the foolishness of the preaching to save those that believe” (1 Corinthians 1:21 JND).
“The foolishness of God is wiser than men” (1 Corinthians 1:25).
Our first verse today does not mean that the act of preaching seems like foolishness to this world, but rather that the message being preached seems like foolishness to the natural man. The whole idea of salvation through someone who died on a cross seems like foolishness to him. But God uses what man calls foolishness to save those that believe, for as we saw yesterday, God has only one way to be saved. Our second verse reminds us that the foolishness of God (as man sees it) is wiser than men. All man’s wisdom will come to nothing, but God’s way of salvation saves us for all eternity.
We need to remember all this when we speak to unbelievers about Christ. Unless God works in them by His Spirit, they will laugh at the message, and think it is foolishness. Even if they are too polite to laugh, they will not want it. The natural man does not want salvation through One who was crucified, yet it is God’s way. Even if someone laughs at the gospel message, we can pray that the Lord will work in their heart, so that they will receive it later.
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