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? 21 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.
UFO’s are the buzz right now. Again. If they exist and come to earth, the stock line they would say is, “Take me to your leader.” There are plenty of leaders. If they said, “Take me to your wise.”, they would have a tough go at it. Paul even seems to ask the rhetorical question, “Where is the one who is wise?” There was a philosopher named Thrasymachus of Corinth but he had been dead for 400 years. The Roman world had its idea of what wisdom was and it was worldly. Paul was talking about the wisdom of God which made no sense to the Roman Empire. It made perfect sense to those whose eyes and ears were opened to the gospel.
Come to Cape Community Church tomorrow to learn what Paul says about wisdom and folly. The world today has an idea of where to find wisdom but our universities seem to have died 400 years ago when it comes to wisdom. Come and see where to find the one who is truly wise. I think you will see them all around you in the “folly” that is the truth of Scripture.
Dear Lord, thank you for revealing this to foolish people like us. Help us to believe your wisdom and speak it in the marketplace. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
Pastor Brad Boyer
Cape Community Church