Christ is the wisdom and power of God

Christ is the Wisdom and Power of God – 1 Cor 1:18-19.

Vs 18 – Paul begins to now expound on the theme of Christ being the wisdom and power of God.  The gospel and the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing.  They do not even know they are perishing.  The god of this world has blinded them.  Paul saw this in his last city of Athens.  He was literally laughed off Mars Hill.  To those who are being saved it is the power of God unto salvation.  The Holy Spirit has to open your mind and you have to let Him open your mind.

Vs 19 – Paul then quotes and ancient Hebrew proverb, “The Lord will destroy the wisdom of the so called wise and the intelligent of the intelligent He will frustrate.  In simple terms God looks at the wisdom and intelligence of man as something to be frustrated and destroyed.  Wisdom in this world points to man and not God.  Man is not the measure of all things.  John the Baptist put it simply, clearly and precisely.  I must decrease and He must increase.  Let that be your theme for today and in life in general.