1 Cor 1: 26-31

26 For you see your calling, brethren, that not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called. 27 But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to put to shame the things which are mighty; 28 and the base things of the world and the things which are despised God has chosen, and the things which are not, to bring to nothing the things that are, 29 that no flesh should glory in His presence. 30 But of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God-and righteousness and sanctification and redemption- 31 that, as it is written, "He who glories, let him glory in the LORD."

In the first couple of words in this passage we see words that explain really the point that Paul is trying to make.
Have you ever wondered what exactly the point is to some Passages? I think for the most part we read right over passages and miss the whole point!!! I think we rip ourselves off by not camping out in a text and really figuring out what is really being said.
For example, the first four words in this text say:
"For you see your calling"
What exactly does this mean? Paul goes on to describe characteristics of people who God Calls, or I should say, that come in to a relationship with Jesus Christ.
What was your condition when you finally submitted your life to God?
Was it out of your greatness that you came to the Lord?
26 For you see your calling, brethren, that not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called.
For many of us we came at the lowest part of our lives when we were truly broken. As a matter in fact we probably would have never came to the Lord if it weren't for our brokenness.
The Corinthian Church was puffed up with pride, thinking that they were "all that." But in fact were a mess!!!
When one of my son's was young he had an octagon shaped toy made by Playschool, that had holes all around it with different shapes. Some were circles, some were square and some were triangles. The goal was to fit the right shapes in to the right holes. Well one morning I was observing my son trying to fit the circle shape into the triangle hole. So I gently came down to him and tried to help him. He looked at me and said, "I WILL DO IT MYSELF"!!!!!!!!!! My immediate reaction was, whooah!
So I stepped back from what appeared to be my demon possessed son and just watched.
He continued to get more and more frustrated, until he just screamed in tears and called for me to pick him up! It was at that point that I could help him and ONLY at that time.

That is exactly what Paul is saying here.
Paul says, you remember the condition you were in when you received the Lord!!!!!
"For you see your calling"
You weren't "all that"!!!! And now you are?????????? See pride had crept in and had created a great deal of problems with divisions!!
The overall message for us in this passage is.
"THE WAY WE CAME WE MUST REMAIN"
Do you remember the condition you were in when you came to the Lord? How incapable we were to run our own lives apart from the creator of the world!!! How utterly broken and dependent we were on Him to bring us out of Hell into His glorious light!!
How we came with empty hands!!! How we were at a point of being teachable before the Lord and broken!!!
"THE WAY WE CAME WE MUST REMAIN"
We must realize our utter dependence on Him daily and live our lives before Him everyday the way we came to Him.
And He will be able to do wonderful things beyond what we could ever imagine!!!!

 30 But of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God-and righteousness and sanctification and redemption- 31 that, as it is written, "He who glories, let him glory in the LORD."

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