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1 Cor 4:1-6
1 Let a man so consider us, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God. 2 Moreover it is required in stewards that one be found faithful. 3 But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you or by a human court. In fact, I do not even judge myself. 4 For I know of nothing against myself, yet I am not justified by this; but He who judges me is the Lord. 5 Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness and reveal the counsels of the hearts. Then each one's praise will come from God.
6 Now these things, brethren, I have figuratively transferred to myself and Apollos for your sakes, that you may learn in us not to think beyond what is written, that none of you may be puffed up on behalf of one against the other.
So Many people take this passage the wrong way.....There is a unhealthy mentality in the Church, that says, we cannot Judge!!!!! This passage at first glance would {maybe} support this Idea. But are we really not to Judge anything?
Actually this passage answers what we can and can't Judge!!! Contextually,this passage speaks in regards to the Church Leaders, but I will say that this does apply to us all.
Look at verse 1
1 Let a man so consider us, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.
First, Who is us?
Well, I will say that he is referring to the Leaders, using himself as an example.
Verse 6 Supports this.
6 Now these things, brethren, I have figuratively transferred to myself and Apollos for your sakes.
Secondly the "us" in verse 1 further explains that they are:servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God. Verse 2 says:2 Moreover it is required in stewards that one be found faithful.
Question:
How are you able to determine whether someone be found faithful?
By Judging of course!!!!! Do you know any other way?
More specifically what are we to Judge according to this Passage?Whether one be found faithful with the mysteries of God!!!!!!!!
Do you see?....this passage helps us to determine what we can Judge.
We should be judging what comes out of our leaders mouths {and everyone really} to see if they are being faithful with the Mysteries of God!!!!!! Another words, Judging if they are being faithful with Gods Word!!!!!!!!
While this passage helps to understand what we can Judge, it also tells us what we can't Judge in verse 5
5 Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness and reveal the counsels of the hearts. Then each one's praise will come from God. We can't judge peoples hearts whether good or bad!!!!!!! Whatever you do don't get these 2 judging distinctions confused! Many have and are being lead astray because they think they can't Judge at ALL.THAT IS JUST PLAIN DANGEROUS!!!!!!!!!! <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} p {margin-right:0in; mso-margin-top-alt:auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:0in; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> At a recent gathering of seminary professors, one teacher reported that at his school the most damaging charge one student can lodge against another is that the person is being "judgmental." He found this pattern very upsetting. "You can't get a good argument going in class anymore," he said. "As soon as somebody takes a stand on any important issue, someone else says that the person is being judgmental. And that's it. End of discussion. Everyone is intimidated!" Many of the other professors nodded knowingly. There seemed to be a consensus that the fear of being judgmental has taken on epidemic proportions. Is the call for civility just another way of spreading this epidemic? If so, then I'm against civility. But I really don't think that this is what being civil is all about. Christian civility does not commit us to a relativistic perspective. Being civil doesn't mean that we cannot criticize what goes on around us. Civility doesn't require us to approve of what other people believe and do. It is one thing to insist that other people have the right to express their basic convictions; it is another thing to say that they are right in doing so. Civility requires us to live by the first of these principles. But it does not commit us to the second formula. To say that all beliefs and values deserve to be treated as if they were on a par is to endorse relativism -- a perspective that is incompatible with Christian faith and practice. Christian civility does not mean refusing to make judgments about what is good and true. For one thing, it really isn't possible to be completely nonjudgmental. Even telling someone else that she is being judgmental is a rather judgmental thing to do! I fear the Church has fallen into the Clutches of relativistic thinking and have stopped thinking period.
We are to Judge!!!!!!!!!!
Are they faithful with the Mysteries of God!!!!!!The Word of God is the final authority!!!!!!!!!!!PERIOD
1 Let a man so consider us, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God. 2 Moreover it is required in stewards that one be found faithful.
18 Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you seems to be wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise. 19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, "He catches the wise in their own craftiness";[a] 20 and again, "The LORD knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are futile."[b] 21 Therefore let no one boast in men. For all things are yours: 22 whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas, or the world or life or death, or things present or things to come-all are yours. 23 And you are Christ's, and Christ is God's.
Let no one deceive himself?
Isn't that an interesting statement?
We can decieve ourselves!
When Paul say's Let no one deceive himself and If anyone among you seems to be wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise.......He gives us a clue of what the heart of the issue is!!!!{no pun intended} Our Hearts can decieve us into believing we are really something and that we have all the answers.
Pride will tell us that we have something that NO ONE else has......hence we get puffed up.
Pride will tell you that you have the inside track to God!!!
One of the more deceptive ways that I have seen this is under the umbrella of people's so called close relationship with God.
More and more I am seeing the Bible taking a back seat to peoples feelings or emotions in what "THE SPIRIT" is telling them.
How many times have you heard someone say "I just want this group to be open to the Spirit's leading?
Now I always want to be open to the Spirits leading.......if it is in fact the Spirits leading.
But it always concerns me when we start replacing the teaching of God's word with our feelings of what the Spirit is leading us to do.
It comes like this:
Well I don't want to have a Bible teaching time, because I don't want to be locked in to a concrete format!!!!!!
OF TEACHING GOD'S WORD?
So rather than lock ourselves into something that will change our lives GAR-O-NTEED!
I want to depend on MY Keen insight into what the Spirit is telling ME for the people who are attending the Study.
Hence the Word of God is no longer the center of our get together........Peoples special "feelings" or "relationships" replace it with a "Support Group" where the supposed Spirit can move!
Apart from His Word!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Suttle and deceptive isn't it?
This is just one example of how we can decieve ourselves into believing that our relationship with God is "special" and those who would want to keep the focus on Gods Word aren't following the leading of the Spirit.
Yet 1 Tim 4:16 says:
16 Take heed to yourself and to the doctrine. Continue in them, for in doing this you will save both yourself and those who hear you.Where do the Scriptures say continue in a "Spirit filled"or "Christ centered" Support Group so that God can change Peoples lives?
Paul Reminds us in this passage that pride can lead us to follow man's wisdom!!!{if not someone elses.....our own....yikes}
Paul reminds us that we all have a common relationship with Christ and while we are all different parts of His body, no one is more special than the others!!! Including ourselves!
We are all part of one body and we should not exalt ourselves or others at the expence of Christ and the rest of His Body!!!!!
After all:
21 Therefore let no one boast in men. For all things are yours: 22 whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas, or the world or life or death, or things present or things to come-all are yours. 23 And you are Christ's, and Christ is God's.
We all belong to one another............The things that are so magnificent about you.....IS MY PROPERTY and I AM YOURS.
But anything that is worth anything in me was given to me by Him.
To Him be the Glory
The early American Indians had a unique practice of training young braves. On the night of a boy's thirteenth birthday, after learning hunting, scouting, and fishing skills, he was put to one final test. He was placed in a dense forest to spend the entire night alone. Until then, he had never been away from the security of the family and the tribe. But on this night, he was blindfolded and taken several miles away. When he took off the blindfold, he was in the middle of a thick woods and he was terrified! Every time a twig snapped, he visualized a wild animal ready to pounce. After what seemed like an eternity, dawn broke and the first rays of sunlight entered the interior of the forest. Looking around, the boy saw flowers, trees, and the outline of the path. Then, to his utter astonishment, he beheld the figure of a man standing just a few feet away, armed with a bow and arrow. It was his father. He had been there all night long. Did you know that, this is the kind of concern our Father in heaven has for you? Below in 1 Cor 3:5-17 I want you to notice something very Important!!!! Pay special attention to the underlined Parts 5 Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers through whom you believed, as the Lord gave to each one? 6 I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase. 7 So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase. 8 Now he who plants and he who waters are one, and each one will receive his own reward according to his own labor.
9 For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, you are God’s building. 10 According to the grace of God which was given to me, as a wise master builder I have laid the foundation, and another builds on it. But let each one take heed how he builds on it. 11 For no other foundation can anyone lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. 12 Now if anyone builds on this foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw, 13 each one’s work will become clear; for the Day will declare it, because it will be revealed by fire; and the fire will test each one’s work, of what sort it is. 14 If anyone’s work which he has built on it endures, he will receive a reward. 15 If anyone’s work is burned, he will suffer loss; but he himself will be saved, yet so as through fire.
16 Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? 17 If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him. For the temple of God is holy, which temple you are. As you know the Corinthians were putting to much emphasis on Individual leaders in the Church. We also have a tendency to do the same thing, so God in this text gives a stern warning to the Leaders about what He cares about. His People!!!!!! Look at this: 9 you are God’s field, you are God’s building.
10 let each one take heed how he builds on it.
And
17 If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him. Do you get the brevity of what God is saying here? The foundation is laid...Jesus Christ... The warning is for the leaders {and all of us really, but especially the leaders} to be careful with the words that come out of our mouth that is building on that foundation. Why? Because His people...His Building is precious to Him!!!! He wants us to be built up in Christ, not men!!!!!!! How important it is to be careful with God’s Word!!!!! How Important is it that you are trained to study God’s word? How important is it that you don’t put words into Gods mouth that he never intended? Do you have rules of interpretation in place to protect yourself from leading people astray? Do you use those Rules? God’s word is very clear...He cares for his people!!!!!!! Like the father watching over his son...God is keeping watch over His Building and is very protective of it!!!!! Why? Because He Loves us!!!!!!! Do you have that kind of Love for His Building? 11 For no other foundation can anyone lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. 12 Now if anyone builds on this foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw, 13 each one’s work will become clear; for the Day will declare it, because it will be revealed by fire; and the fire will test each one’s work, of what sort it is.
Recently a friend of mine who is an Elder of a Church shared with me one of the most heart wrenching E-mails I had ever seen. There was an individual in their Church that held to a different view than the Church’s position and removed him from a leadership role within the Church because he believed differently about Eschatology. Here is the E-mail!!! {all the names of people and names of Churches have been changed} This is a real letter!!!!! By the way Dave I hope I didn’t leave you with the impression that I still had a grudge against pastor John and Magnolia Church. Were actually on good terms. I just ran into him and talked to him last week and things are very cordial between us. We’ve had a couple of private discussions, where we talked these things over and we simply disagree on the appropriate place to draw the line on debatable theological issues. As you know Magnolia Church is vehemently dispensational and I’m not. Pastor John has also expressed to me that he is very passionate and certain about the issue and feels that it is worth parting company over. I felt that since it is legally his Church. I’m the one that needed to leave if I was going to provoke suspicion among the leadership. That’s not healthy for us, or the Church. The only sad part for us was the depth of relationships that had to be left behind because almost our whole Christian community was tied up in that Church. It’s really taught me a lesson in diversifying and expanding our community base. Now we have relationships with folks at Lilly of the valley and many other outlets and wouldn’t have it any other way. My question for all who read this is, which of these individuals is displaying Christian Maturity? Sadly it was the Pastor who said: Pastor John has also expressed to me that he is very passionate about and certain about the issue and feels that it is worth parting company over. Please read 1 Cor 3: 1-4
1 And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual people but as to carnal, as to babes in Christ. 2 I fed you with milk and not with solid food; for until now you were not able to receive it, and even now you are still not able; 3 for you are still carnal. For where there are envy, strife, and divisions among you, are you not carnal and behaving like mere men? 4 For when one says, “I am of Paul,” and another, “I am of Apollos,” are you not carnal? In this text Paul gives one of the earmarks of immaturity. 3 for you are still carnal. For where there are envy, strife, and divisions among you, are you not carnal and behaving like mere men. Isn’t that E-mail sad? What are the implications that I am bringing home to you today? The Person that was displaying immature characteristics was the Pastor of the Church!!!!! The one man in the whole Church that is supposed to be Mature!!! What does that say about the condition of the rest of the Church? Sadly I believe 95% of our brothers and sisters in Christ are running around on a diet of milk rather than meat.....another words the majority of the Christian Church are babies including our Pastors. It is no wonder that we have divisions among us. Press on to maturity!!!!!!! ! Dig in to His word!!!! Learn how to study to show thy self approved! 1 And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual people but as to carnal, as to babes in Christ. 2 I fed you with milk and not with solid food; for until now you were not able to receive it, and even now you are still not able
13 These things we also speak, not in words which man’s wisdom teaches but which the Holy[d] Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual. 14 But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. 15 But he who is spiritual judges all things, yet he himself is rightly judged by no one. 16 For “who has known the mind of the LORD that he may instruct Him?”[e] But we have the mind of Christ. The first question we have to ask is, what are “these things” at the beginning of verse 13? Well we have to go back to verses 6-8 of this same chapter. 6 However, we speak wisdom among those who are mature, yet not the wisdom of this age, nor of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing. 7 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, the hidden wisdom which God ordained before the ages for our glory, 8 which none of the rulers of this age knew; for had they known, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. “These things” are the “wisdom of God in a mystery, the hidden wisdom which God ordained before the ages for our glory. One of the things that is easily missed is the connection between verses7-8 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, the hidden wisdom which God ordained before the ages for our glory, 8 which none of the rulers of this age knew; for had they known, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. And verse 14 14 But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. Do you see it? See this whole unit belongs together! Those who crucified Christ were spiritually discerned and actually killed the Lord of Glory. The natural man cannot understand the things of God. I will also add that those of us who are immature and leaning on our own wisdom can also do damage to what God is doing with His spirit in the Church. Were not the Corinthians acting like mere men? Leaning on their own understanding? We usually apply this text only to nonbelievers since that really is what it is talking about. But could we be making the same kind of mistakes as the spiritually discerned of the world who crucified Christ? I think the answer is obvious. I think this is really what Paul is driving home. See the Corinthian's were acting like “natural men” those who had not received the Spirit!! So Paul reminds them {us} that we have the “mind of Christ.” The Corinthian Church had become so divided that they were slicing and dicing the body of Christ. {Each other} Lets not do the same!!! With out the Spirit of God we cannot know the “wisdom of God in a mystery, the hidden wisdom which God ordained before the ages for our glory.” 16 For “who has known the mind of the LORD that he may instruct Him?”[e] But we have the mind of Christ.
1 Cor 2:6-12
6 ¶ Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought:
7 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:
8 which none of the rulers of this age knew; for had they known, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
10 But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.
11 For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.
12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.
In veses 7-9 we see God was thinking of us Before the Foundation of the world!!!
God was thinking of us!!!!!!!
Kinda like a husband who is thinking of his wife and plans out after work, that he is going to pick up some flowers!!!!
He prepared something.....he was thinking before hand and executed his plan......But first he was thinking of her.....God thinks of us and thought of us!!! He prepared for us to be given His wisdom......and that is better than flowers!!!
In verses 10-12
We see how and where His wisdom comes from.
I will use my wife to illistrate this.
No one really knows my wifeexcept Priscilla......{and God of course}Those inner things of my wife....the dark secrets.....the longings and desires of her heart......the Joys.....the dreams etc.....are only really known by her.
Paul uses a human illustration to make a point.
11 For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.
Just as no one knows the inner deep thoughts of my wife........so is the same with God except the Spirit of God........This is where it gets cool!!!!!!
God Has given us His innermost part.......Huh?......Yep!!!!!......God has given us His Spirit!
He has given us His widom through His spirit!!!!!
12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God
How cool is that!!!!!
1 Cor 2:1-5
1 And I, brethren, when I came to you, did not come with excellence of speech or of wisdom declaring to you the testimony[a] of God. 2 For I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified. 3 I was with you in weakness, in fear, and in much trembling. 4 And my speech and my preaching were not with persuasive words of human[b] wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, 5 that your faith should not be in the wisdom of men but in the power of God.
There is a verse in the midst of these verses that we are all familiar with, that often is taught a particular way. It is:
2 For I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.
When this passage is taught, teachers often camp out on this verse and espouse that, all we need to know is Jesus Christ and Him crucified!!!!!!
Is that really all we need to know?
While that truth is very important to know, is that really what Paul is saying?
The answer is no!!!!!
The previous verses were in regards to the Corinthian's conversion and how it wasn't because of their greatness that they were saved. Their conversion had nothing to do with man's wisdom or power, but Gods power through the person Of Jesus Christ.
This is continuation of that thought. The Corinthian's had an unhealthy view of their leaders and just to make sure they weren't doing the same with Paul he wrote:
1 And I, brethren, when I came to you, did not come with excellence of speech or of wisdom declaring to you the testimony[a] of God.
And verse 3,4&5
3 I was with you in weakness, in fear, and in much trembling. 4 And my speech and my preaching were not with persuasive words of human[b] wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, 5 that your faith should not be in the wisdom of men but in the power of God.
See Paul is saying that all Glory should go to Jesus Christ and that all he did was preach the Gospel to them!!!! It wasn't by his great oratory skills or his great wisdom that they were saved but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power!!!!!!v4.
We come to Christ through the Gospel of Christ!!!!!!!
The Gospel is the power of God! As Rom 1:16-17 declares.
The Gospel is the starting point of our relationship with Christ. God's desire is for people to grow in Christ and to move on to maturity.
Don't let anybody tell you that all you need to know is Christ and Him crucified!! That is not all God wants you to know!!!!! In verse 6 Paul says:
1 Cor 1:6
6 However, we speak wisdom among those who are mature, yet not the wisdom of this age, nor of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing. Friends, there is much more to come!!!!! The more mature you are, the more you will be like Christ!!!!! The more like Christ you are, the more fruit will be produced for His Glory!!!!!!
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."
1Cor 1:18-25 18 For the message 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 bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent."[a]
20 Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? 21 For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through wisdom did not know God, it pleased God through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe. 22 For Jews request a sign, and Greeks seek after wisdom; 23[b] foolishness, 24 but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. 25 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men. but we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews a stumbling block and to the Greeks What is the only thing that really matters in life? I would suggest that knowing God would be at the top of the list!!!
Within this text we are told how to know God.!! Getting to know the creator of the universe is not something that we can do with our own intellect or wisdom. It is fascinating to witness the extremes that people will go to, to try and understand who God is. Yet the word tells us that: it pleased God through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe. 1 Cor 1:21b
The answer to who God is! Is through the message of the Cross!!!!!! Look at this verse: 1 Cor 1:21 21 For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through wisdom did not know God, it pleased God through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe.
There is only one true God and only one way to know Him!!
My son when he was about 5 years old had a friend that would visit our house named pinch. One day as they were playing in his room I asked them if they would like some pudding as a snack. They said sure! So they sat at the table and I brought them both chocolate pudding. When Pinch saw the chocolate pudding he said, Ewwww I really don't like chocolate pudding! Do you have anything else? I said, sure how is vanilla? He said, that is great, so everyone was happy and they ate their pudding. After they were done Pinch's mom knocked on the door and took pinch home and my son went back into his room and started playing. Well about a half an hour later I heard him talking to someone in his room. So I went in and asked who are you talking to? He said, Oh I'm talking to Pinch!!! I said, but Pinch left about a half an hour ago!!! He shrugged his shoulders and said, I know but I'm still talking to him. So I asked well, what are you guys doing? He said we are eating chocolate pudding!!!!!
I said, but Pinch doesn't like chocolate pudding!!!! He said something I will never forget!!!! He said, well MY Pinch does like chocolate pudding!!!
See what he actually did was, make up a Pinch to his own liking!! The real Pinch did not like chocolate pudding But his imaginary Pinch did.
Isn't that what is happening today? Men in their own wisdom, trying to attain a knowledge of who God is, through the figments of their own Imagination! All the while ignoring the God who truly does exist!
There is only one true Pinch and he does not like Chocolate pudding and there is only one true God, which can only be known through the Cross of Christ.
And He may or may not like Chocolate pudding!!!! Through the cross of Christ we can find out what the ONE and ONLY true God thinks of all life's tough Questions.
But we have to go to the God that truly exists not the god who is the figment of our imagination. 18 For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
Know God and make Him known through the cross of Christ
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