Christ the Wisdom and Power of God

Paul wrote to all those who call on the name of the Lord Jesus Christ; exhorting and reminding them of God's grace through Jesus Christ. Paul expounded on the life style for the local church at Corinth. He speaks against divisions and uses Israel as a warning example.

The concerns that Paul had for the followers of Christ are real concerns in our Christian society today. We have firm believers of the Word of God, and not so firm believers. We have those who deligently follow Christ daily, and those who follow afar off. We have believers who testify of the goodness of God regardless to the outcome of choices they made, and those who blame God for results of their own bad choices. We have those believers who spend timeless hours trying to discredit the knowledge of God and replace it with philosophy of men.

Paul reminded the followers of Chirst how the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to those who are being saved this message is the power of God. For it is written: "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate."

Christ is the power and wisdom of God. The foolishness of God is wiser than man's wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than man's strength. God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; the weak things of the world to shame the strong. Paul wrote, " our forefathers were all under the cloud and that they all passed through the sea. They were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea. They all ate the same spiritual food and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ. Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them; their bodies were scattered over the desert. Now these things occurred as examples to keep us from setting our hearts on evil things as they did." Paul admonished them; "do not be idolaters, as some of them were;" as it is written: "The people sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in pagan revelry." He wrote that we should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did----and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died. We should not test the Lord, as some of them did----and were killed by snakes. And do not grumble, as some of them did----and were killed by the destroying angel.

These things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the fulfillment of the ages has come. So, if you think you're standing firm, be careful that you don't fall!

No temptation has seized you except what is common to man: And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it.

SUPPORTING SCRIPTURES: I Corinthinans 1:18; 10:1-13

His eye our secret thoughts behold,
His mercies all our lives enfold,
He knows our purposes untold,
You cannot hide from God! __Ackley

Standing Firm

Jesus loves us
this we know,
He gave His life
to show us so,
He kept His word
to set us free,
came out of the tomb
so we could see,
He's the only Savior
who lives today,
whom we can reach
when we choose to pray;
More than a cloud
of false accusation,
can weaken our faith
and dedication,
We'll live, honor, trust
and obey,
For we know He's coming back
one day,
We're looking up for His return,
Worshiping, praising and standing firm.
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Read: II Thessalonians, Chapter 2
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