The Foolish Things
Why Do We Believe God is In The Flashy Thing?
" But God hath chosen
the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath
chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are
mighty;
And
base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God
chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that
are:
That no flesh should glory in his presence."----1 Cor. 1:27-29
God has used the foolish things to confound the wise.
He has used the weak things to confound the things which are
mighty
He has chosen the base things and despised things.
That is who and what he has chosen.
To understand this you must know God's purpose in this.
He seeks to save people. He seeks a relationship with them, and to grow them. He seeks to restore that which was lost. (Matt. 18:10-14, 2 Peter 3:9, )
He has set up a method for that. The method is grace through faith. Free grace for all who believe His Word and turn to Him. (Matt. 5:24)
Simple.
Except
that Satan works to oppose that. He uses the shiny things. The pretty
things. The wise things. The worldly, fleshly things to keep us
distracted and deceived. ( 2 Cor. 11:12-14, )
Remember, God came to
die for us and save us. He calls us. When we hear His call, and believe
what He tells us, and turn to Him, we are saved.
He is our salvation. We are saved by Him. He is our only Hope. So, God puts the focus on Himself. He is our savior.
So, let's start at the top.
Paul the apostle is the writer of this book. He wrote most of the New Testament.
But, Paul was a religious leader who did not know God. He hated Christians and killed them. . (Acts 7:58, Acts 8:1-3,)
Yet, this guy basically evangelized the world.
Who in their right mind would believe this guy served God? Who would forgive this guy and use HIM?
Only God.
And that's the point.
Only God could have used an enemy to do His work. Only God, could have transformed this man into a tool for His use.
Paul called himself "Chief of Sinners" (1 Tim. 1:15)
And
that's where the tire meets the road. Paul believed God. He saw his own
true state, and turned to God, for salvation through Jesus Christ.
"I am weak" so I turn to God. "Now I am strong." In God. (2 Cor. 12:9-10)
God uses the foolish, the weak, the base and despised to show the world, His power.
Because our testimony is about telling the great things God has done for us. (Rev. 12:11)
Then, the world looks and says "but you're weak, you're silly, you're despised?"
And then we say, "it wasn't me. It was God."
And many will hear what you say and be open to hear more and to believe, and to turn and know this God you speak of.
The God who uses Sinners.
He used Moses, a murderer to do some of the greatest things in the Bible. (Exo 2:11-15)
It was not Moses. It was God.
He used Gideon to raise an army, then weeded out the troops till there were only a few, who gained a stunning victory. (Judges Chapter 7)
So the world would know it was God.
Peter and the rest of the Apostles.
Fishermen, workmen, hated tax collectors, violent zealots, simple folk, prostitutes, and even a betrayer.
He used them all to do His work, of saving people and knowing them.
Only God, could do that.
Only God, could have turned the entire Roman Empire and the whole world upside down, through the base, and despised things.
So we hear the stories of God's work, and He pricks our heart. We believe, and turn to Him, to be saved through Jesus Christ.
He did not use the perfect thing. The pretty thing. The shiny thing. Because HE alone is our salvation.
And we need to see HIM.
Nothing else.
Praise Jesus.
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