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For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. For it is written, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the discernment of the discerning I will thwart.” Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, it pleased God through the folly of what we preach to save those who believe.
~ 1 Corinthians 1:18-21
The Church sure needs this word from the Bible today. God wisely established that men cannot know Him through their own wisdom. Because that would exalt man. It was God's plan to save helpless sinners by preaching a message so simple, the worldly wise thought it was nonsense.
We have a tendency to follow human leaders and develop a fan club mentality. Christ died for us and lives to bless us, and he must have the preeminence. Another thing is dependence on human wisdom and philosophies, of which there were many in Corinth, and of course, there are a lot today. The world's wisdom had crept into the Church and it did not mix with the wisdom of God.
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