God Confounds the Wi

From Darkness to Light  God's Call and Responsibilities Not Many Elite Called Live in the light of God (Isaiah 2:5)  1 Corinthians 1:18-24 The Voice 18 For people who are stumbling toward ruin, the message of the cross is nothing but a tall tale for fools by a fool. But for those of us who are already experiencing the reality of being rescued and made right, it is nothing short of God's power. 19 This is why the Scripture says: I will put an end to the wisdom of the so-called wise,     and I will invalidate the insight of your so-called experts.[a] 20 So now, where is the philosopher? Where is the scholar? Where is the skilled debater, the best of your time? Step up, if you dare. Hasn't God made fools out of those who count on the wisdom of this rebellious, broken world? 21 For in God's deep wisdom, He made it so that the world could not even begin to comprehend Him through its own style of wisdom; in fact, God took immense pleasure in rescuing people of faith through the foolishness of the message we preach. 22 It seems the Jews are always asking for signs and the Greeks are always on the prowl for wisdom. 23 But we tell a different story. We proclaim a crucified Jesus, God's Anointed. For Jews this is scandalous, for outsiders[b] this is moronic, 24 but for those of us living out God's call—regardless of our Jewish or Greek heritage—we know the Anointed embodies God's dynamic power and God's deep wisdom. For Reflection In modern times our wisdom rhetoric is dominated by the rationale of science and technology. The wisdom derived from metaphor and poetry is considered inferior. Because of the dominance of literal science and mathematics, we have lost our ability to interpret, in the total sense, sacred books. Scripture is filled with metaphoric language with references to the meaning understood thousands of years ago. In those days, God was unknowable. In our time, Jesus shows us the face and character of God. It is time to relearn the sacred language of poetics and reclaim the intimacy of the metaphor. Pray Pray for the wisdom to look beyond the literal and into the metaphoric world of sacred scripture. Pray to understand the word behind the word. Forward to a friend Sign up for our mailing list!