Peter Roselle: The Weakness of God is Stronger Than Men (1 Corinthians 1:25)
Channel: King of Kings Worship Center
Date: 2021-01-31

Peter Roselle: The Weakness of God is Stronger Than Men (1 Corinthians 1:25)
1 Corinthians 1 (NKJV) says, 23-25 We preach Christ crucified… to the Jews a stumbling block and to the Greeks foolishness, but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God…. Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.”

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Commentary
“In 1 Corinthians Paul urges his readers that, when living in a pagan world, they should see everything through the lens of the cross. It takes a continuous effort for us to think our way back into life in Corinth. These letters provide endless insight into the challenge of living the Christian life in a pagan world.” 

1 Corinthians 1
18 For the message about the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. 
19-20 For it is written, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and I will thwart the cleverness of the intelligent.” (Isaiah 29:14) Where is the wise man? Where is the expert in the Mosaic law? Where is the debater of this age? Has God not made the wisdom of the world foolish?
21 For since in the wisdom of God the world by its wisdom did not know God, God was pleased to save those who believe by the foolishness of preaching. 
22-23 For Jews demand miraculous signs and Greeks ask for wisdom, but we preach about a crucified Christ, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles.

1 Corinthians 15
3-4 For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died (weakness?)
for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures…
12 Now if Christ is preached that He has been raised from the dead, how do some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?
13-14 If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised. And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain. 
16-17 For if the dead are not raised, not even Christ has been raised. And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins. 
19 If in Christ we have hope in this life only, we are of all people most to be pitied.

1 Corinthians 15 (MSG)
20 But the truth is that Christ has been raised up, the first in a long legacy of those who are going to leave the cemeteries. (Weakness?)
1 Samuel 22 MSG – Snapshot of the early Church
1-2 David escaped to the Cave of Adullam… all who were down on their luck came around — 
losers, vagrants and misfits of all sorts. David became their leader. There were about 400 in all.

1 Corinthians 1 (NKJV)
26-27 For you see your calling, brethren, that not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called. 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;

1 Peter 5 (ESV)
5 Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.” (Proverbs 3:34)
6 Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time He may exalt you…
8 Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

Acts 17:22-26 (MSG) 
“When I arrived… I was fascinated with all the shrines I came across. I found one inscribed, 
“to the god nobody knows.” I’m here to introduce you to this God so you can worship intelligently… He made the entire human race… so we could seek after Him, and not just grope around in the dark, but actually find Him.”

1 Corinthians 1 (ESV)
5 In every way you were enriched in Him in all speech and all knowledge — 
7-8 so that you are not lacking in any gift, as you wait for the revealing of our Lord Jesus Christ, who will sustain you to the end.

1 Corinthians 2 (Voice)
1-2 My brothers and sisters, I did not pose as an expert with all the answers. I did not pretend to explain the mystery of God with eloquent speech and human wisdom. I claimed to know nothing with certainty other than the reality that Jesus is the Anointed One, the Liberating King, who was crucified on our behalf.

4-5 The sermons I preached were not delivered with the kind of persuasive elegance some have come to expect, but they were effective because I relied on God’s Spirit to demonstrate God’s power. If this were not so, your faith would be based on human wisdom and not the power of God.