Greetings my friends, grace, and peace to you in the name of God our father, the Lord Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit. I thank God for the opportunity to share His word concerning stumbling in our walk before Him. Lord, I ask that you lead me and guide me as I share your word with your people, and to those who are not your people, to give them the opportunity to become one of your people Thank you Lord in Jesus name, Amen,
Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through wisdom did not know God, it pleased God through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe. For Jews request a sign, and Greeks seek after wisdom; but 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 (1 Cor. 1:20-25).
When Jesus came into His ministry He was not accepted by those who were considered as the leaders in Israel. After centuries of failure before God, the Pharisees and the Sadducees who were leaders in Israel believed in the works of the law, and the Sadducees believe that there is no resurrection. They taught the people that in order to be saved they had to obey the law. For example, the law said you had to offer sacrifices for the forgiveness of sin, and that a male had to be circumcised after the 8th day of birth. The Jewish people were taught that if these laws weren’t obeyed they would not be saved. They also were teaching that the coming Messiah, would deliver the Jewish people through a military campaign conquering the Romans and glorifying Israel. This was according to their own wisdom. Salvation by works.
When the Messiah came, His own people rejected Him. The words He spoke, and the miracles that He did, verified that He is, in fact, the Christ, and the work He is doing only God could do. They still refused to believe. Jesus was executed on a cross and raised from the dead and the Jews still refused to believe. When they heard the good news such as John 3:16, they wanted a sign, the Greeks called it foolish. The world through wisdom did not know God nor did they seek to know Him. They called the Gospel foolishness. God was pleased that through the foolishness of the message preached that those who believe will be saved.
The Jews look for a sign, but the Greek look for wisdom, The message of Jesus Christ crucified is foolishness to the Greek and a stumbling block to the Jews. To all of us who are saved Christ is the wisdom of God and the power of God unto salvation for everyone who believes. What is your stumbling block? What is it that stops you from being saved? Are you expecting something that is not going to happen for your salvation? Is Jesus your stumbling block? Jesus said “I am the way and the truth and the life and no one can come to the father unless by me (John 14:6). That means that if you thought you were going to heaven any other way than through Jesus, It is not going to happen, and Jesus is your stumbling block. God chose the foolish things of the world and made it wise. The foolishness of God is wiser than man. Any man woman or child that choose to believe in Jesus and the work He did on the cross, is very wise,
Are you wise? Do you know where you are going if you died today? Are you sure? You can know for sure and you can know now. The moment you believe in Jesus for your salvation you will be saved right now, not later not tomorrow but right now. Thank you for taking the time to read this message, If you are saved may this short message be a blessing to you. If you made up your mind and choose Jesus, let me know Blog my post. Thank You, Lord, Amen!
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God Bless You
Rev. Reginald Stevens
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