Hello everyone this is Brian and we are now reading through the
book of 1 Corinthians. Today I wanted to point out some very interesting
verses I read in chapter 1.
Verse 25: "For the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the
weakness of God is stronger than men." First of all this verse is not saying that
God is foolish or weak. It means that what people think is foolish of God, or
weak of God, is actually greater than them. For an example; Somehow today my
Earth Science class brought up the conversation of God creating the universe.
The teacher got mad at the class and said God is not real! We are not talking
about Him in this class! She thinks that believing in God is foolish, but as it
says in verse 25, God is actually greater than that. So you can't ever say that
something God related is foolish or weak, because in reality, God is better. I
like this verse because it proves that everything someone says negative about
God is not true and God is right.
Verse 27-29: "But God chose what is foolish in the
world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the
strong; God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are
not, to bring to nothing things that are, so that no human being might boast in
the presents of God."
These verses say
that sometimes choosing the weak people to do a miracle is more beneficial,
because when God does something powerful in a weak person, it can show the
glory of God more easily than it can in a successful person. If He does something
powerful in a successful person, it might not show as much because the person
is already successful. A successful person might also boast about it just as he
might boast about his other successes. Also in verse 27 it says, "God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the
wise,"
What it means by that is that through the weak/foolish person, the example of God's glory would benefit better than if the success came from the wise because since the weak/foolish person doesn't have too much to be successful at, he has to lean on God to be more successful.
What it means by that is that through the weak/foolish person, the example of God's glory would benefit better than if the success came from the wise because since the weak/foolish person doesn't have too much to be successful at, he has to lean on God to be more successful.
8 comments:
I think about Moses and how he stuttered and God used him.
Really good job on the blog Brian!
I also liked verse 28. My version says:
God chose things despised by the world, things counted as nothing at all, and used them to bring to nothing what the world considers important. (NLT)
I thought that this verse was cool because it talks about what God thinks is important. It says that God chooses what he uses to bring glory to his name and show others his glory. I also really like what Brian said, God does not always use the big and strong people. God will use whoever he wants to help him. I like how Brian said that. God might not use an obvious person because there probably won't be that big of a change and the person might take all the glory from God. A person that is quite and not someone you might think of for the job will have a better affect on everyone and they will be able to show everyone what it is like with God in your life.
i really liked versus 18-20.
Verse 25 really stuck out the most for me, because it is telling us that the things that God can do, we can't even comprehend at all. Like the fact that God can be in 50 million different places at once while we can only be in one place at a time. In fact, this morning, I was thinking about how God can be all around the world, and we are still trying to figure out how that is possible. I think God was telling me the best part of this chapter this morning through my thoughts about how he can be in so many different places at once.
Whoops, my mom forgot to log out, so that entire thing from my mom was really from me.
i'm adding to the one about 18-20: i liked it because it was talking about how to non Christians think that Christianity is pointless and unneeded,when to us as believers we want to show them the true way to salvation. . . -Evan McBride
Good job Brian:)
Verse 9, God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of his son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
I love how in this verse it points out two really cool things: 1) God is faithful. and 2) we are His through His son.
Verse 10, I appeal to you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and the same judgement.
In this verse Paul is pleading to the church to stand together. This verse reminds me of the whole house divided cannot stand thing. It's true. If we all aren't united through Christ then we cannot accomplish anything.
Verse 31, so that, as it is written, "Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord."
I really like this verse. It reminds me to always give God the glory and that i should do everything as well as i can so that i can boast in God who helped me.
Ok:) so that's what i liked from chapter 1. So I'm still really sick:( so if y'all could keep praying that would be awesome:)
~abby<3
I liked what you said about verse 25 a lot! It isn't saying that God has a weakness. It is saying that what people think is foolish of God is actually stronger than them. Well said Brian.
Verse 27 reminded me of when Jesus chose his disciples. God didn't look for the great speakers, famous people, rich businessmen, or anyone high in the social class. Instead, he found average Joes. (My name had nothing to do with that) There was nothing special about the fishermen, but because they weren't powerful people, God was glorified in what they did.
But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong; 28God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are, 1 Corinthian 1:27
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