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; and the base things of the world and the things which are despised God has chosen, and the things which are not, to bring to nothing the things that are, that no flesh should glory in His presence. (1 Corinthians 1:27-29)

The Foolish Things Of The World

The Bible is the most widely published book in the history of man. Nothing rivals the Bible’s historical narrative and impact upon societies in every generation. Nations have been founded on the principles of its contents. From its pages, the moral compass of humanity has been challenged that no other message could bring to bear upon the human consciousness. Critics have tried to discredit the Bible with no success. Often, those who try to destroy the Bible succumb to its eternal message and admit it is the most remarkable book.

What is ironic about the publication of the Bible in every language is that the Bible remains the least read and understood book of all time. Billions of copies have been published in every language under heaven. Access to the Bible has moved far beyond the printed word. Spreading the message of the Bible is the easiest it has ever been. The world remains divided when it comes to the content of the Bible. What is the message? Why are not all believers united as one? Where do all the different beliefs come from if only one book exists?

God chose the world’s foolish things to confound men’s wisdom. In the realm of human knowledge, wisdom is held in high honor and a noble sense of pride. Men want to find their accomplishments in the halls of higher education as they investigate the deep recesses of the unknown. This makes a man feel he is superior with an incredible intellect based on a higher IQ. When the intellect of human wisdom tries to understand why the death of a carpenter from Nazareth outside Jerusalem matters, it begins to bog down in the philosophical harvesting of intellectual acuity, concluding the whole story is foolish. It makes no sense and has no purpose. The carpenter deserved to die along with the two thieves on either side. The story of the empty tomb is a hoax, and the followers of Jesus were fools to believe the lies told about Him. That is what human wisdom does with the story of Jesus Christ.

God chose the foolish things to confound the wisdom of men. To the wisdom of human knowledge, the cross is foolish. The church is a useless organization. Twelve men establishing something that would last thousands of years is beyond the imagination of anything the human mind could create. Why celebrate the death of Jesus with some bread and juice? The provisions of grace found in Jesus Christ seem foolish. All of the intellectual genius of the human brain is incapable of excelling above the message of the Bible because the message of the Bible is about God, not man. The foolishness of the wisdom of God is so far above the highest acclamation of human wisdom there is nothing to compare it with.

Jesus said that unless a man becomes like a child, he cannot enter the kingdom. The reason is it takes a humble heart to accept and know the message of the Bible, which is the greatest testimony of wisdom the world will ever know. No man can create a character higher than himself, and the Bible testifies to that. A pearl of greater wisdom than anything a man can create is found in the basement of divine foolishness. When the heart accepts the word of God as divine, he will learn wisdom that can only come from the mind of God. It is then that man will glorify the Lord God as his Creator.