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Daily Devotionals
Day by Day Devotional - Year 4 of 5
1 Corinthians 1:17-31
"Unto us which are saved", the preaching of the cross is the power of God. But for the rest of mankind it is only foolishness. The whole meaning of the cross: the death of a righteous Man required by the righteousness of God, free pardon for sinners, the laying aside of the natural man are just so many truths which conflict with human reason. If on the contrary miracles and spectacular works are offered, a lofty ideal along with a moral code requiring effort . . . fine, that is the kind of religion which offends no one. Well! All the wise, the scribes, the disputers, in short the powerful intellects of that age . . . and all ages are placed in v. 18 under a common, frightening title: "them that perish".
It is a fact that among the redeemed of the Lord there are not many wise, powerful or noble people . . . (v. 26), for it is more difficult for them to become "like little children" (Matthew 18:3; Matthew 11:25). In order to glorify Himself, God chooses what is weak, vile, despised – and Christians are just that in the world’s estimation. But what does their own value matter since they are in Christ and He is accounted to them: power, wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption (vv. 24, 30).
