Paul writes: 'For the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than human strength.' This is exactly backwards from what we'd expect.
I'm a skeptic turned believer. I studied logic, rhetoric, argumentation. I prided myself on reasoning things through. The gospel seemed like poor argumentation. A man dies and rises? That's not logically coherent. Forgiveness without punishment? That doesn't balance. Faith without proof? That's gullibility.
But Paul is saying: yes, by human standards, the gospel is foolish. But by God's standards, it's brilliant. The cross looks like failure and weakness. It's actually the ultimate power move. Forgiveness without punishment seems illogical until you understand that it's the deepest form of transformation. I had to lay down my intellectual weapons and encounter the Wisdom that transcends logic. And I found it wiser than anything I'd reasoned my way to.
No comments yet. Be the first.