Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Hasn’t God made foolish the wisdom of this world?Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?
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… As it is written, God said, intelligent, I will frustrate. Where is the wise man? Where is the scholar? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through its wisdom. It pleased God by the foolishness of what we preach to save those who believe. You see, Jews demand miraculous signs and Greeks look for wisdom, but we preach Christ crucified. A stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to the Gentile nations, but to those who are called both Jews and Gentiles. Christ, the power of God. Christ, the wisdom of God. For the foolishness of God is wiser than man's wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than man's strength. Think about your own calling, brothers and sisters. Not many of you were wise by the world's standards. Not many of you were influential. Not many of you were born to high status, but God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise. God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. God chose what is low and despised in the world, even the things that are not, to bring to nothing the things that are, so that no human being may boast, no one may boast in the presence of God. It is from him, it is because of God that you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God, righteousness, a right relationship with God, …
… When you come before God and you spout what you think is wisdom, the questions posed, where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?" In God's eyes, the wisdom of the world is folly. But sinners relabel their folly as wisdom. as wisdom. By human wisdom, you can't know God. The only way to know God is through the foolishness of the preaching of the gospel. And in the 30th verse of 1 Corinthians 1, there's a marvelous statement, Christ Jesus has become to us wisdom. The day that you opened your heart to Christ, you became wise. That was an expression of obedience to the fear of the Lord. You turned to God and you acknowledged God, who said, this is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to Him. When you turned to Christ, you honored God by honoring His Son. Jesus said, if you honor Me, you honor My Father. …
… talking about man's enlightenment, man's wisdom without the Lord, uh, God says in First Corinthians chapter 1 verse 20, he asks a rhetorical question, where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where WHERE IS THE DISPUTER OF THIS WORLD? WHEN HE'S TALKING ABOUT THE WISE AND, AND THE, THE DISPUTER OF THIS WORLD, WHAT HE IS REALLY TALKING ABOUT IS THE, IS THE INTELLIGENTIA. WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT HERE ARE THE PHILOSOPHERS. HE'S TALKING ABOUT THE, THE THINK TANKS OF THIS WORLD. HE'S, HE'S TALKING ABOUT ALL OF THE DISTILLED WISDOM. HE SAYS, WHAT DOES THAT AMOUNT TO? WHERE IS IT ALL? WHAT HAS BEEN THE RESULT OF IT? THAT'S WHAT HE'S ASKING. WHAT HAS IT REALLY, REALLY DONE? NOW THE EMPHASIS I'M MAKING IS THE DARKNESS OF THIS PRESENT WORLD. I WANT TO ASK YOU A QUESTION. IS TODAY'S AGE, IS IT AN ENLIGHTENED ONE OR IS IT A DARKENED ONE WITHOUT THE LORD JESUS CHRIST? I, I WAS THINKING ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGY OF THIS AGE. THE, THE TECHNOLOGY OF TODAY IS THE SCIENCE FICTION OF THE, WHEN I WAS A BOY. I MEAN, THE THINGS THAT WE DO TODAY, IT'S INCREDIBLE. UH, I, UH, I WAS THINKING ABOUT MY AUTOMOBILE. …