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GOD CHOOSES Thursday March 3, 2016
Text: 1 Corinthians 1:17 – 31 Memory verse: v 27
God’s wisdom in dealing with Man is unfathomable. It is really beyond
human understanding. How can He choose the manger for the birth of His son? How
can he choose fishermen to become bearers of His gospel? Why did He wait for
Sarah to reach 90 years before blessing her with a child when her mates were
already great grandmothers? Indeed God chooses the foolish things to shame our
assumed wisdom because of what is stated in 1:19 and 29. See other reasons in
Job 5:12-13; Isa. 29:14; 55:8 & 9. Paul is declaring that no amount of
human knowledge can replace or bypass Christ’s work on the cross. If it could,
Christ would be accessible only to the intellectually gifted and well educated,
and not to ordinary people or to children. Hence God’s wisdom of salvation far
supercedes all other wisdom.
Brethren, it is for this reason He chose you as a Christian. Come to
think of it; it was not your knowledge, family background, wisdom, beauty,
intellect, ability, etc that made God to chose you. Some of us have no
educational qualification to interpret the bible but God uses our mouth
effectively to communicate the gospel and turn hearts unto repentance.
Therefore, we should glory in what God made us and not what we think we have
achieved by human wisdom. Let all glory be ascribed unto God alone (1:30, 31).
Food for Thought: James 2:5
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