The Foolishness of Christ

Christ crucified, to Jews a stumbling block and to Gentiles foolishness.

Why do we do the things we do? How can we POSSIBLY believe in an Invisible man in the sky, sitting on a Throne and choosing who He throws in Hell and who can go to Heaven? Jesus? Really? OK so here is the same God, or Son of God, or whatever, who came to Earth by way of Virgin, and lived his life Sin Free and was killed and hung on a Cross. Yet even better, that He, dead for three days, got up and walked out of the Tomb and flew off into Heaven. Seriously? How can you believe in such foolishness?

There is so much wrong with these statements that we could spend all week discussing them. Most who you encounter, who will say these things, do not believe in God at all. The will tell you that they believe in Evolution and they believe Science proves them right.

First, I ask you, {Them} How do you believe in such Foolishness? How do you even call what you believe true Science? First, without even the consideration that there MAY be a God who Created all things, is faulty Science at best. I call it BS. Bad Science. True Science makes no final determination yet rather examines all evidence, and or possibilities, to come to a hypothesis as to the Nature of the thing being investigated. By excluding God, your Science is BS.

Second, you must take a MAJOR leap of Faith to believe in what IS already Scientifically Impossible, not to mention Mathematically impossible, that there was nothing and something just appeared. Nothing from nothing is nothing. Nothing added to nothing is nothing. So where did the first "Something" come from? "Well, we do not know but definitely NOT God."

OK. so the first something appeared, leap two, going against all DNA Science and again, Mathematical Possibilities, ALL things came from this first universal, single-celled, thing. ALL things from Hot Blooded, Cold Blooded, Man and Mosquitoes, Trees and Fish, ETC.

By this time, the one debating you usually gets really angry and says something like, "We do not have all the answers, but there is NO God." Let's forget for a second Psalm 14:1. Let's move on to Jesus. Remember what the Word tells us about the Resurrection?   

"For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved, it is the power of God. For it is written, 

“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,

and the discernment of the discerning I will thwart." 1 Corinthians 1:18-25

Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? 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 wisdom, it pleased God through the folly of what we preach to save those who believe. For Jews demand signs and Greeks seek wisdom, but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles, but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. For the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men."

So what does this mean? 1 Corinthians 2:14

"But a natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually appraised."

In Romans, Paul explains it this way. Romans 8:5-8

"For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God's law; indeed, it cannot. Those who are in the flesh cannot please God."

Jesus was even more direct. Look at John 8:43-44

"Why do you not understand my speech? even because you cannot hear my word.

You are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father you will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar and the father of it."

It really is simple. If you are not called by God or have His Spirit to assist you to receive His Word, you cannot even hear it. Forget understanding it. You cannot even hear it. OK, really quick...

God Created all things. He Created Man and gave Man Domination over all things. There were no Sickness and or Diseases. No Pain or Sorrow. No Death even. Everything was Perfect. Genesis 1&2

Then, Having been given all authority over all things of this Earth, {Genesis 1:28}Man NOW had all Authority. When the Devil came before him and Eve, he could have simply commanded the Snake out of the Garden. Instead, He chose to ignore God's Commandment, and follow the Devil, causing the Original Sin, that of which got Lucifer cast out of Heaven, Pride, to be passed into Mankind, and in essence, gave all Authority over to the Devil himself. {Genesis 3}

Now he is called the "Prince of the power of the air" {Ephesians 2:1,2} "Ruler of this world" {John 12:31,32} So when we are born into this World, we are born into the Family of the Devil and separated from God from the beginning. This is why Jesus tells us those that do not believe in Him,

"Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God." {John 3:18}

You do not have to do anything. You do not have to Worship the Devil. You do not have to dance Naked around a Fire. You do not have to Sin a Great Sin. You are Condemned from Birth. The ONLY way that you can avoid this IS through Jesus and His Sacrifice.

"because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved." {Romans 10:9}

This is both the most INCLUSIVE and exclusive thing in the Universe. Simply believe in Jesus and His Resurrection, no matter who you are, where you are from, or even what "Religion" you were Born into, and you are Saved. Do not believe, and you are not. It really is, just that simple.

Jesus said if we do not become as Children, we will by no means enter into Heaven. Why? Because whenever I tell my Children something, they believe it. Why? Daddy said so. That's it. No other reason. Daddy said so, so it IS so. Jesus said this during one of His Prayers in Matthew 11:25-26

"I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this was your good pleasure."

Yes, the Cross and all the things of God, are indeed Foolishness to the World. But it was for this very purpose that God made it this way. So the World may have Eyes and not See, Ears and not Hear, and a Mind that cannot understand.

The Good News is, you DO have Eyes to See, Ears to Hear, and a Spirit to Recieve and Understand the Mysteries of God. You DO have the ability to understand and accept Jesus Do you know Jesus as your Savior? Have you been adopted into the Family of God? If not, say this Prayer. Right now. Wherever you may be. Say it in your own words, and do not doubt in your heart. God will hear you. He will send the Spirit of Life to you. Let us Pray.

"Oh heavenly Father, Lord God. I am a Sinner. I know this. I know there is nothing I can do to change that. But I know you can. I accept Jesus and His Sacrifice for me. I believe that He raised from the Dead. I repent my Sins. Please send the Spirit of Adoption into my life. Help me to get to know the real you. Save me. Please. In the name of Jesus, Amen!"
That's it. It really is that simple. Now go tell someone what you have just done. "That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved." {Romans 10:9} You need to find a Church that God leads you to, and be Baptized the way Jesus said to be. You are now a Child of God. A new Creature. You "have put off the old man with his deeds, and have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him." {Colossians 3:10}

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The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen.{2 Corinthians 13}

Until next time, be Blessed, be a Blessing, and Jesus is Lord!