Isaiah 29:13-14, NRSV
1 Corinthians 1:18-25, NRSV
Reflections
In terms of human wisdom, Jesus was a perfect fool. And if you think you can follow him without making something like the same kind of fool of yourself, you are laboring not under the cross, but a delusion.
— Frederick Buechner
- We are not looking at life thru the lens of the cross
- “Anti-cross” wisdom of humanity
- v20 – The “wise”, the “scribe”, the “debater” of this age
- Human’s ultimate truth is power, as Pilate thought he had over Jesus
- If the cross is not making you humble, you are not getting the message of the cross
- Wisdom of God
- Crucifixion is what we do to God
- The Cross is god’s reply
- To regain the vision of the beauty of the cross
- You can’t think your way out of your destructive pattern
- Journey with Jesus
- What you think of God is what is driving your life
