The Foolishness of God
[A. Human Wisdom]
For it is written,
"I will utterly ruin the wisdom of the wise.
I will reduce to nothing the understanding of the prudent.
Where is the wise man? Where is the scholar?
Where is the professional arguer of the world?
Has not God reduced to foolishness the wisdom of the world?”
Of course we run away from love
We run away from God
He that is the truth
is what we do not want
Like lightning falling from the sky
We are surrounded with the lies
“With all the wisdom the Greeks had…
With all the wisdom the Egyptians had…
With all the wisdom of all the cultures of all mankind in its totality…
In the wisdom of God they never found Him.
The golden age of Greece led them to Plato's Republic,
utter disaster, moral chaos, and multiple polytheistic worship.
That was the golden age of Greece.
The summit of man's wisdom led him to despair.”
Some do fear You
Others jeer You
All will die
[B. Arrogance and Idols]
And we see this world around us
It's the same as long ago
Still searching for the answers
But without the God that knows...who knows
...eyes turn away
Away to heed the things within the heart
Eyes turn away
Eyes turn away
The arrogance of man is rising to a lofty level
And I see the land is full of idols
Bowing down to what their fingers made
“Never before in the history of mankind
have there been so many people running around the landscape
saying, “here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here…”
And nobody has found Him yet…”
[C. Faith and Foolishness]
A man named Noah listens to the jeers of neighbors
laughing at a man who builds a boat on land
Utter foolishness to those who see
this act of faith apart from God
A man named Moses running for his life
He tries to part the sea by raising up a wooden staff
Utter foolishness to those who see
this act of faith apart from God
[D. The Biggest Foolishness]
The biggest foolishness?
...A man named Jesus Christ
Carpenter man, who walked on the water
Claimed he was here to die for all men
Living a life of total perfection
Miracles at the touch of his hand
Why this foolishness?
...to show the strength of God
Nazareth man, who claimed he was God
Proved this by raising up from the dead
Only requires a man to believe it
Acknowledging that he is who he said
Oh stubborn man
By his wisdom he denies
Oh it seems like foolishness
to believe the things of God
“And you know, God has one more piece of foolishness,
which is greater than all the rest of the foolishness that's in the Bible...
The greatest foolishness of God is this:
that He intends to save mankind
through the death of a crucified Jewish carpenter
who died outside the walls of Jerusalem almost two thousand years ago,
whom He personally resurrected from the dead...”
[E. Epilogue]
A confession for the man that I used to be
A profession of a love that has set me free
Proclamation to the world that I do believe
An invitation to the one willing to receive
“Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners.
Neither is there salvation in any other.
There is no other name given under heaven among men
whereby you must be saved...
The foolishness of God
is God's method of saving men.”
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