1 Cor. 1:28 KJV, “And
base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea,
and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are.”
Interesting word is
nought and also naught. It means nothing, nothing at all, no point, no purpose.
I understood this verse meant that what the world looks down and didn’t like
what they see, yet God had chosen them. Also things which are not meant something that was not there (nothing
there), yet God brought nothing into something. Let’s study more to get a clear
picture of what this verse meant.
I realized that it
was important for me to read the first Corinthians on the entire chapter one in
order to see why Paul wrote 1 Cor. 1:28. The commentaries I chose for 1 Cor.
1:22-27 were the best for interpretation. Instead of copying word for word, I
decided to try to type my own words so I prayed for wisdom from James 1:5-6. So
here’s goes.
Many Jews have
thought that the Good News of Jesus Christ to be very foolish. Why? It is
because they thought that the Messiah was supposed to come from the sky with
the clouds as signs and miracles, as a coming King, a conquering King to
overthrown Romans in an instant. While Jesus was in human form, the Jews
thought that He would restored David’s throne as they expected.
When the Jews saw
Christ on the cross, they questioned, “How could the Savior of the world be
executed as a criminal? To the Jews, this was really foolish. They thought that
Christ with respectable character who should not have been crucified. To the
Jews, death was defeat, not victory. This is what Paul meant, the base things
and despised things which the Jews looked at the cross as very foolish thing to
do, yet this was what God had chosen.
So the message of
Christ’s death for sins sounds foolish to the Jews who didn’t really believe.
To them, death seems to be the end of the road, and the most weakness ever to
be shown by using that cross which fits only for criminals. To the Jews, that
was the base and the most despised things to do.
BUT what they didn’t
know was that God had used “the thing that seems as NOTHING in death itself” … that
death will become SOMETHING … what are they? Jesus’ resurrection demonstrated
His power even over death. Jesus saved us from eternal death in hell, and gave
us everlasting life if we trust Him as Savior and Lord. This sound so simple,
yet the Jews won’t accept it.
Also, this looks
foolish to the world, but Christ is the mighty power of God, the only way we
can be saved. The “foolish” people who simply accept Christ’s offer are
actually the “wisest” of all, because they alone will live eternally with God. Knowing
Christ is the greatest wisdom anyone can have.
In another word, don’t
try to understand the ways of God! Just believe it and accept it that God has
made “nothing into something” and something greater than we could ever dream of. It
is inspiring to me just to think that “GOD CAN MAKE SOMETHING OUT OF NOTHING.”
So
let's trust God today!
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