But we preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, but to those whom God has called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. For the foolishness of God is wiser than man’s wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than man’s strength. (1 Corinthians 1:23–25, NIV 1984).
My Musings – “We preach Christ crucified.“ But more than that, Paul also preached Christ raised from the dead. “Christ has indeed been raised from the dead.” (1 Corinthians 15:20). “A stumbling block to Jews, ” God cannot die. “Foolishness to Gentiles,” people do not rise from the dead.
To the Jews, that’s why He took on flesh. “Since the children have flesh and blood, He too shared in their humanity so that by His death He might destroy him who holds the power of death—that is, the devil— and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death.” (Hebrews 2:14–15). The flesh died, when “He gave up His spirit,” (Matthew 27:50, NIV 1984). But His eternal spirit did not die.
To the gentiles, “why should any of you consider it incredible [or foolish to consider] that God raises the dead?” (Acts 26:7–8, NIV 1984). He who created man from the “dust of the ground,” (Genesis 2:7, NIV 1984), is certainly capable of the resurrecting the body of His Holy One that “did not see decay,” (Acts 13:34, NIV 1984).
My Advice – Accept it. “The weakness of God is stronger than man’s strength.” He “holds the power of death.” “The foolishness of God is wiser than man’s wisdom.” In His wisdom, He provided the ability of man to “[cross] over from death to life.” (John 5:24, NIV 1984), through His Son’s death, burial and resurrection.
