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Wise Up!

Pt. 7: The Foolishness of God

by Louie Marsh, 11-30-2025

Today we want to talk about a kind of foolishness everyone needs to have in their life - the foolishness of God!!

1.  Christianity appears to be  FOOLISH

"¹⁸For 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." (1 Corinthians 1:18, ESV)

2. God DESIGNED it that way.

"²⁷But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong; ²⁸God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are, ²⁹so that no human being might boast in the presence of God." (1 Corinthians 1:27–29, ESV)

· So we'll trust Him & NOTHING ELSE!

· So He will get all the CREDIT

· To show His Power DRAMATICALLY.

3. Three Examples of God's Foolishness

·  NOAH

·  ABRAHAM

· MOSES  

4. Why God's Wisdom Appears Foolish

· It deals with the  UNSEEN

"⁷By faith Noah, being warned by God concerning events as yet unseen, in reverent fear constructed an ark for the saving of his household. By this he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith." (Hebrews 11:7, ESV)

· It sends me into the  UNKNOWN

"⁸By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place that he was to receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going." (Hebrews 11:8, ESV)

· It takes me  BEYOND  myself.

"¹¹By faith Sarah herself received power to conceive, even when she was past the age, since she considered him faithful who had promised." (Hebrews 11:11, ESV)

· It requires great  SACRIFICE

"¹⁷By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises was in the act of offering up his only son," (Hebrews 11:17, ESV)

· It leads me into  SUFFERING

"³⁶Others suffered mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment. ³⁷They were stoned, they were sawn in two, they were killed with the sword. They went about in skins of sheep and goats, destitute, afflicted, mistreated— ³⁸of whom the world was not worthy—wandering about in deserts and mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth." (Hebrews 11:36–38, ESV)

5. Why God's Wisdom Isn't Foolish

· Because God COMMENDS it.

"²For by it the people of old received their commendation."…³³who through faith conquered kingdoms, enforced justice, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, ³⁴quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, were made strong out of weakness, became mighty in war, put foreign armies to flight." (Hebrews 11:2, 33–34, ESV)