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  THE WEAKNESS AND FOOLISHNESS OF GOD
  by George Warnock
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Summary: God's power and wisdom are revealed in unexpected ways, often
through weakness and foolishness that baffle human understanding.

Topics: "Christ Crucified", "God's Wisdom"
Scripture References: Isaiah 64:1

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George Warnock preaches about the paradox of Christ crucified, which is
a stumbling block to some and foolishness to others, but to believers,
it is the power and wisdom of God. He emphasizes that in times of
apostasy and hypocrisy in modern Christianity, God reveals His glory and
wisdom in ways that may seem strange and foolish to the world. Despite
efforts to set the stage for God's work, He bypasses human endeavors to
showcase His power through those who align with His will, demonstrating
His glory through weakness and foolishness in the eyes of the
unbelieving world.

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"But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and
unto the Greeks foolishness; But unto them which are called, both Jews
and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God" (1
Corinthians 1:23, 24).

So He is to them that believe. But to those who believe not, God seems
to do some very foolish things, and to manifest a lot of weakness for
One who is supposed to have made a whole Universe. However, it is in
these very things that God is pleased to reveal His glory and His
wisdom: to baffle the wisdom of the wise, and to bring to nought the
counsels of men.

Therefore, in the midst of the apostasy of modern day Christianity, and
the hypocrisy and artificiality of modern day religion, we who know
somewhat of God's ways can rejoice in the fact that it is just like God,
in times like these, to rend the heavens and come down in power and
great glory... and yet in ways that will seem strange and foolish in the
eyes of the world. We are confident that the darkness and the gloom
about us will once again become the fitting background for the display
of the gems of His glory. Some good Christian people are trying to set
the stage for God to work, but God always has to bypass these efforts,
for He has prepared the stage upon which He will reveal His sons who are
moving in Harmony with His will.

For it is consistent with God's character and way, and with the Jealousy
of His Glory, that the greater the work He will perform in the earth--
the greater will be the measure of weakness and foolishness that He will
cause an unbelieving world to behold.

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