Look inside this book.Where the Bush is Burning: A Daily Devotional by [Thomas Tice]

Tag: 1 Corinthians 1
The Foolish Things

The Foolish Things

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And I say to you that many will come from east and west, and sit down with  
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven. 

Matthew 8:11 

For you see your calling, brethren, that not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called. But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak thing of the world to put to shame the things which are mighty; and the base things of the world and the things which are despised Go has chosen, and the things which are not, to bring to nothing the things that are. 

I Corinthians 1:26-28 

God makes something from nothing. He spoke the worlds into existence out of nothing. He has throughout history taken the least and made them the greatest. Christ multiplied five loaves and two fish to feed 5,000 men, plus women and children. He delights to take humble tradesmen, political zealots, and revenue agents and make them Apostles. He is in the business of calling the most unlikely people to become His joint-heirs. Therefore, we ought not to feel as if we are not worthy to follow Him. Paul articulates the characteristics of those whom Christ calls unto Himself, and how He uses them. We may thoroughly identify with these people. We may be foolish, weak, base, and despised. Of such is the kingdom of God. These are the many who will come from east and west and sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom. They are the chosen whom Christ has redeemed by free and sovereign grace and who will reign with Him, as kings and priests. We need not be discouraged or feel that God would never use us because there are so many others whom we would deem better than we are. Look whom He has used in the past. If He can use them, why not us? He is the God who makes something from nothing.  

Our Wise and Holy God, 
we rejoice at the choices that You make. 
We praise You that You, 
bring us from the depths of who we are by nature, 
to be Your children and Your heirs. 

Tomm Tice
Where the Bush is Burning
The Foolish Things

The Foolish Things

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And I say to you that many will come from east and west, and sit down with  
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven. 

Matthew 8:11 

For you see your calling, brethren, that not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called. But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak thing of the world to put to shame the things which are mighty; and the base things of the world and the things which are despised Go has chosen, and the things which are not, to bring to nothing the things that are. 

I Corinthians 1:26-28 

God makes something from nothing. He spoke the worlds into existence out of nothing. He has throughout history taken the least and made them the greatest. Christ multiplied five loaves and two fish to feed 5,000 men, plus women and children. He delights to take humble tradesmen, political zealots, and revenue agents and make them Apostles. He is in the business of calling the most unlikely people to become His joint-heirs. Therefore, we ought not to feel as if we are not worthy to follow Him. Paul articulates the characteristics of those whom Christ calls unto Himself, and how He uses them. We may thoroughly identify with these people. We may be foolish, weak, base, and despised. Of such is the kingdom of God. These are the many who will come from east and west and sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom. They are the chosen whom Christ has redeemed by free and sovereign grace and who will reign with Him, as kings and priests. We need not be discouraged or feel that God would never use us because there are so many others whom we would deem better than we are. Look whom He has used in the past. If He can use them, why not us? He is the God who makes something from nothing.  

Our Wise and Holy God, 
we rejoice at the choices that You make. 
We praise You that You, 
bring us from the depths of who we are by nature, 
to be Your children and Your heirs. 

Tomm Tice
Where the Bush is Burning
The Power And Wisdom Of God

The Power And Wisdom Of God

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For Jews request a sign, and Greeks seek after wisdom; but we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews a stumbling block and to the Greeks foolishness, but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. 

1 Corinthians 1:22-24 

Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God. As Paul preached Christ on his missionary journeys, he encountered all manner of people, both Jews and Gentiles, or ‘Greeks.’ These cultural groups had vastly different perspectives. Because they did, they responded differently to the preaching of Christ. Paul remarks, ‘Jews request a sign, and Greeks seek after wisdom.’ Each of these generic groups brought their expectations to the table as they heard Paul preach. Paul’s answer for them was Christ crucified. To the Jews this was a stumbling block, because they expected a Messiah Who would break the Roman yoke and destroy the enemies of Israel. They wanted signs and wonders. To the Greeks, the preaching of Christ was foolishness because they were used to the likes of Socrates, Plato, and the other moral philosophers. By contrast, the Gospel, is alarmingly straight-forward. As Paul put it, ‘For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures.’ Paul’s message was, ‘Christ the Power of God and the wisdom of God.’ We reiterate that message. If we would know the power and wisdom of God we must look to Christ. 

Our Great God and our Savior, 
we rejoice in Christ, the wisdom and power of God. 
We praise You that we have the privilege daily, 
to look to Him, to impart these things to us. 

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