HOW THE WORLD SEES THE CROSS

The Fool on the Hill: What the Cross Means to the World

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1 Corinthians 1:18-25

18 For 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. 19 For it is written, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,     and the discernment of the discerning I will thwart.” 20 Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? 21 For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, it pleased God through the folly of what we preach[a] to save those who believe. 22 For Jews demand signs and Greeks seek wisdom, 23 but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles, 24 but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. 25 For the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

What does the cross mean to the world?

I. The World is Offended by the Cross.

“But we preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles” (I Corinthians 1:23)

II. The World is Judged by the Cross.

“For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing” (I Corinthians 1:18).

III. The World is Saved by the Cross.

“As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up” hat everyone who believes in him may have eternal life” (John 3:15).