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The Spirit and the Mind of God

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Who is Wise?

“For Jews demand signs and Greeks seek wisdom,but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles, 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) The cultural atmosphere Paul walked into when he came to Corinth was one obsessed with wisdom. Corinth was near Athens, the ancient center of philosophy. In this passage, Paul contrasts the message of the cross with human wisdom, which is speculative at best and unreliable. For Paul, the Gospel is the wisdom and power of God revealed in the cross. In the crucified Messiah, God has made himself known. Through Jesus, He saves those who believe. By this seemingly foolish message, God confounds the wise and saves helpless sinners. While the Jews asked for signs and the Greeks sought wisdom, God revealed Himself in the person and work of Christ. The cross is a stumbling block for the Jews, and foolishness to the Greeks, and

Building God’s Temple: A Magnificent Project

“And so I intend to build a house for the name of the Lord my God, as the Lord said to David my father, ‘Your son, whom I will set on your throne in your place, shall build the house for my name.” In 1 Kings 5-7, we see the construction of Solomon’s temple in Jerusalem. The temple was 90 feet long (a standard MLB baseball field). It was 30 feet wide (a full-size school bus) and 45 feet high (a four-story building). It took Solomon 7 years to build this temple and over 180.000 laborers. Once the temple was completed, the Ark of the Lord, which represented God’s presence