Interpretation Response: Corinth And Greco-Roman Culture
Interpretation Response
It is from the study on the historical background of the culture of Corinth and Greco-Roman culture that it was abundantly clear that the cross was foolishness to the people who were considered by many to be wise. God, in His omniscience, used the cross, which was foolishness to man, to confound the wise. Greek and Romans alike, with their logical thinking and revered for their wisdom, could not conceive that God was greater than their many gods of wood and metals. They were blind to their foolishness. It was one thing for the Greek and Romans not to know God, but for the Jews, whose past had experienced the demonstration of God’s power as He sent ten plagues against the Egyptian gods, should have known better. Their problem, unlike the Gentiles, was that they thought they had God figured out. The way of the cross was foolishness to them because the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob …show more content…
Today, humanity is still perishing from his own foolishness to reject God’s message and considers the thought of an existing supreme being God and His message as foolishness. The cross still presents a stumbling block for those who hear but whose eyes are still blind to the truth. God is the only one who can give sight to the blind and life to the spiritually dead. There is absolutely nothing wrong with having knowledge and wisdom, but one has to know that salvation is not in their wisdom, but in the wisdom of God’s message. Jesus Christ is the only sign one needs to see for salvation, righteousness, sanctification, and redemption. True wisdom is in the person of Jesus Christ. It is God’s way of doing for man what man could not do for himself. It is through the cross that the curse from the fall of man is removed, and one is freed from the penalty of sin, the power of sin, and ultimately, the presence of
It is from the study on the historical background of the culture of Corinth and Greco-Roman culture that it was abundantly clear that the cross was foolishness to the people who were considered by many to be wise. God, in His omniscience, used the cross, which was foolishness to man, to confound the wise. Greek and Romans alike, with their logical thinking and revered for their wisdom, could not conceive that God was greater than their many gods of wood and metals. They were blind to their foolishness. It was one thing for the Greek and Romans not to know God, but for the Jews, whose past had experienced the demonstration of God’s power as He sent ten plagues against the Egyptian gods, should have known better. Their problem, unlike the Gentiles, was that they thought they had God figured out. The way of the cross was foolishness to them because the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob …show more content…
Today, humanity is still perishing from his own foolishness to reject God’s message and considers the thought of an existing supreme being God and His message as foolishness. The cross still presents a stumbling block for those who hear but whose eyes are still blind to the truth. God is the only one who can give sight to the blind and life to the spiritually dead. There is absolutely nothing wrong with having knowledge and wisdom, but one has to know that salvation is not in their wisdom, but in the wisdom of God’s message. Jesus Christ is the only sign one needs to see for salvation, righteousness, sanctification, and redemption. True wisdom is in the person of Jesus Christ. It is God’s way of doing for man what man could not do for himself. It is through the cross that the curse from the fall of man is removed, and one is freed from the penalty of sin, the power of sin, and ultimately, the presence of