What does the preaching of the cross look like to those who are perishing?
To those who are perishing—the lost—the preaching of the cross is foolishness. They may ask what an event that took place 2,000 years ago in Jerusalem has to do with them, yet Scripture says it has everything to do with us, because there God has His controversy with man.
Les explains that 1 Corinthians 1:18 declares the preaching of the cross is foolishness to them that perish, meaning the lost. He notes that people even in the Bible Belt ask what something that happened 2,000 years ago in Jerusalem has to do with them. His answer is everything, because that is where God has His controversy with man. The message Paul was sent to preach is that Christ died, was buried, and rose again.
For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.