What kinds of people and things does God choose to confound the wise and mighty?
Scripture says God chooses the foolish things of the world to confound the wise, the weak things to confound the mighty, and the base, despised, and things which are not to bring to nothing the things that are. He uses what mankind would never dream of using, so no flesh can glory in His presence.
Les explains from 1 Corinthians 1:27-29 that God deliberately chooses the foolish things of the world to confound the wise, the weak things of the world to confound the mighty, and the base things, things despised, and things which are not, to bring to naught the things that are. This shows that God uses what mankind would never dream of using, and He uses it for His honor and glory. The purpose is that no flesh should glory in His presence. The same concept is seen in 2 Corinthians 4:7: the excellency of the power is not of us, but of God, so man cannot take the credit.
But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;
And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are:
More Questions
Who does God choose to confound the wise?
Instead of choosing noblemen or the highly educated, God has chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise.
Why did God choose the foolish and weak things of the world according to 1 Corinthians 1:27?
God has chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise, and the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty.
What does it mean that God uses the things that are not to confound the things that are?
The 'things that are not' are the very things the world isn't even aware of, that count as nothing to the world and have no credentials, and are nothing in the eyes of the successful world — but those are the very things God uses to confound the high and the mighty; that's His way of doing it.