Why does God choose the foolish things of the world rather than the wise?
God chooses the foolish things of the world to confound the wise, rather than choosing noblemen or the highly educated. Before using Moses and Paul, He brought them down to nothing or a nobody, showing that His work does not rest on human position, education, or wealth.
Les teaches from I Corinthians 1:27 that instead of choosing noblemen or the highly educated, God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise. Les illustrates this with Moses: after 40 years on the back side of the desert as a sheep herder—an abomination in Egyptian eyes—Moses had become a nothing. When God approached him at the burning bush, Moses' first excuse was 'I can't talk.' Similarly, Paul was highly educated under Gamaliel and from a wealthy Jewish family, but he had to be taken down to a nobody. God thus humbles human credentials before using a person, so the foolish things confound the wise.
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;
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What has God chosen the foolish and weak things of the world to do?
God chose the foolish things of the world to confound the wise, and He chose the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty.
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.