Why is the preaching of the cross foolishness to those who perish?
The preaching of the cross is foolishness to those who perish because they cannot comprehend that what someone did 2,000 years ago has any effect on us today. To them the message is foolishness, but to those who are saved that same preaching becomes the power of God.
Les teaches from 1 Corinthians 1:18 that the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness. He points out that we see this all around us: people simply cannot comprehend that what someone did 2,000 years ago has any effect on us today. But the same preaching that is foolishness to the perishing becomes the power of God to those who are saved. Les emphasizes that this is what he wants his listeners to understand—that the preaching of the cross is the power of God. This is connected to the earlier truth that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, was buried, and rose again the third day according to the Scriptures.
For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.
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What is the preaching of the cross to those who are perishing?
The preaching of the cross is foolishness to them that perish.