1:26-28 What do we understand from what Paul says here?
1:26-28 What do we understand from what Paul says here?
We understand from this that not many rich and famous and powerful people in the world order respond affirmatively to God's call to salvation through the gospel of Christ.
Their elitism resulting from their status in the world order causes them to regard the simple message of the gospel as foolishness. Yet it is by this so-called foolishness that countless multitudes of lesser known sinners - by world standards - are saved (CP 1Cor 1:18-25, 30).
God chose the simple gospel message, which the world despises as the way of salvation, and used it to nullify the things the world esteems, so that no one can ever boast that they were saved because of their status in the world order. (CP 1Cor 1:26-29, 31; Jer 9:23-24 with Job 5:13; Psa 20:7-9; 33:16-22; 44:8; 94:11; Isa 41:14-16; Jer 4:1-2; 1Cor 3:18-23 [Job 5:13 and Psa 94:11 are quoted here]; Ga 6:14; Php 3:3-11).
See also comments on Mt 19:16-22, 19:23-26; Lu 12:13-15, 16:12-21, and author's studies Christians and Wealth in his book Foundational Truths of the Christian Faith and Christians - Flee from Idolatry in his book Advanced Studies in the Christian Faith (Volume 2).