The Scandal of Grace: God’s Upside-Down Calling and the End of Boasting (1 Corinthians 1:26–31)
Deep Dive into The Scandal of Grace: God’s Upside-Down Calling and the End of Boasting (1 Corinthians 1:26–31)In 1 Corinthians 1:26–31, the Apostle Paul confronts the status-obsessed culture of Corinth by challenging believers to examine their own social composition. By observing that "not many" of them were wise, mighty, or noble by worldly standards, Paul provides empirical proof that God does not construct His kingdom using the "movers and shakers" of society. Instead, God sovereignly calls the foolish, the weak, and the "zeroes"—those considered "things that are not"—to dismantle the idol…
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