Would you turn please to 1 Corinthians the first chapter? First Corinthians chapter 1st

Chapter 1. And we'll begin in verse 18. We looked at this some last Sunday, and I want to

continue with it. It said for the preaching of the cross

is to them that perish foolishness.

But to us which are saved, it's the power of God.

You can tell who's lost and who's saved by how they respect or don't respect the gospel.

Can you see that?

If somebody says, oh, that church stuff, there's nothing to that.

Well, it's not true what they said,

but what they just revealed is that they're lost.

And that's sad.

But to us who are saved,

the preaching of the gospel is not foolishness.

It's the power of God.

Everybody say power of God.

Keep reading.

Verse 19.

He said, it's written, I'll destroy the wisdom of the wise and bring to nothing

the understanding of the prudent.

Verse 22, he said, the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom.

Now, you'll find these two groups are still in the earth, not just saying Jewish or Gentile,

but there are those who are intellectual,

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