Have you ever said, oh, if only so and so would be a Christian?

Oh, if we can only win so and so.

There are not many wise, there are not many mighty, and there are not many noble.

Most of us are just plain old common folk.

And you know what?

God did that purpose, so you stand as a rebuke for all time against human wisdom.

Welcome to Grace to you with John MacArthur. I'm your host Phil Johnson.

These days it seems that people trust in science to answer the ultimate questions of life or they hope that politics

will end all the suffering in the world or they see education as the path to

ultimate fulfillment or they even look inward believing that some inner voice is the best

guide in life. That to say, human wisdom is elevated and God's wisdom is largely ignored, even considered foolish.

So how do you stand up for the truth in a world that is enamored with error?

John MacArthur answers that question today as he continues his

study called, Is the Bible Reliable? And with today's lesson, here's John.

If you will take your Bible and turn to 1st Corinthians chapter 1.

The book of 1st Corinthians is divided basically into Paul's discussion of the various problems that existed in the Corinthian Church.

The entire book, beginning in verse 10 of chapter 1 and going into chapter 16, deals with the

areas of problems in the assembly.

But the first problem that confronted the apostle, as he wrote, was the problem of division.

Now as we come to chapter 1 verse 18, Paul is continuing to deal with

this problem of division in the church. We're going to be looking at chapter 1 verse 18 through chapter 2 verse 8 as a unit.

This I think is one of the greatest sections in all of scripture because it gives a contrast, now mark this, it gives a contrast between

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