I just came across something that sounded funny to me today. It’s in 1 Cor. 1: 22-23. It says that the Jews demanded miraculous signs and the Greeks needed intellectual evidence, but God sent them the gospel of a crucified Savior. This scandalized both of them. Can you see the humor in that verse? People think it’s stupidity, God thinks it is wisdom and power.

Lessons I learned:

1. Don’t put God in a box. Both Jews and Greeks wanted something they feel would lead them closer to God but God gave them something better, something they didn’t know they needed.

2. Don’t reject the gift because you didn’t like the wrappers. Jesus is God’s ultimate gift to save humanity but people rejected Him because they were scandalized with the fact that He was crucified. Many people would have preferred it if He came down to earth riding the clouds, doing aerial somersaults and flashing fire from His eyes. That would have been awesome to look at. But He came in a manger and died on a cross like a criminal. He was not popular among the religious groups. He was not like what most people expected. That’s the reason why they didn’t get the gift He offered.

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