1 Corinthians 1:22-23 "Jews demand miraculous signs and Greeks look for wisdom, but we preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles,"
Lord, Good Morning! I can understand why the Jews demand miraculous signs. Al throughout their history as a nation You have given them miraculous signs: from the birth of Isaac, to the ram in the thicket, to the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, to Jacob's wrestle with the angel and vision of Heaven, to to the Exodus from Egypt and Your provisions in the desert for 40 years as they wandered there, and the fall of Jericho...and the list goes on and on. Even when You were with them here on earth, You did many miracles as signs that You were the long awaited Messiah. But they had You crucified. Then the greatest miracle of all, You ROSE FROM THE DEAD! Even with all of those signs throughout their history, they did not proselytize as they were supposed to, but held themselves aloof in pride and arrogance.
The Greeks (Gentiles) had none of those so tried to find god and their purpose on their own so to speak. They came up with mnay gods and sought after this world's wisdom and came up empty.
You are a stumbling block to the Jews because they expected something other than You, and Your ways and "simple, but costly, salvation message seems like foolishness to them, and to our age as well.
Oh, Lord, open the Spiritual eyes of the world to see Your truth, and meay we Christians not be like the Jews holding ourselves up as "holier than thou. You have called us to come out from among the world and be sepearate, but not separated. We are to live a holy life, but to give grace and mercy to those who do not know You so we might win some. We are In, but not Of this world. Thank You, very humbly, Lord, for Your grace and mercy You showed, and show me daily.
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