Corinthians 1:10-31
"10 Now I plead with you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and
that there be no divisions among you, but
that you be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment. 11 For it has been declared to me concerning you, my brethren, by those of Chloe’s
household, that there are contentions among you. 12 Now I say this, that each of you says, 'I am of Paul,' or 'I am of Apollos, or I am of Cephas,' or 'I am of Christ.' 13 Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul? 14 I thank God that I baptized none of you except Crispus and Gaius, 15 lest anyone should say that I had baptized in my own name. 16 Yes, I also baptized the household of Stephanas. Besides, I do not know whether I baptized any other. 17 For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of no effect.18 For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. 19 For it is written:
'I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,
And bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.'
20 Where
is the wise? Where
is the scribe? Where
is the disputer of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? 21 For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through wisdom did not know God, it pleased God through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe. 22 For Jews request a sign, and Greeks seek after wisdom; 23 but we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews a stumbling block and to the Greeks foolishness, 24 but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. 25 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men. 26 For you see your calling, brethren, that not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble,
are called. 27 But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to put to shame the things which are mighty; 28 and the base things of the world and the things which are despised God has chosen, and the things which are not, to bring to nothing the things that are, 29 that no flesh should glory in His presence. 30 But of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God—and righteousness and sanctification and redemption— 31 that, as it is written, 'He who glories, let him glory in the Lord.'"
A house divided is easily attacked by the Enemy. The wisdom referenced in this passage is human wisdom, not Godly wisdom for we are to be wise in the ways of God.
Proverbs 1:20-33
20 Wisdom calls aloud outside; She raises her voice in the open squares.
21 She cries out in the chief concourses, At the openings of the gates in the city She speaks her words:
22 "
How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? For scorners delight in their scorning, And fools hate knowledge. 23 Turn at my rebuke; Surely I will pour out my spirit on you; I will make my words known to you.
24 Because I have called and you refused, I have stretched out my hand and no one regarded,
25 Because you disdained all my counsel, And would have none of my rebuke,
26 I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your terror comes,
27 When your terror comes like a storm, And your destruction comes like a whirlwind, When distress and anguish come upon you.
28 "Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; They will seek me diligently, but they will not find me.
29 Because they hated knowledge And did not choose the fear of the Lord,
30 They would have none of my counsel And despised my every rebuke.
31 Therefore they shall eat the fruit of their own way, And be filled to the full with their own fancies.
32 For the turning away of the simple will slay them, And the complacency of fools will destroy them;
33 But whoever listens to me will dwell safely, And will be secure, without fear of evil."
The answers are all in the Bible, man need not have an onion on the matter. This is very simple, it is biblical or it ins't.
Bible (Gods Word) > A or B
Fact, you cannot take a
translation of any Bible as
literally accurate, it is a translation! This should be fairly obvious!
Once you overcome that hurdle and understand that there are transnational errors from the original scrolls, you would be wise to go and look at the Hebrew...
If you read the Hebrew you get...
Genesis 1:1-2
“In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form and void; darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.”
Genesis 1:1-2 Hebrew – direct translation in English
“in·beginning, Elohim (God), created, the·heavens, and, the·earth, and·the·earth, she-became, chaos, and·vacancy, and·darkness, over, surfaces-of, abyss, and·spirit-of, Elohim, vibrating, over, surfaces-of, the·waters.”
Gods word, in the "beginning" of our physical universe. Nothing is prior to this, or God would have said in the beginning and described something else, but He didn't. Unless you disagree with God?
You can re-post this argument with whatever title you wish, asking the question in whatever form you wish, but you won't get any agreement see the Pharisee post...
Lastly the age of the Earth predates the sun according to scripture, so the correct answer cannot be chosen as the Earth was created before time. (Time was created in the fourth "day" of creation).
I was really hoping to avoid posting, but it wounds my soul to see Christ's house divided.
Warm regards, GBTG