“Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, it pleased God through the folly of what we preach to save those who believe. For Jews demand signs and Greeks seek wisdom, but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles,”
Jesus is the ultimate fulfillment of those desires that we sinfully try to find fulfillment for in the things around us. These verses focus on two groups of people. One group is preoccupied by the desire for wisdom and the other is interested in displays of power. Christ is both all-powerful and all-wise, but they miss this truth because of pride and unbelief.
In earthly systems, you get ahead by being the best. If you work hard enough and long enough and make enough sacrifices, you will most likely succeed. So you might think that if you study hard enough or do enough research, you will be able to understand the world around you and maybe even the Creator of it. But this is not so. Even the most devoted of those who pursue this knowledge never come to the knowledge of God with their own wisdom. We come to know Him through the proclamation of His word. The worldly wise reject this, but in doing so they have rejected ultimate wisdom, mistaking it for folly.
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