Thinking about the foolishness of God’s love vs the wisdom of humans.

“For God's foolishness is wiser than human wisdom, and God's weakness is stronger than human strength.” (1 Corinthians 1:25)

In John’s gospel, Jesus commands that followers would “love one another as I have loved you. No one has greater love than this, to lay down one's life for one's friends.” (John 15:12-13)

For Jesus-centric Christians (Christians that view the Bible through the lens of Jesus and actively follow Him, claiming that in Christ and with the help of the Holy Spirit, we are able to live like Jesus), what does this verse about wisdom mean for us?

What is human wisdom?

In the Bible we find many books including Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Song of Solomon.

Other human wisdom include mainstream “-isms.”

Laws and governments are built around human wisdom. We train up our children and societies’ criminals and occasionally our neighbors based on discipline by human wisdom.