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Author Daniel Bernhardt
Published Jan 22, 2025
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Paul, describing the impact of the message of pure primitive Christianity, says:

1 Corinthians 1:19 For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. 20 Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? 21 For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe. 22 For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom: 23 But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness; 24 But unto them which 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.

The life of Christ and His message disrupted the ancient world, both devout Jews and also the pagan and intellectual world represented at that time by the Greeks. What specifically did this message consist of? What was it that so disturbed these two very dissimilar groups? The answer to this question is centered on the love of God, and what Christ and His apostles preached and lived. In this booklet we trace the thread of this revelation, and see how the serpent's lies gave life to the religions of the ancient mysteries, leaping into Greek philosophy, and intermingling into those of today's society. We see and contrast these two philosophies and discover in the cross the Agape of God.