Satan’s strategies: Too simple to understand

1 Corinthians 1:18-19 | The message of the cross is foolish to those who are headed for destruction! But we who are being saved know it is the very power of God. As the Scriptures say, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise and discard the intelligence of the intelligent.”

1st Corinthians 2:14 | But people who aren’t spiritual can’t receive these truths from God’s Spirit. It all sounds foolish to them and they can’t understand it, for only those who are spiritual can understand what the Spirit means.

• According to these passages, how do the things of Christ sound or seem to the unbeliever? Why is this? 

• Who grants the ability for a person to understand the things of God? 

• If there are things you don’t understand about God, salvation, or Jesus, what can you do? [Check out James 1:5 if you’re not sure!]

• What is the message of the cross? 

• Do you feel like you understand it fully? 

• Are you able to explain it simply? [Give it a try!]

• Are there any parts of the message of the cross that seem too simple or “foolish” to be effective? 

• Do you ever hesitate to tell the Good News to others because it is so simple/foolish?