"For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God"(I Cor. 18).

-The word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing because it is empty and without meaning for them.

- The word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, who don't believe that Jesus could save any one from the cross, and that he was just another man dying on a cross...

- The word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing because it is beyond human comprehension.

- The word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, because they believe that Jesus' resurrection was a hoax.

- The word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing because they do not believe that Jesus was both God and man dying for the salvation of the world.

"But to us who are being saved it is the power of God."

1. To those who are being saved it is the power of God for salvation.

2. To those who are being saved it is the assurance that Christ has paid the debt for our sin

3. To those who are being saved the cross is the supreme witness of God's love for the world.

4. To those who are being saved the cross is the way to our ultimate home in God.

5. To those who are being saved the cross bring peace and forgiveness for our soul

6. Karl Barth says "To unbelievers the cross has the smell of death, but to believers it is the fragrance of life."

7. To those who are being saved the cross is the light of our pathway.

8. To those who are being saved the cross is our hope in the crucified.