What type of person does God choose?? - Ministry Videos

The most common question that people have been asking for thousands of years, has to do with why they are on this spinning planet?rnChristians often ask, "Can God use me?"rnrn"Do I have a purpose in this life?"rnrnThe answer is "Yes".rnrnThe real question then should be "What type of person does God use?" The answer is more simple that you might think. He does not choose the perfect or the glamorous. He chooses you and me.rnrn1 Corinthians 1:25-31rnrnBecause the foolish thing of God is wiser than men, and the weak thing of God is stronger than men. For you see your calling, brothers, that not many wise men according to the flesh are called, not many mighty, not many noble. But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God has chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; and God has chosen the base things of the world, and things which are despised, and things which are not, in order to bring to nothing things that are; so that no flesh should glory in His presence. But of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who of God is made to us wisdom and righteousness and sanctification and redemption; so that, according as it is written, "He who glories, let him glory in the Lord."rnrnI think the beginning point in understanding what type of person God chooses lay's in the truth of the above verses.rnrnPaul was writing to a church which he had established in the city of Corinth. This was a city of some 5-6 hundred thousand people at the time and was a hub of international trade and commerce.rnrnIt was also well known as a city with a degenerated culture, debauched lifestyle and idolatrous religions. The city was filled with temple and shrines to god's of all kinds, including the most important temple in the region, that of the temple of Aphrodite, the goddess of love. This is the same as the Roman goddess Venus.rnrnPros##!ution was an accepted part of daily life and more t