1 Cor. 1: 18-20: A Diagnosis

18For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. 19For it is written:
"I will destroy the wisdom of the wise;
the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate."[c]
20Where is the wise man? Where is the scholar? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? 21For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe.
1 Cor. 1:18-20


This verse tells us an ultimate truth. Christ's death is "foolishness" to people who are suffering since they dont see how someones death can bring some one to life.
and what is preached is foolishness.