Why is Jesus called “the Power of God and W3isdom of God”?

Those who accepted the divine call, whether Jews or gentiles, share a single perception of the crucified Christ. They perceive Him as the power of God and they find the power of salvation working in their lives. They perceive Him as the wisdom of God , His divine plan for the forgiveness, sanctification, and glorification of humanity eternally in the Lord (1 Cor. 1:24). They perceive in the cross the mystery of the inner self’s delight in the true beauty , the elevation of their thought, and the fulfilment of salvation. They see Him shining forth upon the whole world to gather all in Himself. All are invited to truly become the one chaste bride of Christ, carrying the power of God and the wisdom of God . If the Jews request a sign, Jesus Himself is the greatest of signs; His cross which was for the Jews a stumbling block is the power of God unto salvation to those who believe in Him . If the Greeks seek after wisdom, Christ is the wisdom of God (1 Cor. 1:24). St. Clement of Alexandria says, “The Savior’s teaching is sufficient without additional help, for it is ‘the power and wisdom of God’ (1 Cor. 1:24)”⁷¹⁹

St. Gregory of Nyssa says, “For he who truly believes in the One sees in the One Him Who is completely united with Him in truth, and deity, and essence, and life, and wisdom, and in all attributes whatsoever or, if he does not see in the One Him Who is all these it is in nothing that he believes. For without the Son, you have neither existence nor name, any more than the Powerful without Power, or the Wise without Wisdom. For Christ is the Power of God and the Wisdom of God (1 Cor. 1:24) so that he who imagines he sees the One God apart from power, truth, wisdom, life, or the true light, either sees nothing at all or else assuredly that which is evil. For the withdrawal of the good attributes becomes a positing and origination of evil.”⁷²⁰

He further says, “For God, when creating all things that have their origin by creation, neither stood in need of any matter on which to operate, nor of instruments to aid Him in His construction: for the power and wisdom of God has no need of any external assistance. But Christ is ‘the Power of God and the Wisdom of God’ (1 Cor. 1:24)”⁷²¹