The Angel's Message

"Consider your own call, brothers and sisters: not many of you were wise by human standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth. But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong..." (1 Corinthians 1:26-27 NRSV)
It is not coincidental that the angels' announcement of Jesus' birth - "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men" - was made first to shepherds. For people with money, education, and culture, Christ's message often seems too opposed to human wisdom to accept. (In fact, it flies in the face of everything the world teaches about power and glory, about 'making it,' about wealth and success and prestige.) Nor was it by chance that Jesus chose simple fishermen and not scribes to accompany Him as He traveled and taught in Judea

- Johann Christoph Arnold