1 Corinthians 1:19 For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.
20 Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?
21 For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.
This first verse lets us know that it does not matter how smart we are in book learning it is not important to God. God is not interested in your mind or your intellect, He wants your heart. we have seen it plenty of times a supper smart person can not comprehend the saving grace of our Savior. Next he ask the question of the smart religious people who totally missed the Lord Jesus Christ as their Messiah, because they did not understand the things of the Spirit. Fact is the opposite of faith and this is what the wise wanted was to argue facts. Finally Paul tells that even with all the wisdom the world has they missed God. God designed to save helpless sinners through the preaching of a message that was so simple that the worldly wise deemed it nonsense. You cannot study your Bible for very long or hear the Word of God preached many times without receiving Jesus Christ as your Savior.