Paul says in 1 Cor 4:9: For I think God has displayed us, the apostles, last as men condemed to death; for we ahve been made a spectacle to the world, both to anges and to men. 10 We are fools for Christ's sake.... We will talk about his and other passages which speak to this apect of living the authenic life of a disciple of Christ. This at the heart of having a sober view of the message of the Cross.