Jesus Christ Crucified

“When I came to you, brothers, I did not come with eloquence
or superior wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God. For I
resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him
crucified. I came to you in weakness and fear, and with much trembling. My
message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but with a
demonstration of the Spirit’s power, so that your faith might not rest on men’s
wisdom, but on God’s power” (1 Corinthians 2:1-5).

Paul’s resolution caused his feelings—weakness and fear and
much trembling. The result was a demonstration of the Spirit’s power. It would
have been easy for Paul to count on, and trust in, his own eloquence and
superior wisdom. His converts would have been the result of man’s wisdom, not
of God’s power.

That may be one of our problems in evangelism today. We get
converts based on man’s wisdom. A simple resolution might make the difference:
“to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified.”

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