1 Corinthians 2:1-5
And I, brethren, when I came to you, did not come with excellence of speech or of wisdom declaring to you the testimony of God. For I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified. I was with you in weakness, in fear, and in much trembling. And my speech and my preaching were not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, that your faith should not be in the wisdom of men but in the power of God.
In a world that values eloquent speech, high production, and human wisdom, the apostle Paul reminds us that true power and transformation reside in our reliance on God’s wisdom rather than the wisdom of men. When Paul ministered in Corinth, he did not use persuasive words, high production and human wisdom (it was just Paul and the gospel of grace), choosing to focus solely on Jesus Christ and His sacrificial death on the cross (1 Corinthians 2:2). His approach was marked by weakness, fear, and trembling, demonstrating that true power is found in the demonstration of the Spirit’s work (1 Corinthians 2-4).
Then Paul admonishes us in verse 5; that our faith “should” NOT come from the wisdom of men (or anything the world has to offer) but in the power of God. Read 1 Corinthians 2:5 below;
‘that your faith should not be in the wisdom of men but in the power of God.’
I Corinthians 2:5
And where does the power of God culminate? What is the power of God that transforms hearts, defeats sin, the law, Satan, and death itself? The Gospel. The finished work of the cross… Read on.
For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek.
Romans 1:16
Religion is Behavior Modification – Christianity is Heart Transformation
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