Paul’s Message of Jesus

Meditations in First Corinthians

April 22, 2022

Paul’s Message of Jesus 

I did this so you would trust not in human wisdom but in the power of God.

1 Corinthians 2:5

Read: 1 Corinthians 2:1-5

As I noted a few days ago, when Paul came to Corinth, he determined not to try and compete with the sophists. Rather, he made it his purpose to “forget everything except Jesus Christ, the one who was crucified.” (v.2) And that was enough! As we saw yesterday, through Jesus, God made us to be in a right relationship with Him. He made us pure and holy. He freed us from sin.

Paul says he relied on a two-part foundation for his ministry in Corinth. First, he forgot everything except Jesus. He made his ministry all about Jesus. Secondly, he relied not on rhetoric or performance-related enhancements such as singers and musicians and lights and coffee bars and rock walls or other sorts of bells and whistles. He relied on the Holy Spirit.

My Takeaway: In today’s culture can it be that simple? Is all that is needed is a Christ-centered ministry “relying only on the power of the Holy Spirit”? (v. 5) I think so. I really do.

Sē’lah

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(Selah is a word that appears in the Book of Psalms that I often use as the Complimentary Closing in my correspondence. Its meaning, as I use the word, is to pause and think about these things.)

 

These meditations are written by Alex M. Knight as he seeks the life in Christ as his way of life.  The meditations are published on the BLOG, http://seekingthelifeinchrist.blogspot.com/ and they are also distributed on the Constant Contact email server. You may subscribe to this email service by sending an email to: amkrom812@gmail.com.

 

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