Our culture tends to think power comes with position, the higher you climb in academia or business, the more powerful you become. Here Paul writes that true power & wisdom come from God. “Know Jesus, Know Power - No Jesus, No power!”
Paul begins by making it clear that as he preached the Gospel it wasn’t with “eloquence, superior wisdom or persuasive words” but it was simple and powerful: “Jesus Christ and Him crucified.” Why? So our faith wouldn’t be because someone “talked us into believing” but rather that God Himself saved us by His power!
On the flip side, Paul does speak the wisdom of God revealed to us by His Holy Spirit! This is a great section on how God’s Spirit works in the life of a believer. He reveals truth to us as we read God’s Word. He also searches our hearts, knows our thoughts and knows God’s thoughts. This is why those who have the Holy Spirit understand REAL truth & wisdom – because we have God inside us to give us understanding. Those who don’t have God inside them have no way of understanding spiritual truth, so they have to find “truth” elsewhere.
Talk about an amazing blessing from God – wow!?! And we have no idea of the endless implications, that’s why Paul writes: “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him.”
SO WHAT?!
*Ever try to talk someone into believing in Jesus? Yeah, me too. How should today’s reading affect our view of evangelism? It should cause us to PRAY more because it’s the Spirit’s power not my words.
*What wisdom from the world is most tempting for you? Work hard, get rich? Scratch their back, they’ll scratch yours? Etc… Jesus gives REAL wisdom. The old Michael Card song says:
We in our foolishness thought we were wise.
He played the fool and he opened our eyes.
We in our weakness believed we were strong.
He became helpless to show we were wrong.
Remember, “Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.” – 1 Corinthians 1:24
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment