1Corinthians 2:4-5. “And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man’s wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power: that your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.”
SPEECH. He came, and to all there was really no doubt,
He knew the God he was preaching about. The truth He declared and so plainly proclaimed, Was about the God he knew and whose power he named. No fancy words, they could not understand; No hidden meanings to frustrate a man. What he did speak was true, right straight from God. God’s testimony true was power in the blood Of Him who was crucified; Jesus Christ alone. By no other way could sins be atoned.
He came to their town in fear, weakness, and trembling. But when he spoke the truth, there was never dissembling. Results were seen there, by Spirit-demonstration; The power was there with heavenly wisdom. The faith that resulted when the folks heard the Word; Was real to behold, he preached Jesus is Lord. No smooth-talking message to tickle the ear. But truth straight from God that brought repentance and fear. And lives there were changed, when on Christ they believed. Sinful people in Corinth, through Paul’s preaching were saved.
But he didn’t stop there; the commission is greater. The message from God takes a person much farther, To the place where they see they are part of a work, That began at salvation and goes farther to make Men and women to all understand they are part of the Church. The walls have come down between Jews and Greeks. The world’s wisdom knows not a thing about this. If they had known they never would’ve crucified Christ. But we know who we’ve believed, and now where we stand. Our position in Christ is part of the plan.
The wisdom of God is hidden from men. It is known when the Spirit of God opens the mind, To receive hidden truths which He does reveal. When we accept Christ, by the Spirit we’re sealed. But further than that, the Holy Ghost teaches; And from Him we learn how far salvation reaches. We are placed in a Body with Christ as the Head. By the Spirit of God and God’s Word we are fed. And so, in that truth that in His Body we’re placed; We can find full instruction from the revealed mind of Christ.
“O God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ: I have been reading in this chapter how easily things can be taken for granted that are truly profound. If I could preach like Paul, maybe people would understand better. But I am what You want me to be – I hope. If there are truths to be told to the people this coming week that I haven’t made clear yet; help me, by the power of the Spirit, to make hidden things easy to see. Amen.”