OUR FATHER WHOSE POWER PERSUADES MEN OF THE EFFICACY OF THE GOSPEL

The apostle Paul, in the second chapter of 1 Corinthians verses 1 - 5, reminded the Corinthians that when he was among them, he did not present himself with skillful rhetoric and deep wisdom pertaining to  the message of God.

Instead, he had come in a position of weakness and fear and trembling bearing only the message of Jesus Christ and His crucifixion. He brought only the simplicity of the gospel of Jesus and the Spirit confirmed Paulˋs words with power so that their belief and faith would not be hinged on the words of human persuasion but rather only on the power of God.

1 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. 2 For I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified. 3 I was with you in weakness, in fear, and in much trembling. 4 And my speech and my preaching were not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, 5 that your faith should not be in the wisdom of men but in the power of God.

Amen.

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