![]() ![]() Let’s proclaim the truth of God’s word plainly and clearly so that people might trust in that Word, not our words, so that people might trust in His power, not our eloquence, so the people might trust in God, not in us. So in our lives on a daily basis, just to speak the word, the gospel of God plainly to people around us and trust God to show his power and then in the church when a pastor is teaching on a Sunday or in this or that class or group or whatever it might be, someone teaching the Word, teaches the Word, let’s sure that we are not exalting human eloquence and filling a talk with all kinds of human wisdom. 1 Corinthians 2:4–5 Encourages Sharing the Word I want your faith to rest in the power of God.” So just to proclaim the gospel powerfully, clearly, plainly, not to dress it up with all kinds of human wisdom, eloquence, but just to proclaim it plainly and let God show His power to do that. That’s not the goal because the problem is if that’s the goal and that’s what we do, then people will start to put their faith and their trust in the words of man and what we manufacture, what we bring up and Paul says, “No, I want your faith not to rest on the wisdom of men. The goal is never to impress with great words. ![]() ![]() I think about other pastors, teachers of God’s word. The whole picture here is Paul said, “I didn’t come with words that were trying to impress you.” So when you’re sharing the gospel, the aim is not to impress people or I just think about my role as a pastor. Thankfully Paul raised him from the dead. Put Eutychus right to sleep in a way that killed him. So his aim was not to be this most eloquent speaker and we know from other parts, even of Paul’s letters to the church at Corinth, that there are a lot of people who didn’t think he was that great a speaker and well, just ask Eutychus too in Acts, chapter 20. “My speech and my message were not in plausible words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, so that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men but in the power of God.” So Paul is saying, “When I came into Corinth sharing the gospel and proclaiming the gospel in different settings, my aim was not to impress with plausible words of human wisdom, not to impress with all kinds of lofty rhetoric.” That’s what he described back in verse one of this chapter. But let’s think about both though together. Not only when we think about preaching, but when we think about sharing the gospel in our lives. “And my speech and my message were not implausible words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power so that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.” ![]()
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