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Paul has been taking a break from his discussion on unity to talk about the Gospel.
He is doing this because our unity is based on the Gospel.
If we believe that our unity is based on anything else than the Gospel, we will not be unified.
If we do not have a true understanding of the Gospel, we will not be unified.
The Corinthians, being caught up in their culture, started to believe that the Gospel was based in human wisdom and power, but as Paul said, it is not.
It is based on the wisdom and power of God.
They had been caught up in what humanity could offer: wisdom, strength, and wealth, forgetting to pursue what only God can offer.
So, knowing that the Gospel is not based in human wisdom or power but in the wisdom and power of God who provides all the things we discussed last week, how do we relate the Gospel?
Sometimes, because of our own sin, or because of the culture in which we live, we are tempted to share the Gospel in a way that people will like us, or in a way that they will look up to us.
A pastor has this temptation all the time, because he likes it when people say that they like listening to him.
But, when we share the Gospel or the truths of the Bible, we should share it in a way that people will follow God, not us.
This is important because we are all sinners.
We will all do things that betray someone’s trust or hurt someone else.
We can talk about Ravi Zacharias or Mark Driscoll.
We could mention Bill Gothard and Doug Phillips, Jimmy Swaggart, and others.
All these people who inspired a following, instead of calling people to follow Christ.
As such, when they sinned, people stopped following God, churches shut, ministries folded.
Paul wanted people to follow Christ, so here he reflects on his preaching.
Read 1 Corinthians 2:1-5
Pray
Paul uses phrases that describe a spirit of dependence and subjection to God’s authority.
In addition, we know that his manner of preaching was unimpressive.
Let’s dive in.
He talks about an emotion behind his preaching.
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Paul was not a bold preacher.
He constantly asked people to pray for his boldness.
Consider Ephesians 6:19-20
His timidity was based on human fear, but it was also based on a spirit of dependence on God instead of dependence on himself.
He uses three terms to describe his emotion of weakness.
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