The GOAL is JESUS
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· 55 viewsTRUTH: The ultimate goal of your life is to know Jesus & Him crucified. Sub-truth: As a result, one experiences the power of God in their life.
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1 And I, when I came to you, brothers, did not come proclaiming to you the testimony of God with lofty speech or wisdom.
TRUTH: The ultimate purpose of your life is to know Jesus.
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What to you spend your time knowing?
What’s preventing you from knowing Jesus & Him crucified?
God’s Word
God’s Word
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1 And I, when I came to you, brothers, did not come proclaiming to you the testimony of God with lofty speech or wisdom.
Summary - Temptation to boast in human efforts.
Summary - Temptation to boast in human efforts.
2 For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified.
1 Corinthians 2:2
What does “Jesus and Him crucified” mean?
Jesus & Him crucified is Christianity.
It’s the cross where salvation begins and ends.
The life, cross, and resurrection is the epic-center of your Christian life. Jesus is in the middle of
Paul did not want to waste time knowing anything else but Jesus.
Thousand distractions
Knowing Jesus experientially - Paul owned his faith in Christ. It was his. Personally knowing Jesus intimately was a first-hand experience to Paul - not “piggy-backed” from someone else.
3 And I was with you in weakness and in fear and much trembling, 4 and my speech and my message were not in plausible words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, 5 so that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men but in the power of God.
3 And I was with you in weakness and in fear and much trembling, 4 and my speech and my message were not in plausible words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, 5 so that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men but in the power of God.
3 And I was with you in weakness and in fear and much trembling, 4 and my speech and my message were not in plausible words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, 5 so that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men but in the power of God.
Paul explained that the power of God through the Spirit of God is what changes a person, not a great preacher.
Q - Have you experienced the power of God in your life? Not head knowledge of Jesus and the gospel, but the life-changing power the gospel provides through the Holy Spirit at work in you?
In experiencing the power of God, Paul pointed the Corinthian Christians to it. Knowing Jesus is about a bunch of “do’s,” it’s about a relationship with God.
Application
Application
2020 resolution/goal: KNOW JESUS
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Questions
What to you spend your time knowing?
What’s preventing you from knowing Jesus & Him crucified?
