Paul Practiced What He Preached

04/11/2024 26 min Temporada 7 Episodio 8
Paul Practiced What He Preached

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Greetings, if you would like to support Free Gospel Church and our ministries, you can make a donation at FreeGospelAssembly.com.  Thank you for listening. If this message has blessed you please share it, that others may hear! God bless you.1 Corinthians 2:1-16 especially verse 4Paul in his preaching and doing ministry “resolved” (1 Corinthians 2:2) tonot depend only on his human talents but primarily on the message ofChrist Crucified (1 Corinthians 1:18) and dependence on the Holy Spirit todemonstrate the wisdom and veracity of the message and God’s purpose(note Romans 15:19).Main Points1) There is a message to be delivered both by words and demonstration,both dependent on the Spirit’s revelation and anointing. Verse 6-10,especially verse 10.2) The Spirit Must Become our ultimate connection to all things divine,especially the “deep things of God.” Although we will never understandGod’s wisdom completely in this life (1 Corinthians 2:11-12), we canunderstand enough to be saved and grow in development of the mind ofChrist (v.16). The worldly pundits that consider it “foolishness” cannever, (verses 10-14) especially verse 14.3) What about those without the Holy Spirit? (verses 14-16)No matter how humanly smart and powerful they may be and successfulin all areas of life, even in religion, they cannot appreciate the cross ofChrist (2:8) and “the deep things of God” because they can only bediscerned by the revelation of the Spirit grounded on the word of God,His creation (verses 14-15).Finally, the goal of all things Christian is found in verse 16 (Isaiah 40:13).My paraphrase: “Who has known the mind of the Lord (his thoughts or“deep things”) so as to be able to instruct Him? The answer no one,especially not the Jews, who demand signs like a military messiah orGreeks who think human philosophizing can lead to God’s instruction andtruth. Only the Holy Spirit in His revelation both to our spirit or mind and Hiswritten words of revelation in Scripture, rightly divided of course!Read al Philippians 2:1-5