Subject | The Power of the Cross |
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Content | The Power of the Cross (1 Corinthians 1:18-25) God is true. His love for the world is true (Jn 17:3). Therefore, God’s Son is true, God’s word is true, and God’s wisdom is true (Jn 8:45). As God’s truthfulness hangs together with the world’s unrighteousness, you must judge and choose (Mt 9:13). What is the cross? (1 Cor 1:18) Isn’t it a punishing rack to curse the cursed? (Gal 3:13) Who is it hanging on the cross? (Mt 16:21) Is it Christ, the Son of God? (Mt 16:23) Or is it man hanging on the cross? If man hangs, He is cursed. If the Son of God hangs, it is the Righteous One’s death (Mt 27:54). By man’s wisdom, a sinner hangs, but by God’s wisdom, a cursed sinner rests on it (Lk 23:39-43). If man hangs, you will perish. If God’s Son hangs, your faith lives. 〇 Therefore, if man look at the cross by faith, he is saved. If he looks by man’s wisdom, he perishes. If a sinner rests on and unites with Christ, he lives. 〇 By man’s wisdom, He who hangs on the tree is cursed. By God’s wisdom, He rests on the tree of curse. Those who rest on and unite with Jesus are saved. 〇 God’s wisdom and man’s wisdom are different. If one follows God’s wisdom, it is faith. If one follows man’s wisdom, he perishes. ※ The Jews’ miracles and the Greeks’ wisdom are useless. God’s wisdom becomes faith and power. Let’s look at the way of the cross with inspiration! |