For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.For I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified.For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.For I determined not to know anything among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
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… If you don't have these, I suggest you don't open your mouth. 1 Corinthians 2, verses 1-4, or 3. And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God, for I determined not to know anything among you save Jesus Christ and him crucified. And I was with you in weakness and in fear and in much trembling. So hear what the apostle Paul said. See if you qualify. He said, when I came to you, I didn't come with excellency of speech. I came in weakness, fear, and much trembling. Not ordinary trembling, but much knee-knocking trembling. Do you qualify? Do you say to yourself, I just don't know what I'd say to strangers. I just don't have the words. I'm in weakness, fear, and much trembling. Well, you've just qualified yourself for being a witness of Christ. And see, my consolation is that in my weakness, I'm strong. When I realize I don't have eloquence of speech, I'm in weakness and fear and much trembling, that drives me to my knees, and that's the safest place for a Christian. …
again, there was a decision. You know, last night, Chandler talked about the safety belt. Right, we put on that safety belt, and honestly, my safety belt is sermon prep. I'm not talking about studying the Word of God. Okay? I study the Word. We should all be students of the Word of God. Study, study, study, study. But sometimes my safety belt is my sermon prep and just figuring out how to deliver it just right to where I know it can't fail. I know, like what you were saying last night. I know how to keep people's attention. I know how to put together a message I'll keep everyone's attention for 40 minutes. I figured that out. Okay, so that's my safety best. So even if the Holy Spirit does nothing, it's still gonna be fine. Seriously, people will still walk out of the church building going, that was good. I know how to put together a service with the band and just put the right order together where it's gonna be fine. …
IN the verse preceding our text, Paul writes, "The Jews require a sign." They said, "Moses worked miracles; let us see miracles worked and then we will believe," forgetting that all the wonders that Moses worked were altogether eclipsed by those which Jesus worked while He was upon the earth in the flesh. Then there were certain Judaizing teachers who, in order to win the Jews, preached circumcision, exalted the Passover and endeavored to prove that Judaism might still exist side by side with Christianity—and that the old rites might still be practiced by the followers of Christ. So Paul, who was made all things to all men that he might by all means save some, put his foot down and said, in effect, "Whatever others may do, we preach Christ crucified—we dare not, we cannot and we will not alter the great subject matter of our preaching, Jesus Christ, and Him crucified. Then he added, "and the Greeks seek after wisdom." Corinth was the very eyes of Greece and the Corinthian Greeks sought after what they regarded as wisdom—that is to say, the wisdom of this world, not the wisdom of God which Paul preached! The Greeks also treasured the memory of the eloquence of Demosthenes and other famous orators. And they seemed to think that true wisdom must be proclaimed with the graces of masterly elocution—but Paul writes to these Corinthian Greeks, "I determined not to know anything among you, save Jesus Christ, and Him crucified. And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, that your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men but in the power of God." …