I came to you in weakness and fear, and with much trembling.I was with you in weakness, in fear, and in much trembling.And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.
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… except Jesus Christ and Him crucified. And I was with you in weakness and in fear and in much trembling. And my speech and my message, they were not with sensible words of wisdom, but with a demonstration of God's spirit and power so that your faith would not be in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God. Now, among the mature, we do speak wisdom. We impart wisdom, but it is not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, which are being reduced to nothing. No, we speak God's wisdom in the mystery of what was hidden, which God determined beforehand, before the ages for our glory. None of the rulers of this age understood this, because if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. But as it is written, what no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined what God prepared for those who love him. God revealed this to us by the Spirit, because the Spirit searches all things, even the depths of God. You see, no one knows the thoughts of a man except for the spirit of that man within him, so also no one comprehends the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. And this is the Spirit we have received, not a spirit of this world, but the Spirit who is from God so that we may understand the things freely given to us by God. And we share these things with words, …
He says, When I came to you, brothers, I didn't come proclaiming to you the testimony of God with lofty speech or wisdom, for I decided, okay, this was a decision, I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. and I was with you in weakness and in fear and much trembling and my speech and my message were not in plausible words of wisdom but in demonstration of the spirit and of power so that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men but in the power of God. 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. …
… except Jesus Christ and him crucified. And I was with you in weakness and in fear and much trembling. and my speech and my message were not in plausible words of wisdom but in demonstration of the spirit and of power so that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men but in the power of god This has been on my mind so much. I'm going, God, I don't know how to do this. Like, how do I come before a crowd in weakness and in fear and in much trembling? You guys, I've been doing this for the last 30 years I've been preaching. I can't even tell how many thousands of times I've gone in front of a crowd and just started speaking. It's like sleeping or eating. It's just, it's so natural. And then I read this and I'm just like, okay, what does it mean to come with trembling? How do I come before a crowd in weakness, in fear, and in trembling? …
… and Him crucified. And I was with you in weakness and in fear and in much trembling. And my message and my preaching were not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power. That is, that your faith should not rest on the wisdom of men, but on the power of God. commitment to Spirit-admitted preaching involves, first of all, our delivery. Listen to what he says. He says, when I came to you, brethren, I didn't come with superiority of speech or of wisdom proclaiming to you the testimony of God. Involves the delivery of the message, the proclamation of the message. You say, well, what do you mean the delivery of a message? When you and I look at that verse of Scripture, He says, I didn't come to impress. I didn't come with eloquence of speech. And you know, if you could ask most preachers, well, what ability would you like? And many of them would say, well, I would like eloquence. …