2:1 And I, when I came to you, brothers, did not come proclaiming to you the testimony of God with lofty speech or wisdom. 2 For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. 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 that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men but in the power of God.
Paul came to them and told them the gospel as it is. He did not speak with the fullness of his advanced education. He did not speak with the fullness of the Jewish history and rituals. His message centered on Jesus and His crucifixion. He says that he was weak and in fear while he gave the message. He did all of this so they would be focused on the message of Christ and their faith would not be in how well he is able to speak and present the Gospel.
Today we concern ourselves so much with the entertainment of people. I find myself concerned with this too often. As one elder pastor said, "When you present the Gospel, tell it like it is!". We should not be too concerned about music, projectors, sound, or lighting unless it is obstructive to the clear message of the Gospel.
Maybe we're a friendly church, maybe we're a great singing church, maybe we're a fellowshipping church, whatever we might be is all secondary to the question of, "are we a presenting of the Gospel as it is church?" Keep the main thing the main thing and let the rest settle in underneath.
Paul came to them and told them the gospel as it is. He did not speak with the fullness of his advanced education. He did not speak with the fullness of the Jewish history and rituals. His message centered on Jesus and His crucifixion. He says that he was weak and in fear while he gave the message. He did all of this so they would be focused on the message of Christ and their faith would not be in how well he is able to speak and present the Gospel.
Today we concern ourselves so much with the entertainment of people. I find myself concerned with this too often. As one elder pastor said, "When you present the Gospel, tell it like it is!". We should not be too concerned about music, projectors, sound, or lighting unless it is obstructive to the clear message of the Gospel.
Maybe we're a friendly church, maybe we're a great singing church, maybe we're a fellowshipping church, whatever we might be is all secondary to the question of, "are we a presenting of the Gospel as it is church?" Keep the main thing the main thing and let the rest settle in underneath.
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Keep the main thing the main thing and let the rest settle in underneath.- Yep!
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