Christ Crucified 2 And I, brethren, when I came to you, did not come with excellence of speech or of wisdom declaring to you the [a]testimony of God. 2 For I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified. 3 I was with you in weakness, in fear...
The Apostle John informs us that "the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ" (John i, 17). If he has misled us in reference to Moses and the law, can we trust him in reference to grace and truth by Jesus Christ? When Peter made his address to the pe...
For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.2 Timothy 1:12For this reason, even though I suffer as I do, I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him ...
how infinite and inexpressible a blessing it is that the knowledge of God, and of the doctrine of salvation by Christ Jesus, is so plainly laid down in the Word of God, so easy to be received and understood, that, as the bare reading the Scripture made me capable of understanding enough...
“I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified” (I Corinthians 2:2; p. 1213). There may be some value in examining a church’s purpose. But a church should never bepurposedriven. It should begospeldriven. It should be driven with the message of...
1 Corinthians 2:1-16 And I, when I came to you, brothers, did not come proclaiming to you the testimony of God with lofty speech or wisdom. For 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...
“But as many, as received Him (Jesus), to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those that believe in His Name (Christ and Him crucified).” (John 1:12) In summary, we are unable to please God and live a life that will result in us going to Heaven when ...
And when they came to the place that is called The Skull, there they crucified him, and the criminals, one on his right and one on his left. Luke 23:33 Holy Week is the most wonderful week of the year. The week that changed the world. The week that changed history. The week that...
4. The Fathers also understood the interpretation of Scripture to require the reader’s participation in the spiritual reality of the text. Thus it is not enough to say that Christ was crucified. We must also say, “I am crucified with Christ,†and thus also I am ...
I am crucified with Christ; nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. Galatians 2:16,20 Christ lives in me. The holy spirit lives in me. ...