Verse of the Day 5/5

Verse of the Day 5/5

1 Corinthians 2:3-5. I came to you in weakness with great fear and trembling. 4 My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the Spirit's power, 5 so that your faith might not rest on human wisdom, but on God's power. New International Version

Continuing in the theme of "teaching the truth in love", today's verses show us that Paul was not trying to win people over to his faith by a well developed system of words, but by a "demonstration of the Spirit's power", and in doing so, showing how much he truly cared for them, speaking from experience of how much God cared for Him and wanting to share that experience.

I quoted from the song "Teaching the Truth in Love" the other day and the line that keeps coming to mind is "while holding pure motives and showing that He cared."  It describes Jesus life and was reflected in Paul's life and should describe the lives of Jesus' followers today.

Author and motivational speaker John Maxwell states, "no one cares how much you know until they know how much you care."  The best way to win people over, is to teach the truth in love, demonstrating the Spirits power in our lives, and showing that we care.

 

Sometimes it's hard to know exactly how to share our faith, we may struggle to find the words, but when we speak it needs to be the truth, spoken in love.

Sometimes it's hard to know exactly how we are to share
With the Master's words of confidence
Directly do we dare
Shouldn't we water down the message?
Should we tell them only parts?
Will they see Him in our message?
Will they see Him in our heart?

Are we teaching the truth in love
Telling it like it is (like it is)
Are we holding pure motives
Showing that we care
Are we teaching the truth
Are we teaching the truth in love   (Teaching the Truth in Love - Accapella)

Blessings, 

Mike 

Folllow the Verse of the Day blog at http://mikesvotd.blogspot.com  Ephesians 1:7 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins,

in accordance with the riches of God's grace.  NIV

1 Corinthians 2
New International Version
2 And so it was with me, brothers and sisters. When I came to you, I did not come with eloquence or human wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God.[a] 2 For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. 3 I came to you in weakness with great fear and trembling. 4 My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the Spirit's power, 5 so that your faith might not rest on human wisdom, but on God's power.