Verse of the Day 2/2

 

Verse of the Day 2/2

1 Corinthians 1:18 For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.  English Standard Version

In yesterday's verse from Acts chapter 1, Luke spoke of the Holy Spirit's power  coming upon Jesus' followers, power that would work in us and flow through us in our lives.  Today's verse also speaks of  power, power that  it  in  "the word of the cross" the gospel message.  I'd like  to take  a look  at a few "small" words  in each of the verses that  have big implications for  us.

 

Acts 1:8 started off with "but you WILL receive power".  It is not  an if or a maybe, you will receive power.  When we put our faith and trust in God, when we lean upon Him for wisdom and understanding, we will receive the power required to do  what  He  has called us to do in His Word and to spread the  gospel message in word  and  deed.

 

In today's verse which tells us that  the word  of  the cross… IS the  power of God".  The IS is not for a moment in  time, it is in the present  tense, perfect tense, which is ongoing, continual, without  end.  People have  tried to extinguish it, erase it, burn  it and do everything to destroy and  defeat it, but the word of the cross, the  gospel message  will  continue because it  IS the power of God and makes perfect sense to those that  have received His  power  as spoken of in Acts 1:8.

"God in his wisdom took delight in using what the world considered dumb—preaching, of all things!—to bring those who trust him into the way of salvation." 1 Corinthians 1:21 The Message

It  is perfect sense in the perfect  tense.

 

Blessings,

 

Mike

 

1 Corinthians 1:18-21The Message (MSG)

^18-21 The Message that points to Christ on the Cross seems like sheer silliness to those hellbent on destruction, but for those on the way of salvation it makes perfect sense. This is the way God works, and most powerfully as it turns out. It's written,

I'll turn conventional wisdom on its head,
I'll expose so-called experts as crackpots.

So where can you find someone truly wise, truly educated, truly intelligent in this day and age? Hasn't God exposed it all as pretentious nonsense? Since the world in all its fancy wisdom never had a clue when it came to knowing God, God in his wisdom took delight in using what the world considered dumb—preaching, of all things!—to bring those who trust him into the way of salvation.

 

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