Sermons

Not All Wisdom Is Wise

Pastor: Rev. Raymond Woodward
Topic: Spiritual Growth

NOT ALL WISDOM IS WISERev. Raymond Woodward1 CORINTHIANS 2:1-16  v. 1-2 It seems that the eloquent Apollos had an unintentional effect on the Corinthians, who lived in a city already filled with philosophers; they were impressed more by the oratorical skills of dynamic ministries than by the Spirit! Paul's delivery was lacking, but that didn't matter because he was exalting Christ. His content certainly was not lacking in any way (2 Corinthians 10:10). Paul was a thinker and a great debater (Acts 19:8-10, 26:24-29). The Apostle Peter even comments on it (2 Peter 3:15-16).2 Cor. 10:10 For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.2 Pet. 3:15-16 And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you; 16 As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.v. 3 Paul's weakness forced him to depend on the Lord (fear = anxious conscientiousness) v. 4-5 "enticing" = "persuasive" / "demonstration" = "a sudden lifting of a veil in the hearer's understanding, a conviction mastering the hearer by the force of moral evidence" - this is not 'demonstration' of miracles, but the 'proof' of a changed life and touched heart WHY? SO OUR FAITH WOULD ...

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