February 12, 2009 1 Corinthians 2:2-5

The Message of Christ's Death
Dear brothers and sisters, when I came to you, I did not come preaching God's secret with fancy words or a show of human wisdom. I decided that while I was with you I would forget about everything except Jesus Christ and his death on the cross. So when I came to you, I was weak and fearful and trembling. My teaching and preaching were not with words of human wisdom that persuade people but with proof of the power that the Spirit gives. This was so that your faith would be in God's power and not in human wisdom. ~1 Corinthians 2:1-5~

This passage simply explains that we do not need fancy words to learn about God. All we need is the message of the cross. Just like the first night's message of Pastor Thomas, the cross is so important, but a lot of the times, we neglect to acknowledge it. We forget about it, but the cross is so essential in our christian lives. The cross reveals God's power, that He, Himself, would come down to Earth, to suffer such a painful death, right in front of our very own eyes. To prove that He is powerful, and that He cares for us. That message, right there, explains everything. To picture the scene, to try and put ourselves in that scene gives me chills. I couldn't bare watching the torture. That's what should convict our hearts, not the fancy words, or the big vocabulary, but the power of the Spirit...that which can move our hearts.