THE POWER OF THE CROSS

THE POWER OF THE CROSS,
I CORINTHIANS 1:18-31

THE CROSS OF CHRIST WAS A DEFEAT TO SAVE THE DEFEATED …

THE POWER OF THE CROSS, Vv.18-25

    THE MESSAGE OF THE CROSS IS GOD’S WAY OF DOING WHAT HE SAID HE WOULD DO … SET ASIDE ALL HUMAN PRETENTIONS OF STRENGTH AND WISDOM …
Vv 19-21

   GOD’S FOLLY HAS OUTSMARTED HUMAN WISDOM AND HIS WEAKNESS HAS OVERPOWERED HUMAN STRENGTH …
Vv 22-25


THE PEOPLE OF THE CROSS, Vv. 26-31

   AN UNDERWHELMING PROSPECT, Vv 26-28
JEREMIAH 9:23-24

   AN UNDERLYING PRINCIPLE, Vv 29,31

   AN UNDENIABLE POTENTIAL, Vv 30

      RIGHTEOUSNESS – LEGAL REALM

      SANCTIFICATION – RELIGIOUS REALM

      REDEMPTION – REALM OF SOCIAL STRUCTURE

APPLICATION: I CORINTHIANS 2:2

MARK 15:39, “AND WHEN THE CENTURION, WHO WAS STANDING RIGHT IN FRONT OF HIM, SAW THE WAY HE BREATHED HIS LAST, HE SAID, “TRULY THIS MAN WAS THE SON OF GOD!”

POINT: YOU DON’T KNOW CHRIST UNTIL YOU SEE HIM CRUCIFIED …