Introduction: The context – The rebuke (1:10-17), The message of the cross (1:18-25), The people of the Cross (1:26-31), The preaching of the Cross (2:1-5), The wisdom of the Cross (2:6-16).
I: THE PREACHER’S REMINDER (v. 1)
Speech refers to how he preached, wisdom refers to what he preached. Paul is referring to the manner & the content of his preaching.
Paul does not mean to say merely that he did not declare the testimony of God in a rhetorical or philosophical manner; but that what he declared was not the wisdom of men, but the revelation of God.” A. A. Hodge
II: THE PREACHER’S DECISION (v. 2)
The Focus of Paul’s Preaching: The person and work of Jesus Christ
Every subject he preached on, he preached on in light of the person and work of Jesus.
III: THE PREACHER’S RENUNCIATION (vv. 3, 4a)
Renounces human strength (v. 3)
Renounces human wisdom (v. 4a)
IV: THE PREACHER’S CONFIDENCE (vv. 4b, 5)
Paul’s confidence was not in human strength or wisdom, but in the mighty work of the Spirit
The reason given (v. 5) … so that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men but in the power of God.
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Rev. Ryce and Janine, his wife of 20 years, were born and raised in the Pittsburgh area and previously served in ministry at Tucson Reformed Church (2010-14) and Springs Reformed Church (2014-22), the Christian & Missionary Alliance (2007-09), and the Evangelical Presbyterian...
