The Power of the Cross 1 Corinthians 1:17-24

1 Corinthians 1:17-24 17 For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of no effect. 18 For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. 19 For it is written: "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, And bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent." 20 Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? 21 For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through wisdom did not know God, it pleased God through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe. 22 For Jews request a sign, and Greeks seek after wisdom; 23 but we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews a stumbling block and to the Greeks foolishness, 24 but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. The Power of the Cross

Romans 1:16-17 “Power” - dunamis - force (literally or figuratively) Strong 16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek. 17 For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, "The just shall live by faith." The Power of the Cross

J. W. McGarvey and Philip Y. Pendleton On Romans 1:16 …It is God’s power unto salvation, for it brings sinful men a righteousness which emanates from God, and which he freely gives to believers, so that they are accounted righteous, and this righteousness, from first to last, is altogether bestowed upon faith, so that whatever righteousness a man has comes by faith, just as it was predicted in the Old Testament, for God there says: The man who is declared righteous lives by faith; i. e., if his righteousness redeems him from sin and death and so entitles him to live, it does so because it is a righteousness obtained by faith. Acts 8:3; 9:1-2, 21; 22:4; 26:10-11; Galatians 1:13, 23 1 Corinthians 15:8-10; 1 Timothy 1:12-13 J. W. McGarvey and Philip Y. Pendleton - Thessalonians, Corinthians, Galatians and Romans (1916) The Power of the Cross

CRUCIFIES THE WORLD TO US WILL SAVE THE OBEDIENT SINNER The Power of the Cross BRINGS PEACE Col. 1:20-22; Eph. 2:14-16 DRAWS ONE TO CHRIST Jn.12:32-33; 6:44-45 RECONCILES TO GOD Eph. 2:15-16; Rom. 5:9-11 2 Cor. 5:21 ABOLISHED THE LAW Col. 2:14; Eph. 2:14 Rom. 7:4 Cross of Christ The Power of the Cross REDEEMS 1 Pet. 1:18-19; Eph. 1:7 Heb. 9:16; Tit. 2:14; 1 Cor. 7:23 CRUCIFIES THE WORLD TO US Gal. 6:14; 2:20; Rom. 6:1-6 WILL SAVE THE OBEDIENT SINNER Rom. 1:16; Heb. 2:9; 1 Cor. 15:1-4 Rom. 6:4, 23; Mk. 16:15-16

Question? Have you tasted of the blessings made possible by the Power of the Cross? The Power of the Cross

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