1 Corinthians 2:4
“And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man’s wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power.”
If in preaching the Gospel you substitute your clear knowledge of the way of salvation for confidence in the power of the Gospel, you hinder people getting to Reality. You have to see that while you proclaim your knowledge of the way of salvation, you yourself are rooted and grounded in faith in God. Never rely on the clearness of your exposition, but as you give your exposition see that you are relying on the Holy Spirit. Rely on the certainty of God’s redemptive power, and He will create His own life in souls.
When once you are rooted in Reality, nothing can shake you. If your faith is in experiences, anything that happens is likely to upset that faith; but nothing can ever upset God or the almighty Reality of Redemption; base your faith on that and you are as eternally secure as God. When once you get into personal contact with Jesus Christ, you will never be moved again. That is the meaning of sanctification. God puts His disapproval on human experience when we begin to adhere to the conception that sanctification is merely an experience, and forget that sanctification itself has to be sanctified (see John 17:19). I have deliberately to give my sanctified life to God for His service, so that He can use me as His hands and His feet.
Words of Wisdom
Jesus Is Your Forgiveness
God was very kind to us because of the Son he dearly loves, and so we should praise God. Christ sacrificed his life’s blood to set us free,
which means that our sins are now forgiven? Christ did this because God was so kind to us. God has great wisdom and understanding. You have forgiven the sin and taken away the guilt of your people. How far has the LORD taken our sins from us? Farther than the distance from east to west!
My children, I am writing this so that you will not sin. But if you do sin, Jesus Christ always does the right thing, and he will speak to the Father for us. But if we confess our sins to God, he can always be trusted to forgive us and take our sins away.
I will treat them with kindness, even though they are wicked. I will forget their sins.” Give up your crooked ways and your evil thoughts. Return to the LORD our God. He will be merciful and forgive your sins. You were dead, because you were sinful and were not God’s people. But God let Christ make you alive, when he forgave all our sins.
They sinned and rebelled against me, but I will forgive them and take away their guilt. I, the LORD, invite you to come and talk it over. Your sins are scarlet red, but they will be whiter than snow or wool. But I wipe away your sins because of who I am. Therefore, I will forget the wrongs you have done.
Our God, you bless everyone whose sins you forgive and wipe away. You bless them by saying, “You told me your sins, without trying to hide them, and now I forgive you.”
