Monday, February 12, 2024

Podcast: Paul's example for us when we come before the church

 

 
 
Paul learned from God to speak by the Holy Spirit when he spoke to the church.  Paul didn't speak cleverly divised stories.  Paul "determined to speak Jesus" laying down his own life for the sake of the Gospel.  And Paul was greatly persecuted by the Jews and they often tried to kill Paul because of those things he spoke.

Paul spoke by the Holy Spirit:

I Corinthians 2

1 And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God.

2 For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and HIM crucified.

3 And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.

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:

5 That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

6 Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect (the church perfected by The Word): yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought:

7 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:


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