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NASB | 1 Corinthians 1:18 ¶ For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Corinthians 1:18 ¶ For the message of the cross is foolishness [absurd and illogical] to those who are perishing and spiritually dead [because they reject it], but to us who are being saved [by God's grace] it is [the manifestation of] the power of God. |
Subject: sharing our faith to unbelievers so hard |
Bible Note: Greetings Brother, No, I would have to disagree. There is a fundamental fallacy to believe the bible needs our support or that we can or should witness with secular (worldly) arguments. Who are we to prop up God? How can darkness illuminate light? What do we have that could possibly add to the gospel? As a reminder... 1 Corinthians 15:3-4 (NASB) 15:3 For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 15:4 and that He was buried, and that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, It is profound that Paul points out, "according to the Scriptures"!!! It is Christ that is spoken of. Not Paul's credibility. No sir, he preaches the gospel! He knows the truth and there he stands! What need is there for anything else? And boldly with pride! Romans 1:16-17 (NASB) 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. 1:17 For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, "BUT THE RIGHTEOUS man SHALL LIVE BY FAITH." By faith! Faith that man himself cannot muster on his own. Faith that never has or never will come from worldly arguments or views! Faith that God says comes through hearing the word of God (Romans 10:17). It is His truth, the message of Christ which is revealed throughout the old testament and new that one must hear and that we must share with the lost! Here we must stand and never be lead away to believe His word is only valuable once we in our own power have convinced someone of anything. I leave you with this... John 17:14-21 (NASB) 17:14 "I have given them Your word; and the world has hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. 17:15 "I do not ask You to take them out of the world, but to keep them from the evil one. 17:16 "They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. 17:17 "Sanctify them in the truth; Your word is truth. 17:18 "As You sent Me into the world, I also have sent them into the world. 17:19 "For their sakes I sanctify Myself, that they themselves also may be sanctified in truth. 17:20 "I do not ask on behalf of these alone, but for those also who believe in Me through their word; 17:21 that they may all be one; even as You, Father, are in Me and I in You, that they also may be in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me. Steve |