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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: Wait a minute?! What's this? An eyewitness account of what happened? Isn't this .. oh .. what's the word I'm looking for?? PROOF?!?!?! Hasn't it sunk in yet what I am trying to say?? I believe the Bible inerrant and 100 percent true. I have a saving Faith in Christ Jesus and loving relationship with God the Father. I was saved at the young age of 5 years old before I knew what witnessing or apologetics or any of that ever meant. But the first time a person came to me and asked me if Jesus was real. I said yes .. there was no doubt at all in my mind. He was a high school classmate, son of a Baptist minister, and was then a devout muslim. He said prove it. I showed him the Bible. He asked me to prove the Bible was true. What was I supposed to do then? Pray for him? I did. Tell him to have faith in God? I did. Recommend him to a pastor? I did. I couldn't help but feel that no matter how knowledgable I was about the matters of faith and God's word and teachings, I had no answers for their questions about if this was real or not. He wasn't the first. Every single person I have witnessed to has asked me questions not about putting faith in God, but if what we believe is real. People like Lee Strobbel, Hank Henegraff, Bruce Metzger and Ravi Zacharias are almost heros to me. If you want further info about my training and background, fine. I have a BA in Biblical Languages from Missiouri Baptist University. My Father is a pastor, my mother was a sunday school teacher for years. I have read the Bible backwards and forwards several times over. I have studied nearly every passage in it's pages, and continue to do so daily. Each time I open it I learn something I didn't know before. So please .. with all due respect .. don't tell me what I see and don't see. I'm not speaking out of my butt. I'm not making claims without one iota of support. I can support everything I say either through research or personal experience. Jesusman |