Quiet Time #12 - It's All About Him

Quiet Time #12 - It's All About Him

- August 18, 2017

"For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified." 1 Corinthian 2:2 ESV

Apostle Paul reminded the believers in Corinth that when he was with them, he deliberately kept his preaching plain and simple. He emphasized that he shared Jesus, for who he is, Jesus then for what he did and lastly Jesus crucified.

And Paul told them that he did so with much fear and trembling -- meaning he was scared to death as he did so, because when he spoke, it was supposed to be nothing about him. And he preached not with eloquence of speech or the skill of a great public speaker but with the demonstration of God's Spirit and God's power.

In God Alone

Why? So as to be sure the hearer's faith should not rest in his (Paul's) own skill or his own power or in the wisdom of mere mortal men but in the actual real demonstration of the power of God which they could see and experience first hand and by understanding what the real meaning of the cross was.

This kind of preaching is still going on all around the world as the gospel is preached in every new people, every new tribe, every new culture, and every new nation.

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The Shepherd and His Flock

“I tell you the truth, the man who does not enter the sheep pen by the gate, but climbs in by some other way, is a thief and a robber. The man who enters by the gate is the shepherd of his sheep. The watchman opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen to his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. When he has brought out all his own, he goes on ahead of them, and his sheep follow him because they know his voice. But they will never follow a stranger; in fact, they will run away from him because they do not recognize a stranger’s voice.” Jesus used this figure of speech, but they did not understand what he was telling them.

Therefore Jesus said again, “I tell you the truth, I am the gate for the sheep. All who ever came before me were thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved. He will come in and go out, and find pasture. The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full."

John 10 (NIV 84)

Disclaimer

If you have issues with Hillsong or Bethel or Elevation or any of the so-called heretical churches or preachers, we are not condoning any false teachings. There is always something we can find wrong in all churches, including the one we call ours. But there is one faith, there is one baptism, there is One God, there is One Spirit and One Savior, Jesus Christ. If we agree on all these then let's all work together for good. The Lord is coming back. Let us stop wasting time with nitpicking, criticizing other believers because they wear strange clothes or sing weird songs, or read a version of the bible we don't, or speak in tongues or do or believe something which we don't, instead let us do what God has really called us to do. God has called each one of us to do something. Let's do that.