18. READ: 1 CORINTHIANS 1:30-31 AND 1 CORINTHIANS 2:1-5
[1 Corinthians 1:30] [Paul, writing to the church in the city
of Corinth, said:] "It is because of Him [God] that you are
in Christ Jesus, Who has become for us wisdom from God--that
is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption. [31] Therefore, as
it is written: "Let him who boasts boast in the
Lord,'" [Jeremiah 9:24].
[1 Corinthians 2:1] "When I [Paul] came to you,
brothers, I did not come with eloquence or superior wisdom as I
proclaimed to you the testimony about God. [2] For I resolved to
know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and Him
crucified. [3] I came to you in weakness and fear, and with much
trembling. [4] My message and my preaching were not with wise and
persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the Spirit's
power, [5] so that your faith might not rest on men's wisdom,
but on God's power."
a. What has Christ become for us?
b. Paul resolved to preach nothing but what?
c. What must our faith NOT rest on?
