What Does Our Faith Rest On?

Job 33; 1 Corinthians 1-3 

“When I came to you, brothers, I did not come with eloquence or superior wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God…My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power, so that your faith might not rest on men’s wisdom, but on God’s power.”

1 Corinthians 2:1, 4, 5

The vast majority of pastoral training programs today focus on teaching theology with a foundation on original languages to equip the preacher to accurately communicate the original text of the Bible in its context. We believe superior wisdom will transform lives. 

Eloquence and superior wisdom will fill buildings with listeners, but will these listeners have a foundation of faith in God’s power to transform lives and culture? 

We have a church of spectators or consumers in exactly the way Paul is exposing in this letter to the church in Corinth. Apollos, as a trained orator, would be a mega church pastor today with a TV ministry. However, he needed the way of God explained to him “more adequately” by Aquila and Priscilla (Acts 18:26). We, too, require our faith to be rooted in the reality of God’s presence and the Spirit’s power. 

“…for your glory.”