Friends, This will be a struggle for me, because when I speak about God, there is no end to how much could be said about His greatness, His mercies, His grace towards us, and all of His glory in His perfections.  That said, I also want these messages to be accessible, a quick encouragement rather than a discourse, so I am going to try my best to keep most of these short, and maybe only go long once a week or so.

1 Corinthians 2:1-5 – “And I, when I came to you, brothers, did not come proclaiming to you the testimony of God with lofty speech or wisdom.  For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified.  And I was with you in weakness and in fear and much trembling, and my speech and my message were not in plausible words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, so that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men but in the power of God.”

I was reading the passage this morning, and felt it’s message to be very timely.  Is this not what each of us is called to as Christians in simplicity?  To be weak, with reverent fear and trembling before our holy God, yet joyful knowing only Christ Jesus and Him crucified.  Christians by God’s grace have been given eyes to see their sin, they have by God’s grace been given ears to hear God’s Word and the message of Truth that Jesus took their sin upon Himself and died in our place, so that we would be free from the bondage of sin, and free to live in fellowship with God in joy.  My encouragement today, is simply that, consider the depth of what it means to know Jesus Christ.  Consider the depth of what is means to know him as crucified – what does that say about your sin?  what does that say about how you’re living?  what does that say about how you should love/interact with others?  Let us be weak in ourselves, but boastful in Jesus.  We are no longer enemies of God, but sons and daughters, called to live out the gospel in boldness as brothers and sisters in Christ.  Let our hope never rest in our “abilities” but in the power of God through Jesus.

Grace and Peace,

Adam