OUR MESSAGE FOR TODAY’S SUNDAY SERVICE ON 01/18/2015 IS: CHRIST CRUCIFIED IS GOD’S POWER AND WISDOM:

OUR MESSAGE FOR TODAY’S SUNDAY SERVICE ON 01/18/2015 IS: SUBJECT: THE WISDOM OF GOD THAT BUILDS US IN 2015 TOPIC: CHRIST CRUCIFIED IS GOD’S POWER AND WISDOM DATE: SUNDAY MESSAGE FOR JANUARY 18, 2015 READING SCRIPTURES: 1 CORINTHIANS 1:1-26 CHRIST CRUCIFIED IS GOD’S POWER AND WISDOM: 1. It might interest you to know that you must take grace and peace along with you to walk in the wisdom of God. Grace will open doors of repentance for you while peace will put your mind straight to walk in the fear of the Lord. See verses 1-3 2. To reign in Gods wisdom, you must have a life style of thanksgiving to our Lord Jesus Christ for the great price he paid with his life for you to be redeemed and justified through his blood so that you can walk in the wisdom of God and have fellowship with Jesus. See verses 4-9. 3. I want you to know that in a congregation, family, or organization where wisdom is missing, that group is divided. The wisdom of God will not be functional or operational in the mist of the people or in their lives. The Church of Corinth experienced that because they were carried away with who baptized them and not looking unto Jesus the one who saved them from the cause of law, and as such were walking in the wisdom of the world till Apostle Paul noticed that Satan was using that to rob them and called them back to order. Look unto Jesus for Gods wisdom and not human personality. See verses 10-17. 4. Do you know that the message of the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ is foolishness to them that are perishing? Yes it is, because the enemy have blinded their eyes from seeing, exposed them to pride of life, lust of the eyes, and lust of the flesh. God himself spoke that I will destroy the wisdom of the wise that believe in their power, philosophy, law and lust of the world but lack Gods wisdom and the redemption power through Jesus Christ. See that wisdom from God. See verses 18-24 5. Finally I want you to know that the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than human strength. Brethren, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth, but Gods wisdom transformed you to who you are today. Walk in Gods wisdom till eternity and also teach others to walk in it. See verses 25-26. 6. My prayer for you today is to receive the Anointing power that comes through Christ Crucified which is Gods power and the wisdom of God to walk in his wisdom all the days of your life and to impart same to people around you in Jesus name Amen. Read below: 1 Corinthians 1:1-26 New International Version (NIV) 1 Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes, 2 To the church of God in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be his holy people, together with all those everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ—their Lord and ours: 3 Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Thanksgiving 4 I always thank my God for you because of his grace given you in Christ Jesus. 5 For in him you have been enriched in every way—with all kinds of speech and with all knowledge— 6 God thus confirming our testimony about Christ among you. 7 Therefore you do not lack any spiritual gift as you eagerly wait for our Lord Jesus Christ to be revealed. 8 He will also keep you firm to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 God is faithful, who has called you into fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. A Church Divided Over Leaders 10 I appeal to you, brothers and sisters,[a] in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another in what you say and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly united in mind and thought. 11 My brothers and sisters, some from Chloe’s household have informed me that there are quarrels among you. 12 What I mean is this: One of you says, “I follow Paul”; another, “I follow Apollos”;another, “I follow Cephas[b]”; still another, “I follow Christ.”13 Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Were you baptized in the name of Paul? 14 I thank God that I did not baptize any of you except Crispus and Gaius, 15 so no one can say that you were baptized in my name.16 (Yes, I also baptized the household of Stephanas; beyond that, I don’t remember if I baptized anyone else.)17 For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel—not with wisdom and eloquence, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power. Christ Crucified Is God’s Power and Wisdom 18 For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. 19 For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.”[c] 20 Where is the wise person? Where is the teacher of the law? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? 21 For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe.22 Jews demand signs and Greeks look for wisdom, 23 but we preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, 24 but to those whom God has called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. 25 For the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than human strength. 26 Brothers and sisters, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth. Watch out for our JANUARY 2015 daily words of Exhortations on “EMPOWERMENT TO WALK IN THE WISDOM OF GOD THAT WILL BUILD YOU" TOMORROW JANUARY 19, 2015. 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