The Word of the Cross Is the Power of God!
Dear Lord, I pray for wisdom for those who want to understand the power of the cross. In Jesus’ name, amen.
Would you say the cross is the power of God? Not everyone does.
Paul, writing in 1 Corinthians 1:18-19 (ESV), says,
“For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. For it is written,
‘I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,
and the discernment of the discerning I will thwart.’”
It is odd that a Roman torture devise would be called the power of God. Yet, it is so because those who are being saved recognize the redeeming work of Jesus Christ on the cross.
May God richly bless all who understand the link between the cross and the power of God.
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