In I Corinthians 2, Paul continues to drive home that it is not our works, our wisdom, nor our personal traits which promote the Word of God. He says, “I did not come proclaiming to you the testimony of God in lofty words or wisdom.” Paul bases his confidence in “Jesus Christ and him crucified.”
I think of all the seminars I have attended which address evangelism. I am not referring to those which are easily labeled as sleazy. I am thinking of those offered with the best and purest of intentions. I wonder, however, if they would stand the test of Paul’s criteria.
As we go about our day (as each of us go about each day) there will be opportunities to make Christ known. We are more apt to reply these chance encounters at the end of the day, thinking to ourselves, “I wish I had said…..” Unsure what to say, we often say nothing at all.
Perhaps we search for eloquent words; maybe we think what we have to offer is insufficient. Paul chose to know one thing, and one thing only- Jesus Christ and him crucified.
I don’t always fully understand the relation between Jesus’ crucifixion and that which concerns the person speaking to me. But that is not my role. I will leave it to God to make those connections. My task is to share with them the good news that God loves us so completely.
It is not our works, our wisdom, nor our personal traits which promote the Word of God; it is the Word of God.
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