Unity in the Message: 1 Corinthians 1:17-2:5 (Peter Creek)

1 Corinthians 1:17-2:5 shows us how we can have unity in the message of Christ crucified.  Paul was not trying to draw attention to himself, but to Christ crucified.  This message is foolish to unbelieving Greeks and scandalous to unbelieving Jews, but for believing Jews and Greeks it is the power of God for salvation.  Paul did not try to dress up the image of Christ crucified with flowery language or rhetorical flair, but he let it have its full effect.  There are two reasons I look at briefly to show why we should be united behind this message.  The first is that the philosophers, Torah scribes, and orators never would or could find this way of salvation.  It is revealed by God through the preaching of Christ crucified.  And secondly, we should be united behind this message because not many of us were wise, powerful, or of noble birth according to the world, but we were called by God through this shocking word of the cross.

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