The Message of The Cross (Part 4) | Pr Janaronson Nagarajah

You're listening to a message to go from axt church. We hope this message

will light up your day this morning. I will continue with my series.

I hope to end by today, which is the First Corinthians chapter one.

Okay, change for fun standers, Selia Celia's ah, there you still remember

the series. I have preached three parts already, so okay see the sayings

in fern Sanda Sanger, Celia sungers. This should be the fourth part?

Is this, sugar Celia, fourth part? This sugar Celia. Okay,

you have your bible, can turn the First Corinthians chapter one, so sending

glint Sutian. Let me give you a context. Who planted the church in

Corinthe so e chee choons the girl in postal Paul planted the church in corinth

He spent one and a half years in Corinthe, and from Corinthe he went

on to plant other areas. And after some time when he was away,

Neils got to him that the church in Korein was in disorderly manner. Girl

in the chi don't sels don't different, ungodly practicing practices, sipping into the

church singer and Paul being the spiritual father of the church in Koreine needed to

write a letter to them to address distincts sing like Hama. Essentially, the

church in Koreine is also a gentile church. Ser girling eager facing to the

gentile. Gentile basically means you're a non Jew, you tyrant. So the

church consists of people who are Greek, people who are Jews who are safe

recognizing Jesus as Messiah, and a combination of different people from different areas as

well. So it's put hong the to the n So that is a context.

Also shared that of all the issues that Paul addresses uh in the church,

he first addresses the divisiveness in the church in Corinth, so you know.

And also she said to show you how it is important for the church

to be united, sojourn out yo mean tomorrow. Without unity, it will

be difficult to address other concerns in the church in Lood. Tell her ma

like she you ham in your family in towns only like she you don't say

it and her husband and wife are one is easy to address different situations in

the family fo either in a downtown and she so like she childn' you can't

address this in your marketplace yeah, great, Actually you don't take her sound.

The leaders in the marketplace are one is easy to move the company forward

despite challenges. T town sound. So don't say since so remember unity starts

with you, so her you know, just to so this is a context

just omen so fen soundown. So. In First Corinthians, Chapter one,

verse seventeen, Paul was saying, for Christ did not send me to baptize,

but to preach the gospel, not with wisdom of words. Less the

cross of Christ should be made of no effects. So t wariam away,

Yeah, push away, that's a way trying for in p mean the the

reason why back then there was a divide in opinion or form of divisis divisiveness

where people are beginning to see different factions. You have to understand the culture

back then where they regard highly on people who are good in debating, people

who are trained in being good arators. Yeah, I mean by and I

see then that hama face and contre not easy hippen theeter. And because they're

open to new ideas, new philosophy, they will look at how articulate a

person will come away these new ideas and philosophies and different things down. So

holding Honig Johnson to singeron. So back then in the church, some people

are saying that, oh, I'm of Apostle Peter, I'm of uh,

what's there a guy's name Apollos? Good you remember Apollos. I'm of different

different leader not so hold on it. You can't tubs so your So what

was the Swiss the need to address that she like she chosen Hama. So

it's amazing how Paul wrote this, that he came to preach the gospel not

with the wisdom of words, lest the Cross of Christ should be made of

no effect. So that happened, Like she's trying and pull inner soaping,

because back then people are winning people to Christ relying on how well and how

good they speak and run like Tamon House sold So they're relying on their wisdom

of words to win people to christy like she rung, run like the runal

Lincoln, and they're trying to convince people with their words rather than the message

itself. Norman tanks sooner the Uni like she tans that she ran. Really

you and I probably would have met people who are more into arguing or debating,

especially when you try to reach out to people who are not a believer.

Yet you cannot win people out of argument. Really the function Inran You

cannot weakness to people thinking that you're so well being trained as a debater,

that every point that they make you will debunk it and you'll tell them why

they're wrong and you're right. No way. So Paul is addressing these people

that he came not with the wisdom of words. Less the cross of Christ

should be made of no effects. So basically, if you were to weakness

to people relying a lot on your oratory skill, what essentially you're doing is

that you are making the Cross of Christ of no effected. So you needed

to being the house and you young, for the message of the cross is

foolishness to those who are perishing, but to earth who are being saved,

it is the power of God. This' the taoli na ti me a wandering

way, you a woman. The children cheerwaish in the tanem. So you

fast forward to chapter two. Was one and I, meaning poor brethren,

when I came to you, did not come with excellence of speech or of

wisdom, declaring to you the testimony of God. For I determine not to

know anything among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. I was with you

in weakness, in fear, and in much trembling. And my speech and

my preaching were not with per suay save words of human wisdom, but in

demonstration of the spirit and of power. That your faith should not be in

the wisdom of men. That means poly saying that your faith should not be

on me Paul, but in the power of God German. And she can't

take her down to eat She ping young Taoi and tatt Transhin trans the army

in your words, you runing way way, wander Uni Ni. You're serning

her and the means and gentlemen saying, eat out the tai Who So what

is the power of God? Here? To me? Is the message to

right? Because you go to chapter one, you reread verse eighteen for the

message of the cross. It is foolishness to those who are perishing, but

to us, meaning the message to earth who are being safe, it is

the power of God. To the Naga sing A wondering, and she was

so. In other words, the power is found in the message. The

power is not found in the method. So why is you found fund So

it doesn't depend how well you can preach. It doesn't depend on how well

you can convince people. So Swiyfully, I've seen probably uneducated men preaching the

gospel, seeing more people saved than educated men preaching the gospel, and none

being safe. Okay to fund a mile. So Paul is telling people in

Korean focus on the message. Girl in the runners, so Harmonia. Since

in verse nineteen, for it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of

the wise and bring to nothing the understanding of the prudence. This is jujo

run he feiji charming cho. This is taken from Isaiah chapter twenty nine.

Like Isaiah, So you can go to Isaiah twenty nine. We're gonna read

from verse thirteen all the way towards nineteen. No, man, she can't

said this is Santa, this is this is juj do. So Paul was

quoting Isaiah Sai Isaiah Suda. Now what's thirteen to say? It's therefore the

Lord says, in as much as these people drawn near with their mouth and

honor me with their lips, but has removed their hearts far from me,

and their fear toward me is taught by the commandment of men. This is

antil sought out to so in water by sing chinging warning or sink cha new

word talment singway well because in soldren the fun food I believe in Wes thirteen,

here Isaiah was referring to the religious teacher who knows the law, but

the heart was far away from God. They and I said, Father,

don't I see the chaousers. Don't tamantie like Jesus say that the Pharisees and

Seduces like to be seen in the temple, praying long prayers, thinking that

you know when people look at them, they will have that feeling of being

holy sins. I say, fal sarma, johannay haunts you hunt, hang

around and can't I find that to be true in the modern day church as

well. No, No, just the same thing, as is the kind

of face on the mean chap. We can draw near to God with our

mouth military to natyingingtion, we can draw near to God with our lips to

natyingingingtion. But it's our heart really drawn near to God because you sing for

thunder your ligchingingingtion. Make no mistake, friends, God doesn't just look at

the exterior. God always looks at the heart. Like the boy can't wipe

you came woman the thing. So in verse thirteen, it gives us a

gleamse that this religious teacher, they may seem to be near God, but

they're far away from God. This is something, don't I say? Don't

you can't tell sun chantings because it is a mute ingingtion. Therefore behold,

I will again do a marvelous work among these people, matherer's work and a

wonder for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of

their prudent men shall be hidden. So there's a quotation from Paul So in

GMAIL mail you Shemail's taman tom who to those who seek deep to hide their

counsel far from the Lord, and their works are in the dark, they

say, who sees us and who knows us? Surely you have things turned

around for the potter. Shall the potter be extreme as the clay, For

shall the thing may say of him who made it he did not make me?

Or shall the thing form say of him who for me? He has

no understanding? Who you canting? Woman? So it's that woman Taman passidien

twerse cheek can Unima bases or the chiku shima milk who the pegs out the

oil to to me, it speaks about the people who have no understanding of

who God is. Not just harmon company to pull people who would like to

challenge God's dungeon. Because in six say, for shall the thing made,

Say to him who made it? That means the the worst. Say to

the portter he did not make me? Or shall the thing form of him

who for me? He has no understanding? Chas cheek canna basis or is

it not at a very little while till Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful

field, and the fruitful field be esteemed as a forest. In that day

the death shall hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the

blind shall see out of obscurity and out of darkness. The humble also shall

increase their joy in the Lord, and the poor among men shall rejoice in

the Holy One of Israel. Thisban being away fathing faith in Causulin pushes eat

Indian homanas beat in jin memong hey anzongo kan chim in yeoha Jian pinch on

the bit in eas earlier the suns quite low. So when I read the

scripture, ask myself, what is the marvelous work that God is about to

do in the nature of Israel likesaging. Why despite doing this marvelous work,

people still can't see that. You know, Jesus is the Messiah. So

there's mondnan so Hysidrey conca to me, I interpreted as the marvelous work is

Christ coming taking on the scenes of the world died at the cross forest there

amil thou genrean like you like she thinks that's just woman soul. Because when

you look at the life of Christ in the Gospel in verses eighteen nineteen,

instantly make contaen years, that's a whole. You see him healing the death,

you see him healing the blind. You can't contain how sound. And

we see when Christ reach out to the poorest of community, they all rejoice.

Contain down, yes, Sula she changing in nice pin Jung and chambourin

do juan si. So when go back to First Corinthians chapter one, tell

me who she can't girl eats anger. The whole Paul is reminding the people

dead, the type teasing and not so hold the girl and daughter. The

message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing. And I said

that that me wanderings way each other. You might be asking, who are

these who are perishing? You're can try one So nasis me wanderings say,

these are people who rejected the gospel. Me wanderers are people who rejected Jesus.

These are people who do not believe in him. Yes, I said,

sound. But to us who are being safe, it is the power

of God the children and so tanon following me so far so when you go

to Romans the one verse sixteen, loma suti e anti suluji. Here Paul

says, for I am not a shamed of the Gospel of Christ. For

it is power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jews

first and also for the Greek, and of course for everyone else. So

it's noma suti etilu pin in weight For infansis it's sounds in since you tyrant

host Claren, So for us who are believing, the message brings about the

power of salvation, almost soundsing sin attacking woman's in verse twenty, where is

the wise? Where is the scribed? Where is the dispute of this age?

Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world suitanally just su sound

the pinsuitanally son, she sound pins and you older man, For since in

the wisdom of God the world true wisdom, do not know God. It

please God through the foolishness of the message, preach to save those who believe

certain pint jus singer into juices. And for the Jews sick or for the

Jews requests a sign and Greeks sick after wisdom, you, tyrant Lawrence toy,

But we preach Christ crucified to the Jews a stumbling block, and to

the Greeks foolishness trans tru trunting you, tyrant way right. But to those

who are called both Jews and Greek Christ, the power of God and the

wisdom of God na ti you tyrants way verse twenty four. But those who

are called called meaning those who have already received the message, those who have

already attained salvation through that message. I say so because the foolishness of God

is wiser than man, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

Periods sooner run on now. In verse twenty five, Paul is just writing

it as you say. God is not foolisha. God has no weakness that

right row Paul is just saying it like a metaphor answer. So why is

the message uh stumbling block to the Jews and to the Greek's foolishness mentions understand

the Jews, So she mean by you tyrannt is when Jesus came as a

carpenter down years, the Bible says in Isaiah that there's nothing to behold Jesus

turn he came as an ordinary man ta. In fact, when Mary gave

birth to Jesus, he wasn't found in the most expensive place. He was

found in the most poorest farm you can find Mala years hold the defunct right.

In fact, Bible says that if you were to walk past Jesus,

you won't even look at him a second time. Just something the Jews after

Moses. In fact, before Moses died, Moses prophesied to say that there

will be another delivery coming, mostly Jesus. So the Jews have an expectation

that when the Messiah comes, he will be a strong and a very powerful

figure. So sand so times like the Nisia face and the Leader, they

cannot accept a weak figure like Jesus. They cannot accept that the Messiah was

hung at the cross being very weak can't even save himself years sooner to paid

so to them, it is a stumbling blog to receive Christ, the message

of God that Christ is a messiah, knowing that Christ died at the cross,

so they couldn't reconcile Jesus was walking among the Jews. Jesus performed a

lot of miracles. Jesus a year sooner te you tan the town soong that

she's a singer, raising the date, healing the blind, healing the dead,

death, healing the lame that she eats, feeding the five thousand,

way about calm the storm, no sense down. So Jesus was actually performing

a lot of signs, but yet they missed out that Jesus was the Messiah.

Samana continues to sing. Consider the time and chi year. I wanted

you to know that as Christians, the pursuit of signs and wonders can blindness

from seeing God. So okay into so it's a united Jesus and God children's

so Christian. We shouldn't just be let after signs, wonders eat. She

should be led by His word and WHI should pay tailing so to the Jews,

the idea of a crucified Messiah was a stumbling blog as they expected someone

more triumpany, So you, tyrant, eager leader. But to the Greeks,

foolishness because so why foolishness? So where's some parts? Is it during?

Back then? And now? It's very different? Down soizable younger?

Back then they're they're hearing this for the very first time. Down to Chelsea.

To the Greeks, they will be thinking, thousands of miles away,

why would the carpenter die on the cross for me? So not three,

three you, tyrant, three nicety white partner, young to the great you're

thinking that he's a Jew? No, you, tyrant, why would you

do this for me? Tyrant? Your way? It seems foolish order,

It even seems more foolish that someone would die for someone else, seen and

then rose again. You and you were woman pinking each order, searching.

So to them, salvation through a crucified man is foolish. To Hamma,

so to honestly and seasons alive. With their intellectual expectations, pink honer,

they would have expected something more complex. She pants can face and foods,

and something that will wet their appetite for intellectualism harmon like she's how your tamain.

So to the Greeks is foolishness sweet to Nika. The s each order.

So the three things here sweeter messengers, method and message to sooner.

And in the un Negata sing so we know, as Port says, the

message is foolish German Sona sings each order. The method of a crucified savior

can be seen foolish Niger the fun fil She thinks that's the channel. Canti

each order. But throughout the ages, since the days of the Apostles,

you now, God has always used messengers who are foolish bring his good news.

So you ny say tyrne cantier with each order, and like the next

chapter four was thirteen size twenty. This is a so miracle happened so fastens

it says a certain man name from his modest room was healed by both Peter

and John. This happened right outside the temple, means so fast. Oberiously,

you have a lot of religious teachers, and they were amazed, Tamanjichi.

So they brought in Peter and John. Peter your hand, it was

five. It came to pass the next day their rulers and elders and scribes,

as well as Anna's the high priest Chifus, John and Alexander, and

as many as were of the family of the High Priests, were gethered together

at Jerusalem Yafa Hanistaji is the ching Dynay. And when they had set them

in the midst they asked, by what power or by what name have you

done this? Then Peter Field with the Holy Spirit said to them, rulers

of the people and elders of Israel, if we this day are judged for

a good deed done to a helpless man, by what means he has been

made well? Let him be known to you all and to all the people

of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazar, whom you

crucify, whom God raised from the date by him, this man stands here

before you a Na's Peter in which Montas sings out Tanzania. The Chinese in

himans think Nasara Nasa. This is a stone which was rejected by you builders,

which has become the chief cornerstone. Now is their salvation in any other

For there is no other name under Heaven given among men by which we must

be saved. Caz E. Turner found Jaud quite suitle Sutai e y build

and in which ten saren male Jew. Now when they saw the boldness of

Peter and John and perceive that they were uneducated an untrained man, they marveled,

and they realized they had been with Jesus coming bidder. You Hanna Dan,

you can't tell me juice, she n mean Thomas gun go years souter.

So how did the go hospel spread? God users quote unquote foolish people,

so fooling us A son? I just shap wonder run, you know.

The more I read this chapter, the more I realized that Paul didn't

leverage his credentials to convence the Korean Tians why they should believe in him mayor

Paticidan. So, sensing the funds, I had to do the sound.

All he did was only in verse one, Paul called to be an apostle

of Jesus Christ. All, so had you paid the bow? He didn't

say, Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ, a Bible scholar, a

Jew trained since young to understand the law, bower your sig run, He

didn't say. Paul and a post of Christ who had a great encounter with

the Lord Jesus on the way to the Massacus not eating yes, because he

wanted to do that. He can high town. And we all know Paul

had a mighty encounter with Jesus face I mean. But of all things,

Paul chose us to leverage his credentials on the message of the cross in a

downtown Paham found. So in other words, our faith should be built on

the message of Jesus and not on our experience with him. Son't you in

a supicio following me so far that you came in, Because it's the message

that changes you. It's not the experience, And the experience is a pathway

for your heart to be open to the message. But ultimately it's the message

that changes you. And a Sunnii the thing like she round me th thousands

consuner yaous rounding like she says, o ye, So don't go around seeking

for experience only, she shined down. Don't go around seeking for sign only

like thousands, especially if you are already a Christian. All you need to

do is to believe in the message and have faith in the message. She

sounds in jealous, pinch guns. So let me ask you those who believe

in Jesus today, woman, men, sounds in years Sudan? Why do

you believe in Jesus which so many are sounds in here? Sue? Is

it because at one point you have no friends and your friend invited you to

church. You have a lot of friends and therefore you feel that God is

good. He has given you a lot of friends, and therefore you believe

in Jesus. Y. Why do you believe in Jesus? Wish are sounds

in Yahoo? Is it because at one point when you were sick, you

call all the gods and all the gods didn't answer. When you call upon

Jesus, he heals you. Therefore you believe in him. No, Superson,

you deeping aune years? Two years? Would you eat learney? Why

do you believe in Jesus which so many are sounds in year Shoo? Is

it because your parents are Christian and therefore you want to believe in Jesus.

Because your parents believe in Jesus, superse you do, so you do too

sounds? Why do you want to be living Jesus? Wait? True?

Is it because your grandma or grandpa passed away being known as a Christian and

now he or she is heaven and therefore you want to go heaven and you

feel you want to be a Christian superse need tell you the loc town something

so you need you friends. It's not the acceptance of your experience that will

change you. So you pun your money out the ju you need so changing

like she pounds. It's your acceptance of the message of the Cross, the

message of Jesus that will result in your southwag. You need jeers sing you

needed and the message must always be the consistency and the conviction about It's the

pinching may mean you know, I have know good people who have shared with

me, and probably you have known their experience with the Lord before they came

to know Jesus. Is that done? Yes? Series from friends and Godama

tai haimi resistance. Some will say Jesus appeared to them in the dream.

He is just so oh yes the morn, he means fu sin. Some

will say when they are down, when they really had nothing, Jesus built

them up, not just sohona yes su bound. Some will say that their

family is breaking down. Husband and wife am not talking to each other,

parents are not talking to each other. When they pray to Jesus, Jesus

restored their family, your friend how La No, yes you eat the woman

chances that is all good? Say it also main how but the experience must

never replace the message, because it's just say the the other scene. See

so, why do you want to believe in Jesus? So there's so many

our sounds in years? So I tell you why I want to believe in

Jesus. Cowsuniways so many sounds in years. So you know I had many

wonderful experiences with Jesus, and I say the signique. But ultimately, when

I share the gospel to people can gundran like song has to come from a

place that I recognize. I'm a singer. I need saving. I can't

save myself. Only Jesus safe. No so and so ciga children a counter

of years. Only Jesus have taken the penalty of my sin, in which

your years who's had sung about today? Intellectuals in a modern day to day?

It seems very foolish, is that same thing when I say it?

Also, what do you mean you don't have to do anything to be safe?

Does need you like she does some easy? You mean you don't have

to do ten steps before God can receive you to push he actually into houses

sugar put on her years old. I mean, you don't have to climb

up to this cave somewhere or a mountain somewhere to do something to demonstrate that

you earnestly want God push actually pass something to Calsana chickens. And so let

me tell you that nobody can earn their salvation in God. Okay, calcunic

mill like that. We can't earn it that CHRISTI as we know that salvation

can only be found in Jesus. Yes, can Jesus be trusted? Yes?

Okay, pay some sing man, I mean those of you who walk

with Jesus. Of course you say can be trusted, but you think about

it when you hear Jesus for the first time? Can he be trusted sounds?

Because only yes, singma. So I like is five things that I

saw somewhere of how Christ triumphed over all religious figures. So you know,

kind there just on the down two like same right, We have a lot

of religious figures. I would name them, but you know through historical contexts

they're around. Do you talk listening singer time and I see some one you

have to look at their lifestyle choices, the Tamana Hammond simming downs on the

shiner the day to day when people observe them. What are lifestyle choices they

make you eating downs On Timon may eating Number two. I like this how

they treat women and how they treat their enemy tamanadren No you're gonna follow someone,

You're gonna look at how they treat women, how they treat the enemy.

Number tree. You have to look at their ethical teachings. Ham another,

in their teachings tamons i hamming a jel They got moral values in their

teachings Hamon t hamming a jel down. Fourth, look at how they die?

This is she Do they die for themselves or do they die for tam

away away? Fifth to me triumphed all because Jesus fulfilled? Or five?

What happens after they die? The sooner Thoma's local fastness and sarching. Only

Jesus rose from the grave, yagers and suicide silly foo If as you read

for them Corinthians, Paul even says that you know, if Christ did not

rise or rose again from the day, my preaching would be empty. I

had a girl in thought. They said, the pins not so young.

You do pipas shan young one random. So I trust Jesus with all my

life. So you know what's the changing chain. And she's sounds in Yasu

it was twenty six. It says for you see your calling Vedren, that

not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble

are called. But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put

to shame the wise. And God has chosen the weak things of the world

to put shame to the things that are mighty, and the base things of

the world, and the things which are despised. God has chosen and the

things which are not to bring to nothing the things that are that no flesh

should glory in his presence, but of him you are in Christ, Jesus

who became for us wisdom from God, and righteousness and signification and redemption.

That as it is written, he who glories, let him glory in the

Lord al Manarcha genuine mon Sauda answer od you put on certa, tell you

hear the showcase. You're not on the Shillcain gen page and the pyron and

not yo the way of faith, not yo. The she the sizes and

mentioned you put into the down in two years souly p whose certain news way

ooman us routing sounds so she quackle down to the too quackle so close by

sharing this right to the world, you must work out your salvation. So

three three argument front time. It's just a towns on the pr like she

uh the world. You must work out your redemption. It's she like she

newly to the world. Is inhumane for God to sacrifice someone on the cross

on your season like she tes somewhere in ears. So but words who believe,

we must understand that Jesus chose to lay down his life for you and

me because womans or something years thirty thirty He made that choice and he rose

again. So I mentioned that we can't earn our salvation. It's it was

thirty but of him. That means of God. You are in Christ Jesus

who became for us wisdom from God and righteousness and centification and redemption. That

miss Jesus became your righteousness. He became your santification. He became your redemption.

Son. You woman, it's the woman eat women women, the Jews.

So let's look at the word righteousness. Righteousness basically means a character or

quality of being right or just just quiet out IgA PingER, who does the

pin do you how? Signification basically means purity, holiness, and separation to

God awation, equation. Redemption basically means to be purchased from the slave market

of sin, totally set free, never to be sold again. That's why

Paul, when he was writing the Romance that we should all be slave to

righteousness and say slave to sin, I pay my no somethus is based on

a human effort. We will think that, okay, what I don't do

a lot of bad stuff now, not by human reasoning and human standard.

We may think that we have achieved tended that is acceptable to God. No,

no man, gone woman, tenoseness thousand thousand contained. But the Romans

clearly says that all have fallen shot of the glory of God, changed the

Magran. In other words, everyone is not righteous, just a male ignorance

going either. You may think that the best of us can be righteous,

but you can be date wrong. You go womensman, you can think that

the most kindnest man, the most kindnest woman you meet, is righteous.

You can be wrong. Can't kind? How much juice to ever says that

no one can be righteous before God. God is holy, and man is

separated from God because of our sinful need. Concerned and young girl, because

of our sin a woman the tree. So in Wese thirty what in man

is dead? Jesus have imputed this on us, meaning Jesus have put upon

righteousness on us. He has sanctified us. He has redeemed us off which

we can't do this by ourself. You just say, years, found gay

woman. So the message is this what we cannot do for ourselves to be

reconculted back to God. Jesus have done it for you and me. Young

woman finds a woman she conf years, okay, bounce a woman like you,

hurry food. And what can we do for ourself is to just believe

Jesus is something. Have faith that Jesus is our lot and savior. Justman

singing that she's sounding yes woman. Faith that only Jesus can make you righteous.

Ye are singing in two thousand your year moment. Faith that only Jesus'

blood can redeem you and sanctify you. Yeah, sounding so yes. And

she's a woman suns from waste. That's the message of the cross. Not

so In chapter one, Paul was emphasizing to the Corinthians focus on the message

and not the messinger. Run don't focus on Paul, don't focus on Paula,

don't focus on Peter. Focus on the message to Peter, because the

messenger cannot change you. The message does you no thing. Of the time,

you were safe because through an invitation of a friend in yaoting right,

someone shared with you the Gospel center for in and then you decided to receive

Jesus need your esu was the friend. A millionaire was the friend. Someone

highly influential and have high standing in society thimma. Your friend or a family

could be the ordinary people put on the ris as ordinary as you and me

put on the red. God loves to use the ordinary to hungering. And

did your friend or your parents change your life? Received the invitation to believe

in Christ? Did they change your life? Talmonu. They play a part

in the process, But the ultimate transformation comes when you fully surrender your heart

to Jesus in receiving that message. Downtow't common. Your opinion is SA only

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this week is going to be a good week ahead for you. God bless