Covenant Reformed News – March 2005, Volume X, Issue 11
This article expounds 1 Corinthians 2:1-10 to establish that saving faith must rest upon Christ crucified as the power of God, working through the Holy Spirit in gospel proclamation rather than human wisdom or rational argumentation. The author emphasizes that true faith is wrought by divine revelation through the Spirit's work in preaching, not by human persuasion or eloquence, making this a practical exposition of how the cross, Spirit, and preached Word function together in genuine Christian belief.
Upon What Does Your Faith Stand? (2) Having seen last time that our faith must “not stand in the wisdom of men,” we now consider the true basis of faith, “the power of God” (I Cor. 2:5). First, Jesus Christ is “the power of God” (1:24). He is the omnipotent God, as the incarnation of the eternal Son, and the rock on which the whole universal church is built. He is surely sufficient ground for your faith! Second, it is especially the cross of Christ which is the power of God, for “the cross …...