The Divine Forces of the Gospel
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Excerpt from The Divine Forces of the Gospel: A Sermon Before the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions at the Annual Meeting in New Haven, Ct, October 1, 1872 "And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God. For I determined not to know anything among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified. And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling. And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man´s wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit, and of power. That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God." - i Cor. ii. 1-5. The sentiment is completed and compacted by the same apostle, thus: - "For he that wrought effectually in Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision, the same was mighty in me toward the Gentiles." - Gal. ii. 8. Here is the whole theory of the early success of the gospel. In the acknowledged impotence of human teachings, comes "the testimony of God." In place of the world´s "wisdom" stands the one absorbing knowledge of "Christ crucified." Instead of merely "persuasive words" of brilliant rhetoric or profoundest logic, all the utterances, both "speech and preaching," are freighted with the "demonstration of the spirit." In the midst of human "weakness, fear, and much trembling" shines forth the power of God, working effectually in Peter among the Jews, and mighty in Paul toward the Gentiles. All the surface changes of society leave the fundamental relation of Christ´s kingdom to the world unaltered. It is no small privilege to live in a time when Christianity is popular and powerful; when its great Author is the subject of men´s fair speeches, and his outward realm includes the great empires; when wealth and fashion throng its costly temples; when its messengers charter the power-press, and London bankers honor the drafts of its missionary boards. But, for all this, the offense of the cross has not ceased, nor the difficulty of maintaining and spreading a pure gospel diminished. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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