1 Corinthians 1
My name is Paul and I am writing this letter to the people who believe in Jesus who are in the church at Corinth.
God has chosen me to tell you the Good News; that Jesus died for our sins. When we accept Him as our Savior, God saves us and one day, we will live with Him in Heaven.
When you accepted Jesus as your Savior, God no longer saw your sin. He could only see Jesus righteousness, which made you Holy. God offers this salvation to anyone who accepts Jesus as their Savior.
God has blessed you in every way.
He has given you His Wisdom and helps you to speak the truth about Jesus to others in a way they can understand it.
You have great hope while you wait for Jesus to return to take us to Heaven. God will keep you strong in faith and trust right through to that wonderful day.
With Jesus as your Savior, covering your sins, God sees you as pure and without blame for anything. He no longer holds your sins against you.
I have heard that there have been some disagreements between you about what you believe. I ask you to seek to understand and accept each other, living in peace and harmony with each other.
It does not matter who you heard the Good News about Jesus from, or who baptised you.
We are working for the same purpose – to declare Jesus as Lord and Savior to all the world.
One person starts to teach you about Jesus. Then you learn more from the next person. Each person builds up your knowledge and understanding of God and his wonderful plan to save us from our sins through Jesus.
God has told me that when I tell people about this plan of salvation, I am not to use fancy words or try to impress people with clever arguments. I am to present the clear, simple message of Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior.
He died on the Cross to save us from our sins and reconcile us to God again. This is such a simple, but profound message.
People who like to try and impress each other with clever arguments may find it hard to accept such a simple message.
God’s message about Jesus dying on the Cross to save us from our sins is more clever, more powerful, more profound than anything people say when they are trying to be clever. In fact, for people who think they are clever, the message will be too simple for them to grasp.
God deliberately brings His message to the simple, ordinary person, who is sorry for their sins and wants to be saved.