By: Elder Gary Duff

Text: 1 Corinthians 2:1-5

Outline:

v1 Evangelism: how and what to speak.

And I, brethren, when I came to you, did not come with excellence of speech or of wisdom declaring to you the testimony of God.

v2 Evangelism through our simple, focused gospel.

For I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.

- Jesus Christ - His person

- Jesus Christ crucified - His work

v3 Evangelism through our weakness and humility.

I was with you in weakness, in fear, and in much trembling.

2 Corinthians 12.9, 10:

- in infirmities

- in reproaches

- in needs

- in persecutions

- in distresses

v4 Evangelism by speaking and preaching in the Spirit.

And my speech and my preaching were not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power,

v5 Evangelism by His power and for His glory

that your faith should not be in the wisdom of men but in the power of God.