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THE OFFENSE OF THE CROSS. First Corinthians 1:18-23 18. For to those who are perishing the message of the cross is foolishness, but to us who are being.

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1 THE OFFENSE OF THE CROSS

2 First Corinthians 1:18-23 18. For to those who are perishing the message of the cross is foolishness, but to us who are being saved it is God’s power. 19. For it is written: I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and I will set aside the understanding of the experts. 20. Where is the philosopher? Where is the scholar? Where is the debater of this age? Hasn’t God made the world’s wisdom foolish?

3 21. For since, in God’s wisdom, the world did not know God through wisdom, God was pleased to save those who believe through the foolishness of the message preached. 22. For the Jews ask for signs and the Greeks seek wisdom, 23. but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to the Jews and foolishness to the Gentiles.

4 The Offense of the Cross

5 The Cross is Grisly and Offensive  NY Times: Gibson insisted on "rubbing our faces in the grisly reality of Jesus' death."  Gibson "relentlessly focused on the savagery of Jesus' final hours"

6  1 st Corinthians 1:23 “We preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to the Jews and foolishness to the Gentiles.” THE OFFENSE Stumbling block Foolishness Romans 9:33 “As it is written: Look! I am putting a stone in Zion to stumble over, and a rock to trip over, yet the one who believes on Him will not be ashamed.”

7  Galatians 5:11 “Now brothers, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still persecuted? In that case the offense of the cross has been abolished.” The offense of the cross THE OFFENSE Scandal: Used metaphorically of anything that arouses prejudice, or becomes a hindrance to others, or causes them to fall by the way.—Vine's Expository Dictionary of Old and New Testament Words

8 THE OFFENSE  Galatians 6:12 “Those who want to make a good showing in the flesh are the ones who would compel you to be circumcised— but only to avoid being persecuted for the cross of Christ” Persecuted for the cross

9 The Cross Rejects Us At Our Best  Galatians 6:14 “But as for me, I will never boast about anything except the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ…” We have nothing to offer or to contribute to our salvation. The cross is an assault on our pride

10 Now I venture to say that that offense of Calvary is just as powerful now as it was then… Written across Calvary is sacrifice ; written across this age of ours is pleasure. On the lips of Christ are the stem words, I must die. On the lips of this age of ours, I must enjoy. …Make everything interesting, pleasant, easy. Then is the offense of the cross ceased-and with it the power of the gospel. George H. Morrison

11 The Cross Reasons That We Are Vile & Helpless Sinners  Colossians 1:19-22 “For God was… making peace through the blood of His cross… And you were once alienated and hostile in mind because of your evil actions. But now He has reconciled you by His physical body through His death…”

12 Separated from God The situation was so bad that it took the cross to fix it Rebels against God Offensive to God

13 The Cross Requires That We Come to God On His Terms  1 ST Corinthians 1:17 “For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel—not with clever words, so that the cross of Christ will not be emptied of its effect” Not dependent on human ritual Not dependant on clever words

14 Not the labors of my hands Can fulfil Thy law's demands; Could my zeal no respite know, Could my tears for ever flow, All for sin could not atone: Thou must save, and Thou alone.

15 The Offense of the Cross

16 Background https://www.sermoncentralstore.com/store/pp_slide_view.asp?slide=266

17 Translations That May Have Been Used: Abbreviations & Copyright Info AMP or Amplified: © Copyright 1954, 1958, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1987 by The Lockman Foundation ESV: The Holy Bible, English Standard Version © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. HCSB: Holman Christian Standard Bible © 2001, Broadman & Holman Publishers, LifeWay Christian Resources 127 Ninth Avenue North, Nashville, TN 37234 JPS: The Holy Scriptures (Old Testament) By the Jewish Publication Society All rights reserved MSG or Message: The Message © 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson NAS: Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NAS) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE. Copyright 1960, 1988, by The Lockman Foundation, California. All rights reserved. NAS95: Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NAS95) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE. Copyright 1960, 1995, by The Lockman Foundation, California. All rights reserved. NET: The NET Bible, New English Translation (NET) Copyright © 1996, 1997, 1998 By Biblical Studies Press, LLC. All Rights Reserved The Holy Bible: The NET Bible(r) Copyright © 1998 By Biblical Studies Press, L.L.C. All rights reserved www.netbible.orgwww.netbible.org NIV: Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION. Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984 by The International Bible Society. All rights reserved. Used by permission of Zondervan Publishing House. Scripture quoted by permission. NJKV: Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NKJV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW KING JAMES VERSION. Copyright (c) 1982 by Thomas Nelson Inc. All rights reserved. NLT: Quotations designated (NLT) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW LIVING TRANSLATION Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996 by Tyndale Charitable Trust. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, Illinois, 60189. All rights reserved. New Living, NLT, and the New Living Translation logo are registered trademarks of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. NRSV: Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NRSV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW REVISED STANDARD VERSION. Copyrighted 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America, and are used by permission. All rights reserved. Phillips: J.B.Phillips, "The New Testament in Modern English", 1962 edition, published by HarperCollins, is presented here with the kind permission of Mrs Vera Phillips and the J.B.Phillips estate http://www.ccel.org/bible/phillips/JBPNT.htmhttp://www.ccel.org/bible/phillips/JBPNT.htm RSV: Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (RSV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: REVISED STANDARD VERSION. Copyright 1946, 1952, 1973 by National Council of Churches of Christ. All rights reserved. Weymouth: WEYMOUTH NEW TESTAMENT: NEW TESTAMENT IN MODERN SPEECH by Richard F. Weymouth 3rd Edition (1912)--Revised & edited E. Hampden-Cooke YLT: Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible by J.N. Young, 1862, 1898 (Author of the Young's Analytical Concordance)

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