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God's Power to Save
By David F. Sims

Romans 1:16 "For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek."

1 Corinthians 1:18 "For the word of the cross is to those who are perishing foolishness, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God."

Some say that God saves by simple faith without obedience. Some say God instructs by personal revelations. Some say God leads us by whispering to our heart. But what does the Bible say?

The GOSPEL is the power of God for salvation.... The gospel is not a story about God's power. It is not a description of God's power. It IS God's power. It is by the gospel that God reaches into our hearts and minds. It is by the gospel that God speaks today. It is by the gospel that a man can come to know Christ. It is by the gospel that a man can stay on the path of righteousness. It is by the gospel that a man is saved. The worldly man can never know Christ until he denies his own worldly wisdom, and thus he is ever perishing in his ignorance. "For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not come to know God..." (1 Cor. 1:21a)

Yet to us who accept the "foolishness" of the gospel, we know that we are saved by following it. "God was well-pleased through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe" (1 Cor.1:21b).

"Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men" (1 Cor.1:25).

Grace and Peace to you through God's power, the GOSPEL.