1 Corinthians 2:1 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.

I am an unedjumicated guy, graduated high school on straight D’s, never wanted to go to college, and pretty much hated school from turning to drugs around sixteen. A friend of mine told me “if you are high all the time, nobody will know when you are.” Sadly I lived by that motto for probably 20 years, wasting away so much of my life. Pot was my biggest mistake EVER, and all that resulted from it. God got ahold of my heart in my late thirties, and I began to study God’s Word more than anything ever in school. I do believe I was saved as a child, because I knew I was turning my back on God for all those years in sin, I just wanted to sin more than I wanted God. Sadly so many of us still fall into Satan’s traps these days, giving into sin on countless struggles we have. That conviction you feel is healthy, it is God still loving you, and desiring you to repent and draw closer to him.

This chapter in 1st Corinthians 2 is all about the wisdom of God, wrapped up in the simplicity of the gospel of Jesus Christ. Paul was very highly educated, taught by the best Jewish scholars at the highest level, calling himself “circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee.” (Philippians 3:5) Paul had been likely taught sales, the power of the tongue, the ability to lead a person to “buy” whatever you are selling; Paul could sell an Eskimo ice. However when Jesus got ahold of Paul, his heart was softened and he came to declare only the gospel of Jesus Christ, the simplicity of it against the stringent, unobtainable requirements of the Law, the religion that he had been so deeply taught.

You will never know the deep things of God until you believe in the simplicity of the Gospel. You must humble yourself, you must see your need for Jesus as a sinner, and when God begins to show you that in many ways, the response determines your eternity and wisdom from God. God gives you a part of himself, he gives you the Holy Spirit to live within you, and the Spirit is who helps you to become wise, to understand more of God through his Word and prayer. 1 Corinthians 2:10 But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God. Believe me when I tell you this, their ain’t nothing special about me, all I want to tell you about is Jesus, and the rest is up to God. That is why any sermon I preach at Trackside is about Christ, not 10 step programs about stress, depression, parenting, blessings, finances, etc…….all that matters is your understanding of the Gospel, and the wisdom that flows from that is a gift from God.