You don’t need book smarts
1 Corinthians 2:1-5 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. 2 For I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified. 3 I was with you in weakness, in fear, and in much trembling. 4 And my speech and my preaching were not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, 5 that your faith should not be in the wisdom of men but in the power of God.
When I look back at my life, well what I can remember of it, I was never studious. I usually did only what it took to get by, and my mind always seemed to be elsewhere. I now look back and wonder if the recognized problem that haunts me today, haunted me in childhood; I can never retain what I read. I can understand complexities, but I cannot recount them after the fact. I now find myself in school again, loving the learning, but deeply struggling with the requirements. I have somewhat jokingly said that I live in the “present tense”. It does keep a hunger in me now for God in a childlike way; seemingly finding what I am looking for in God’s Word brings great joy. When I need it most, and the Holy Spirit brings it to remembrance, most do not understand the inner joy I receive in that blessing.
Paul was a highly educated man. He likely knew how to persuade a crowd with his speech down any path he might want. He could have easily impressed with eloquent words and the proof of the wisdom he had gained in his earlier years. He chose to draw glory to God, and not himself, in the simplifying of his preaching. He preached only Christ and Him crucified alone. It is in that power of the gospel that Salvation is found. It is in that simplicity that Grace is found. We have continued to put our works into our faith, and works does not save us; faith produces works, but works to not produce faith. Ephesians 2:8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9 not of works, lest anyone should boast.
You can do this; you can share your faith with anyone and everyone. You can share the peace, hope, and love, that you have found in the security of your Salvation. You can share the bad news that everyone will have to stand before God one day and give an answer for their lives. We all are sinners and fall short of the requirements of a Holy God. UNLESS, we have been covered by the blood of the Atonement that Christ gave us at the Cross. All one must do is to repent of their sins to be saved. It is answering that tug on their heart that God places there. It is not becoming a better person first; it is coming to Him to become a better person. That Gospel is available to all, and preach-able by all without any necessary edjumication.
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