For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through its wisdom did not come to know God, God was well-pleased, through the foolishness of the message preached, to save those who believe (1 Corinthians 1:20).
How then will they call on Him in whom they have not believed? How will they believe in Him whom they have not heard? And how will they hear without a preacher...So faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ (Romans 10:14, 17).
God has chosen the foolishness of preaching as His method of saving His people, and He has invested His power in the Word. The power is not in the preacher. The power is not in the program. The power is not in the liturgy. The power is in the Word because it is attended by the Holy Spirit. The Word can cut through our minds and hardened hearts; it can pierce our souls and bring us to Christ. There is much advantage where the Word of God is preached, just as there was advantage to the Israelites in possessing the oracles of God - R.C. Sproul, The Power of the Gospel: A Year in Romans
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