"Not In Wisdom Of Words."

by J.H.Gadd | Category: General | Jun 1933

"I am not ashamed of the Gospel: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek" (Romans 1. 16). Enlightened believers in our day, exercised with the need of spreading the same gospel of the Blessed God as the only message that can reach and save poor ruined sinners, feel the importance of another word :-" For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel; not in wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made void" (1 Corinthians 1. 17). In our preaching, in our tract writing, in our private conversations with the unsaved, this wisdom of words is to be avoided, "lest the cross of Christ should be made void."

Let our language be plain, simple, and direct. Let long, difficult, and unnecessary words be absent, lest some precious souls, through lack of education miss the message. The words of our Blessed Lord, whilst here amongst men, were beautiful in their simplicity, yet-" never man so spake."

Let our words be like His, by the power of the Holy Spirit. God is pleased to work through the human instrument. What a wonder! What a privilege to be His messengers! We have not to move Him to a willingness to save, lie "waits to be gracious " to the repentant sinner. May our words be acceptable to God. They may be few (it is well oftentimes that they should be), but God-given they shall not fail to be effective- and who can tell to what extent?

Let us be careful to:

"Make the message clear and plain-- Christ receiveth sinful men."

J.H.Gadd | Jun 1933
General