The Cross
1 Corinthians 1:17–19 (NLT)
The cross of Christ divides the human race into two distinct classes, the saved and unsaved.

1. The Cross is foolishness to the unsaved.
   *For as long as human beings have inhabited the planet Earth, we have been searching for answers to the same three big questions: (1) Where did we come from? (2) Is there life after death? (3) What is the meaning of life?
   *With all its “wisdom,” the world has not been able to

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   God or salvation.
   *The cross is foolishness to the
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   .
   *The cross is powerless to the
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   .
   *The cross to the world displays a weak and dead
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   .
   *God will
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   the wisdom of the wise. Isaiah 29:14

2. The Cross is the power of God to the saved.
   *Power to

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   all sin. (Sin committed)
   *Power to
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   from all sin. (Sin nature)
   *Power to make possible man’s
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   deliverance from sin’s hold.
   *Christ will only save us
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   sin, never
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   sin.
   *Power to
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   death.
   *Power to give
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   life.
   *1 Corinthians 1:29–31 (NLT)
   *The weakness of God displayed in His supposedly defeated and destroyed Son on the cross proved, through His resurrection, to be a far greater demonstration of power than man has ever known.