DEMONSTRATION OF THE SPIRIT’S POWER

1 Corinthians 2:1-16

Key Verse 4

“My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power”

1. Read verses 1- 5. What was Paul’s resolution when he was with the Corinthians? (1-2) How did Paul come to the Corinth? (3) What did he do to demonstrate the Spirit’s power when he preached? (4-5)

2. Read verses 6-9. To whom did Paul give a message of wisdom? (6) How is God’s wisdom different from the world’s? (7) What did the rulers of this age do to Jesus when they didn’t understand the message of God’s wisdom? (8) To whom does God reveal this wisdom? (9)

3. Read verses 10-16. What does the Spirit of God do? (10-11) How can we understand what God has freely given us? (12) Who can discern and explain spiritual things? (13, 14) What privileges does the spiritual man have? (15-16)