“Only” — that’s what save means here:
“For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified” (1 Corinthians 2:2).
In context, I don’t know what the Apostle Paul meant. Surely he was interested in learning more among them and about them than that.
This morning, though, this verse reminds me of the importance of not being a problem prospector — one who goes around looking for what is wrong.
What if I made this my main focus — what the crucified Jesus is doing today in the life of another?
I wonder what that would do for personal problems, interpersonal problems, and congregational problems?
By the way, what has the crucified Jesus done in me of late?
How would He reveal Himself through me? Today?
Think how many church splits would be prevented if we did look just at what Jesus is doing in ourselves, and leaving others to Him! Great insight.
Iain