How does a person come to realize that Jesus dying 2,000 years ago is the answer to their sin problem?
A person realizes this only as an act of God opening their understanding. Through the foolishness of preaching—the preaching of the cross and the gospel—God transforms those who believe. This is faith plus nothing, not human wisdom or sign-seeking. The one who died 2,000 years ago is the answer to the sin problem and can impart eternal life.
Les explains that many who come under the teaching are suddenly realizing that it is an act of God that opens the understanding that the one who died 2,000 years ago was the answer to the sin problem. He is the one who can impart eternal life. This happens through the foolishness of preaching, the preaching of the cross, the preaching of the gospel, which will literally transform those who believe. Nothing else. It is faith plus nothing. In contrast, the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom, but Paul says we do not pay attention to either one of those; we preach Christ.