Who is the Jesus that is preached as crucified?
The crucified Christ is the same Jesus who walked the streets and highways of Palestine, performed the miracles, and had power over nature, life, and death. It is by His cross and resurrection that believers now come into the picture.
Les explains that the Jesus preached as crucified is the same one who walked Palestine's streets and highways, performed the miracles, and had power over nature, life, and death. It is by virtue of His having gone to the cross and being raised from the dead that believers now come into the picture. Les notes that Paul says, 'We preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumbling block.' The Jews were still looking for more signs, though He gave sign after sign and miracle after miracle, and they still could not believe. To the Greeks it was foolishness; they called Paul a babbler on Mars Hill, even though he had seen multitudes saved and established churches throughout Asia Minor and came to Athens primed with the power of God.