And I, if and when I am lifted up from the earth [on the cross], will draw and attract all men [Gentiles as well as Jews] to Myself.
Jesus Christ of Nazareth in this passage of scripture is advising us His witnesses to talk about the power of resurrection and His duty is to draw the people. Simple and straightforward.
1 Corinthians 1:17
For Christ (the Messiah) sent me out not to baptize but [to evangelize by] preaching the glad tidings (the Gospel), and that not with verbal eloquence, lest the cross of Christ should be deprived of force and emptied of its power and rendered vain (fruitless, void of value, and of no effect).
Sometimes when we preach the gospel we complicate it to the extent that people get lost in our messages. The simplicity of the gospel is such that even a child can understand it.
1 Corinthians 1:27
[No] for God selected (deliberately chose) what in the world is foolish to put the wise to shame, and what the world calls weak to put the strong to shame.
God does not need our limited intelligence to propagate the gospel. We need to totally rely on Him.
1 Corinthians 2:4
And my language and my message were not set forth in persuasive (enticing and plausible) words of wisdom, but they were in demonstration of the [Holy] Spirit and power [a proof by the Spirit and power of God, operating on me and stirring in the minds of my hearers the most holy emotions and thus persuading them],
The fourth biblical example of simplicity is preaching or testifying in the simplicity of language.
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