1 Corinthians 1:1-11 | Ed Rea
Sunday, February 8, 2026
Ed Rea
Packinghouse’s Sunday morning worship service from February 8, 2026.
1 Corinthians 1:1–11 — The Message of the Cross
This teaching centers on the call of grace that unites believers in Christ and confronts the divisions that so easily creep into the church. Paul reminds us that we are called, sanctified, and sustained by God’s faithfulness, not by human leaders, personalities, or spiritual credentials. Unity is grounded in Jesus alone, not in who baptized us or which teacher we prefer, because Christ is not divided. At the heart of it all is the message of the cross, which may sound foolish to the world but is the very power of God to those who are being saved. The cross exposes human pride, strips away self-reliance, and leaves us with one clear response: surrender to Christ and trust fully in what He has done.