Category: Teaching

Source: https://ift.tt/2r0w62F Today: [2 Corinthians 11:] The Pedigree of an Apostle. In Corinth, the validity and authenticity of Paul’s calling are brought into question. He answers his detractors with a recitation of his apostolic credentials. What about your own life or the church you attend? Would your pastor? Would you accept an apostolic ministry if […]

Source: https://ift.tt/2FvuS9u Today: [2 Corinthians 10:] What Spiritual Warfare is – and Is Not. In our chapter today Paul addresses areas of spiritual warfare whose concepts are very different from our ideas today. What is spiritual warfare? How do we conduct it? Where does the battle rage? In today’s study, we will discover what Paul […]

Source: https://ift.tt/2S5fAKl Today: [2 Corinthians 9:] Giving to those in Need: Can you name a single impoverished person that you have given to lately? Chapter 9 of 2 Corinthians in its entirety is an appeal to care for the poor. It isn’t the job of an institution. It is a personal responsibility that is a […]

Source: https://ift.tt/2FtcvlH Today: [2 Corinthians 8:] He Became Poor so that You Could be Rich: In our chapter today Paul declares the price that Jesus paid so that you could be delivered from all poverty and lack. Deceivers insist v. 9 has nothing whatsoever to do with money. The context of the chapter reveals otherwise. […]

Source: https://ift.tt/2FnHxvb Today: [2 Corinthians 7:] An All Out Church Fight: In chapter 7 we find the Corinthians in an all-out church fight over the authority of Paul to meddle in their affairs. Have you ever attended a church that suffered a split or some other public disruption? What was your response? Paul as an […]

Source: https://ift.tt/2RTauAB Today: [2 Corinthians 6:] Come Out From Among Them: Is it wrong to have an “us vs. them” mentality as Christians? Most preaching today would count this as an immature viewpoint. In ch. 6, however, Paul stresses that we must embrace the idea of separation from the world as the basis of our […]

Source: https://ift.tt/2zgs6Qf Today: [2 Corinthians 5:] Being Clothed Upon: Did you know your glorified body exists now? Paul teaches in chapter 5 that the body you will inhabit in eternity will not be created at a future time but exists now and is as available to you as an article of clothing. Because of this, […]

Source: https://ift.tt/2OHCmpz Today: [2 Corinthians 4:] Eternal Weight of Glory: In chapter 4 of 2 Corinthians Paul speaks from a depth of self-disclosure that would seldom be emulated in Christian culture today. He is troubled, perplexed, persecuted, and downcast yet still commending himself and his testimony to the Corinthians. Ministry today does not tend to […]

Source: https://ift.tt/2Pj8GnN Today: [2 Corinthians 3:] Rejecting the Cult of Celebrity: In 2 Cor. 3 Paul decries the practice of the Corinthian church of only accepting leaders who were endorsed by established ministries. He makes the point that the cult of celebrity that has developed at this time in the early church was blinding the […]

Source: https://ift.tt/2QnZs6f Today: [2 Corinthians 2:] Restoring the Fallen: In 2 Cor. 2 Paul urges the Corinthians to restore a fallen brother. Have you ever been disciplined or chastised by a church or Christian leader? Were you subsequently restored? Is it ever appropriate to ostracize believers who embrace unscriptural behaviors? On what basis do we […]