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 apostle seeks to hold the church together while dealing with deep problems in the congregation and leadership. A constructive lesson in how to survive such things with our connection to God and one another remaining intact. Listen Daily at www.morninglightbiblestudy.com [2Co 7:1-16 KJV] 1 Having … (click link or title to continue)

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 connection to God as our Father. How does this apply in your life? What relationships and connections would you sever today if you chose to take this admonition of Paul seriously? Listen Daily at www.morninglightbiblestudy.com [2Co 6:1-18 KJV] 1 We then, [as] workers together [with … (click link or title to continue)

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, Paul calls believers to a deeper understanding of stewardship before God as those who will answer for our choices and actions even as believers at the judgment seat of Christ. Listen Daily at www.morninglightbiblestudy.com [2Co 5:1-21 KJV] 1 For we know that if our earthly … (click link or title to continue)

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 speak with such brutal honesty because they might lose face before the people. Paul, however, isn’t preaching himself but rather his gospel conveys that of the glory of God in a magnitude that a self-promoting leader knows nothing of. Listen Daily at www.morninglightbiblestudy.com [2Co 4:1-18 … (click link or title to continue)

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 people from those with true anointing just as the Jews were blinded so far as to reject Jesus as their Messiah. Does this have any relevance in your life or in church culture today? Listen Daily at www.morninglightbiblestudy.com [2Co 3:1-18 KJV] 1 Do we begin … (click link or title to continue)