Follow the Leader
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 10:1-18
Follow the leader who is meek
“I, Paul, myself entreat you, by the meekness and gentleness of Christ-I who am humble when face to face with you, but bold toward you when I am away!” (v1)
“You call me Teacher and Lord, and you are right, for so I am. If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also out to wash one another’s feet.” (John13:13)
Follow the leader who is mighty
“For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds. We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ, being ready to punish every disobedience” (v4-6)
“Jesus entered the temple and drove out all who sold and bought in the temple, and he overturned the table of the moneychangers” (Matthew 21:12)
Follow the leader who is a model
“Look at what is before your eyes. If anyone is confident that he is Christ’s, let him remind himself that just as he is Christ’s, so also are we.” (v7)
“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.” (John 10:11)
Follow the leader who is mission-minded
“we will not boast beyond limits, but will boast only with regard to the area of influence God assigned to us, to reach even to you.” (v13)
“Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” (Matthew 28:19-20)