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Scripture: 2 Corinthians 12:11-21 Serve Faithfully “The signs of a true apostle were performed among you with utmost patience, with signs and wonders and mighty works.” (v12) “When he went ashore, he saw a great crowd, and he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. And he began to teach…
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 12:1-10 I. You don’t get spiritual power by boasting to others. A. The Corinthians were really good at boasting about their great spiritual power. Five times in the first 10 verses of 2 Corinthians 12 Paul uses the word boast or boasting (vs. 1, 5, 6, 9). According to Paul, how much…
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 11:16-33 Don’t follow a leader just because they are confident “Since many boast according to the flesh, I too will boast.” (2 Corinthians 11:18) “Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee, standing by himself, prayed thus: ‘God, I thank…
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 11:1-15 I. Faithful shepherds want a church devoted to Jesus; false shepherds want a church devoted to another Jesus. II. Faithful shepherds are humble; false shepherds are proud. III. Faithful shepherds are servants of righteousness; false shepherds are servants of Satan. Application:Turn away from false shepherds and be devoted to the real…
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…
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 9:1-15 How Should We Give? Willingly “It may be ready as a willing gift, not as an extraction.” (2 Corinthians 9:5) Generously “The point is this: whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.” (2 Corinthians 9:6) Cheerfully “Each one must give as he has…
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 8:16-24 “As for Titus, he is my partner and fellow worker for your benefit” (v23) A heart for the church “But thanks be to God, who put into the heart of Titus the same earnest care I have for you. For he not only accepted our appeal, but being himself very earnest…
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 8:1-15 I. Generous giving is motivated by love for Jesus. A. The word grace is used four times in the first nine verses of 2 Corinthians 8 (vs. 1, 6, 7, 9). It is grace then that causes charity. God gives to us undeserved and unearned gifts of grace, and we generously give to those in…
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 7:2-16 Remaining Together “I do not say this to condemn you, for I said before that you are in our hearts, to die together and to live together.” (2 Corinthians 7:3) “you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God,…
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 6:14-7:1 Right Relationships “Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness? What accord has Christ with Belial? Or what portion does a believer share with an unbeliever?” (2 Corinthians 6:14-15) “Do not be deceived: ‘Bad company ruins good morals.’ Wake…
