Tag: christian
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Boast God’s Strength
30If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness.–2 Corinthians 11 During this time, various men were traveling around claiming to be somebody better than Paul. They considered themselves not merely apostles, but super-apostles. They accompanied their work with great boastings. In this chapter, Paul spoke about boasting. These other…
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Your Greatest Weapon
5…take every thought captive to obey Christ…–2 Corinthians 10 Paul was describing the inner war that Christians wage against the enemy. His context seems to indicate spiritual warfare, not physical people. He mentioned destroying arguments on the one hand and one’s own behavior on the other. This implies that the enemy was tempting the Corinthians…
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How Do You Give?
7Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.–2 Corinthians 9 Paul was still making the collection pitch to the Corinthians in order to raise funds to help another church in dire need. Our verse today is a famous one. Most Christians…
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Poverty and Riches
9For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you by his poverty might become rich.–2 Corinthians 8 Paul had been making a collection amongst the churches to be able to provide relief for another church facing a dire situation.…
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Two Kinds of Grief
10For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, whereas worldly grief produces death.–2 Corinthians 7 Paul had written the Corinthian Christians a previous letter that included pastoral admonishment and much correction. And he had just received word from Titus that the letter was received as intended. The church was grieving and…
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Now
2…Behold, now is the favorable time; behold, now is the day of salvation.—2 Corinthians 6 Paul had led his people to a key ministry moment. Where has God led you? What has he been expecting you to learn during this season of your life? Here are seven things he has taught me at times. This…
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Cosmically Unfair
We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. 21For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.—2 Corinthians 5 How does a sinner become reconciled to the holy God? Adam and Eve sinned and were kicked out of…
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Moments in Eternity
16So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. 17For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, 18as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For…
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Freedom
17Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.—2 Corinthians 3 Paul in this chapter was needing to be bold again with the Corinthian church. And so Paul wrote about the confidence he had to so so. He tied this to the new covenant with God that…
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Fragrance
14But thanks be to God, who in Christ always leads us in triumphal procession, and through us spreads the fragrance of the knowledge of him everywhere. 15For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing, 16to one a fragrance from death to death, to the…
Joel M Bradshaw 