2 Corinthians 10:7-18 & Lord’s Supper – Our Sphere of Ministry
In our lesson today, we will learn that there were those in Corinth who were coming against Paul on the basis that he was not nearly as impressive of a speaker as he was a writer. But Paul answered that charge by stating that “it is the Lord who commends us.” In other words, we don’t find our worth…
Matthew 2:19-3:9
2 Corinthians 10:1-6 – Know Your Enemy
Someone once wisely said, “Let the mind of the Master, be the master of your mind.” In today’s text, Paul makes a strikingly similar exhortation when he says to us, “bring every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ.” The mind is the battlefield where we engage in spiritual warfare.…
2 Corinthians 9:1-15 – His Indescribable Gift
Ralph Waldo Emerson once wisely said: “It is one of the most beautiful compensations of this life that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.” That little tidbit of wisdom very closely describes the lesson Paul is trying to teach us in 2 Corinthians 9. Paul teaches us…
Matthew 2:1-18
2 Corinthians 8:8-24 – A Gift from the Richest Man Who Ever Lived
Today we will learn about how Jesus Christ is our pattern for giving. He didn’t give 5% of what He had, or even 10% of what He had. He gave all He had for the Kingdom of God. Sad to say, but most of us are content with giving the Lord the leftovers of our life-as depicted in the little poem below: …
Matthew 1
2 Corinthians 8:1-7 – A Nature of Giving
Jon Courson tells the story of an offering that was being taken at a revival in Africa. As the plate came past a new Christian, he told the ushers to lower the plate. “Lower, lower, lower,“ he said, until the plate touched the ground. At that point, he stood up and stepped into the plate. This new…
2 Corinthians 7 – True Repentance: A One Way Street
Patrick Morley, in his book I Surrender, writes that the church’s main problem today is in the error “that we think we can add Christ to our lives, but not subtract sin. It is a change in belief without a change in behavior. It is revival without reformation, without repentance.”…
2 Corinthians 6 – Call to Duty
God has given us all a “call to duty.” He has made us His ambassadors to this lost and dying world we live in. In order to be effective in our calling, we must befriend lost sinners, while remaining separate from their sin. As Vance Havner once said, “We are not to be isolated but insulated, moving in the midst of evil but untouched by it. Separation is contact…