August 16, 2017
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Reading along with us in 2 Corinthians? Here’s today’s reading:
2 Corinthians 6 (ESV)
Working together with him, then, we appeal to you not to receive the grace of God in vain. 2 For he says,
“In a favorable time I listened to you,
and in a day of salvation I have helped you.”
Behold, now is the favorable time; behold, now is the day of salvation. 3 We put no obstacle in anyone’s way, so that no fault may be found with our ministry, 4 but as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: by great endurance, in afflictions, hardships, calamities, 5 beatings, imprisonments, riots, labors, sleepless nights, hunger; 6 by purity, knowledge, patience, kindness, the Holy Spirit, genuine love; 7 by truthful speech, and the power of God; with the weapons of righteousness for the right hand and for the left; 8 through honor and dishonor, through slander and praise. We are treated as impostors, and yet are true; 9 as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as punished, and yet not killed; 10 as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, yet possessing everything… Continue Reading
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Equally yoked is really important
Amen Jim!
Behold, now is the favorable time; behold, now is the day of salvation.
How many American Christians would persevere in faith, continuing to grow in grace, under the same circumstances Paul describes here? What a testimony to the validity of his being a “new creation” in Christ.
How do we read these hardships listed here by Paul? How easy to read them quickly and not consider the real life implications of all of them…the pain, suffering, sacrifice and difficulties associated with them. I am humbled and convicted! And yet in it Paul maintained hope! He clung to his own teaching, considering God’s purpose more important than earthly pursuits. The church would be in a very different condition if it were not for Paul! But notice the human side of him calling the Corinthians not to keep their love from him……