Category: 2 Corinthians
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Lessons Learned in Times of Weakness
2 Corinthians 12:9 “But he said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.’ Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.” There are situations that inevitably come into each of our lives that have the effect of…
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All Sufficient Grace for Even Me!
2 Corinthians 12:9 “My grace is sufficient for you.” How wonderful it is when we realize that the Scriptures are to be applied to each one of us personally. While the Scriptures were written by men who experienced God in a very personal way at the time they were written many years ago, they are…
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Thorns and Their Effects
2 Corinthians 12:7 “a thorn was given me in the flesh.” We’ve all had an actual thorn in our flesh at one time or another, or maybe a splinter, or perhaps a speck of dirt in our eye. Inevitably, when we discover something like that it does several things to us. One, it redirects our…
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Strange Gifts
2 Corinthians 12:7 “a thorn was given me in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to harass me, to keep me from becoming conceited.” Is there anything in your life that you’d rather be without? Maybe it’s a physical affliction of some type – an illness, some incurable condition, or a physical weakness of some type…
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Deceptive Identities
2 Corinthians 11:13-15 “For such men are false apostles, deceitful workmen, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ. And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. So it is no surprise if his servants, also, disguise themselves as servants of righteousness.” Identity. It’s such a critical issue and fundamental to life itself. Throughout history many people have tried…
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River of Life
2 Corinthians 1:3-4 “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.”…
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All Things New
Romans 6:4 “We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.” 2 Corinthians 5:17 “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.” Do…
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Perspectives on Suffering
2 Corinthians 4:17 “For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison.” Suffering and afflictions are a part of life, every life. In the words above, Paul calls these afflictions “light and momentary.” This from one who later in this same letter to the church at Corinth…
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The Word
2 Corinthians 10:5 (KJV) “Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ.” John 1:14 (KJV) “And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten…
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How to argue (with ourself)
2 Corinthians 10:5 “We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ.” Do you ever talk to yourself? Typically, when we think about the word “argue” it is with respect to arguing with another person, trying to prove that our point is right…
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