Paul wanted the Corinthians to bear with him through some boasting. They might well bear with [meaning “in all likelihood they would bear with”] a fellow preaching false doctrine [2 Cor 11:4], so they should certainly bear with Paul. He wanted them to bear with him: Being jealous over them...
When I pray for young Christians, I often ask the Lord to lengthen your root and strengthen your foundation in the Lord. This involves being: Rooted and grounded in love – Eph 3:17 – see Eph 3:19, also. We love him because he first loved us. In our ministry, we...
Many Christians say that they want to know what their calling is, what their purpose is. Unfortunately, it seems that most Christians don’t know. So, we’re going to look at some verses in the Bible to help you figure out your calling. In your calling you are: Called to salvation...
From the moment we get saved, we are in a war. We have the Spirit of God in us, but we are still in this earthly body. And it’s wicked. It’s our warfare and we must fight it. Like men are trained to know their enemy, to use their weapons...
Paul was for the Corinthians but he was “against some,” [2 Cor 10:2]. He was against the preachers who had come behind him as false apostles [2 Cor 11:13-15] to deceive the Corinthians and mess them up. Paul was against some: Who bad-mouthed him for being two-faced – 2 Cor...
When you try to do something that is contrary to God’s plan you can’t get away with it. In 2 Chr 18:1-34, Ahab wanted to fight the Syrians to recover Ramothgilead from them. A prophet, named Micaiah, told him that he would fail and that he would die in the...
In Prov 30:24-28, there are four little things that are exceeding wise. The spider is one of them. She “taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings’ palaces,” [Prov 30:28]. We must be like the spider. We must hold onto good things, like Paul wrote in 1 Thes 5:21,...
Paul started chapter 9 by saying that, concerning the ministering to the saints, it was superfluous (superfluous means “not needed; unnecessary”) for him to write. Nevertheless, he did write. Paul wrote 2 Cor 9 because he wanted the Corinthians to know that: Their zeal had provoked very many – 2...
In 2 Ki 18:7 we read the following about Hezekiah, “And the Lord was with him; and he prospered whithersoever he went forth.” In the context of this verse, verses 5 and 6, we find why he prospered. He prospered because he trusted the Lord, he clave to the Lord...
In 2 Cor 8 we find several characteristics of a liberal giver. A liberal giver: Sacrifices himself to God – 2 Cor 8:5 – you start by giving yourself to the Lord [Rom 12:1-2]. If you haven’t given yourself to God, anything you do for God is always going to...
