Tag Archives: 2 Corinthians

2 Out of the most severe trial, their overflowing joy and their extreme poverty welled up in rich generosity. The Macedonian churches were going through an extreme trial. Everything in their world was falling apart. Unemployment was skyrocketing. Persecution abounding. And yet in the middle of all that, they were giving sacrificially. During the GreatContinue reading “4July2010 2Cor 8:2”

1 Since we have these promises, dear friends, let us purify ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit, perfecting holiness out of reverence for God. Both body and spirit can be contaminated. The Lord is concerned about our purity. Both what happens in our body and what happens in our spirit matter to theContinue reading “3July2010 2 Co 7:1”

2 For he says, “In the time of my favor I heard you, and in the day of salvation I helped you.” I tell you, now is the time of God’s favor, now is the day of salvation. Some people view God’s work as always in the future. Some people see His work as somethingContinue reading “2July2010 2Cor 6:2”

21 God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. I am sure you have heard the expression, “Oil and water don’t mix.” Well, leave it to humans to make it happen: hydrogenated oil. Take a look at the labels ofContinue reading “1July2010 2Cor 5:21”

18 All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: 19 that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting men’s sins against them. Reconciliation is an important part of our ministry to others. We can see from these verses that partContinue reading “30June2010 2Cor 5:18-19a”

17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come! Here is a question. If the old has gone and the new has come, why do I still see so much of the old, and so little of the new? That is because the newContinue reading “29June2010 2Cor 5:17”

7 But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. We will always be clay pots! Our purpose in life is not to make our pots look better, but to show off the contents: Christ. This is a hard lesson to learnContinue reading “27June2010 2Cor 4:7”

18 And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit. There is nothing that stands between the Lord and us. Moses wore a veil over his face after he returned from spending time with theContinue reading “26June2010 2Cor 3:18”

17 Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. We are free in Christ to obey the Spirit and fulfill God’s intentions for our lives. We are not stuck in the Old Testament having to fulfill the provisions of the Law. Our righteousness before the LordContinue reading “25June2010 2Cor 3:17”

6 He has made us competent as ministers of a new covenant—not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life. God is in the equipping business. We come to Christ recognizing and confessing our need for Him, our need for cleansing and salvation. We then go throughContinue reading “24June2010 2Cor 3:6”