Posts with the tag “2-corinthians”

In the Old Testament, the temple was a physical building where people would go to offer sacrifices to God. Believers in the New Testament still need to assemble together, but our sacrifice and worship are much more personal. "And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people." -2 Corinthians 6:16  Read More

The human body is one of the many marvels of creation. It was designed by God to last, but not forever. "For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens." - 2 Corinthians 5:1  Read More

Our Lord knows all about us, and His requirements of us are based on this truth. "For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not." - 2 Corinthians 8:12  Read More

Suffering is part of living in a fallen and sinful world. And we know that the Lord always has a purpose in the suffering of believers. "For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory." - 2 Corinthians 4:17  Read More

Relationships with others are some of God‘s best blessings in this life, but we know that they can be very challenging. "And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved." - 2 Corinthians 12:15  Read More

All of the pain, suffering, and affliction in our lives, are used by God to work for our good. And they teach us that we are not sufficient for the challenges of life, but our God surely is. "And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me." - 2 Corinthians 12:9  Read More

We who are saved by grace are more than conquerors in Christ. But for now, we must remember that we have an enemy, the devil, who constantly opposes us. He will not ultimately defeat us, but we must never give him an advantage. "To whom ye forgive any thing, I forgive also: for if I forgave any thing, to whom I forgave it, for your sakes forgave I it in the person of Christ; Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices." -2 Corinthians 2:10-11  Read More

We should seek to help one another whenever we can, but we often find ourselves in the position where there is nothing that we can do. But there’s one thing that we can always do. "Ye also helping together by prayer for us, that for the gift bestowed upon us by the means of many persons thanks may be given by many on our behalf." - 2 Corinthians 1:11  Read More

We have duties to fulfill in our spiritual lives, just as we do in all the other areas of life. But our Christian lifestyle and behavior should be directed by love rather than driven by guilt. "For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead: And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again." -2 Corinthians 5:14-15  Read More

We tend to focus far too much on our limited abilities and resources, when our focus should be on the Lord our God who has no limits. "And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work." - 2 Corinthians 9:8  Read More

Our God is wise enough and powerful enough to use every experience and circumstance in our lives not only for our good, but also for the good of others. "And whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer: or whether we be comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation." - 2 Corinthians 1:6  Read More