Category: 2 Corinthians
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Forgiveness and Comfort
(2 Corinthians 2:1-11) In the first letter Paul wrote to the church at Corinth, he was quite scathing about some of the practices they were accepting and allowing to occur. Those practices included many forms of adultery and immorality and had to be addressed in a direct and emphatic way. Judgement was made and those…
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In Christ It Is Always Yes
(2 Corinthians 1:12-24) One of the major phone companies here in Australia has the word ‘Yes’ as a combination motto, logo and customer promise. Whether they actually achieve that I don’t know, but it is a good marketing approach. Most people like to hear a ‘yes’ response because it means they are getting a positive…
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Deliverance
(2 Corinthians 1:8-11) Deliverance is one of the many messages we hear Christians speak about. It is often used as a means to draw people into churches. There is a church near where I lived some years ago where they had a sign out front announcing a weekly prayer meeting for people to come and…
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God of Comfort
(2 Corinthians 1:1-7) In this second letter of Paul to the church at Corinth we see him answer a number of questions and issues raised in the first letter. While the first letter was quite stern in a number of places, this second letter is more conciliatory. Paul emphasises the need to walk in love…
