Ministry

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Ministry DeceptionPart I 2 Corinthians
111-15
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Ministry DeceptionPart I 2 Corinthians 111-6
Intro
Remember the battle is Christ-likeness
What we think we become
Remember that there is a real battle taking place
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Ministry DeceptionPart I 2 Corinthians 111-6
Pauls Exhortation 2 Cor 111-6
2 Cor 111. Put up with foolishness
In the next five verses Paul gives three reasons
1. Paul is divinely jealous for the Corinthians.
2 Cor 112,3
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Ministry DeceptionPart I 2 Corinthians 111-6
Pauls Exhortation 2 Cor 111-6
1. Paul is divinely jealous for the Corinthians.
2 Cor 112,3
Godly jealousy is a form of holy outrage
mingled with love.
Human jealousy is a vice for it seeks to consume
and diminish. It is motivated by resentment, envy
and self-interest.
The parallel with Eve (Gen 3)
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Ministry DeceptionPart I 2 Corinthians 111-6
Pauls Exhortation 2 Cor 111-6
2. The Uniqueness of Jesus 2 Cor 114
Gal 18
3. Paul and the Super Apostles
2 Cor 116 Pauls response
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Ministry DeceptionPart I 2 Corinthians 111-6
Pauls Exhortation 2 Cor 111-6
3. Paul and the Super Apostles
2 Cor 116 Pauls response
Context Many people in the Greek speaking world
favored a certain stylized rhetoric and attaining
to that standard was a mark of inferiority and
therefore not worthy of speaking in public.
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Ministry DeceptionPart I 2 Corinthians 111-6
Application
Our focus ought to be Truth which is found in our
realtionship with Jesus who is the truth
and is able to set us free. Jn 831,32 who
is the anchor of our soul. Heb 619