(2Co 7:9) “Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might receive damage by us in nothing.” “…that ye might [not, “nothing”] receive damage…”: means there are spiritual and possibly physical judgments from ungodly actions among the local church. The sad thing: if one is ignorant of the Scriptures, they many times don’t even realize that judgment has fallen – but it has. Example: the quails, (Psa_106:15) “And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul.”
THIRSTING SOULS BIBLE STUDY: Life of Christ Lesson 21 “John, Elijah, or Both”
DAILY DROP OF WATER
(2Co 7:8) “For though I made you sorry with a letter, I do not repent, though I did repent: for I perceive that the same epistle hath made you sorry, though it were but for a season.” When you love people, you do not wish to hurt them, but to help them. Yet, that desire not to hurt cannot keep us from doing that which is best for the whole church. This is very hard to do, but necessary. Remember what has been taught, “A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump” (1 Cor 5:6).
DAILY DROP OF WATER
(2Co 7:6) “Nevertheless God, that comforteth those that are cast down, comforted us by the coming of Titus; (7) And not by his coming only, but by the consolation wherewith he was comforted in you, when he told us your earnest desire, your mourning, your fervent mind toward me; so that I rejoiced the more.” The greatest experience upon this earth is to love and be loved. Here before us is one of the wonderful results of loving and being loved. The Lord God desires us to love Him with all our hearts, soul, mind, and strength. He commands us to give such love to even our enemies.
Pastor Holcomb Sings “Satisfied”
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(2Co 7:5) “For, when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; without were fightings, within were fears.” Being saved, walking by faith, trusting the Lord, doesn’t mean at times we are not subject to concerns (fears). We are still living in this old flesh. It means we endure knowing that the Lord is still in control and nothing should be allowed to stop us from serving God.
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(2Co 7:4) “Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my glorying of you: I am filled with comfort, I am exceeding joyful in all our tribulation.” Did you catch the secret to being joyful in tribulation? It comes as a blessing from the Lord as a result of where the mind is placed. Joy comes when the mind is focused upon His glory rather than our trial.
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(2Co 7:4) “Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my glorying of you: I am filled with comfort, I am exceeding joyful in all our tribulation.” Why? Because Paul had received word that they had responded rightly to the rebuke and instruction of First Corinthians (v.6-7). When God’s people demonstrate their love and desire to do right before God, it is a wonderful thing to behold!
DAILY DROP OF WATER
(2Co 7:3) “I speak not this to condemn you: for I have said before, that ye are in our hearts to die and live with you.” The preacher has to keep in mind that his people may not be as spiritually minded as he thought. Therefore they should be reminded that correction of action’s motivation is not self’s desire, but their good.
THIRSTING SOULS BIBLE STUDY: 1 Peter Study 18
There is a love of which the lost do not have the ability to manifest. The Born-again Child of God can do so, though it is not a manifestation of their own hearts. It is a love that comes from God Himself when we allow Him to do it through us. This lesson demonstrates what it is and how it is that we can manifest it.
