‘Apostle Paul’s Loving Foolishness.’
2 Corinthians 11:1-6.
a) 2 Corinthians 11:1. Apostle Paul asked the Corinthian Church to put up with his seeming foolishness. (Please remember that the Corinthian people were, in the most part, highly intellectual)
b) 2 Corinthians 11:2. Paul was protective of them with a godly jealousy. He wanted to present them as a beautiful bride to their Bridegroom Jesus Christ.
c) 2 Corinthians 11:3. He did not want them to be deceived and led astray from their sincere love for Christ.
d) 2 Corinthians 11:4. The Corinthian Church was being wrongly impressed by false teachers who were leading them astray. A false gospel.
e) 2 Corinthians 11:5. Apostle Paul claimed to be no way inferior to these false teachers and apostles.
f) 2 Corinthians 11:6. Apostle Paul and Timothy may not have had the same eloquence as the false teachers but at least they had the Truth and they would not deceive the Corinthian Church.
(This QT gives me the motivation to pray for God to raise up more men and women of God to emulate Apostle Paul’s Loving Foolishness)
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‘Satan Is A Defeated Foe.
Isaiah 14:13-15.
a) Isaiah 14:13. Satan wanted to exalt himself to the highest place.
b) Isaiah 14:14. Satan wanted to be like the Most High God.
c) Isaiah 14:15. God ensures that Satan is brought down to the depths of the pit.
(Through this Second one I rejoice that Satan is A Defeated Foe)
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Chris.
Satan is a defeated foe. Pride was his downfall just as pride can be our downfall too. We need to learn from this defeat of Satan. We should remember the example given to us as Jesus Christ Who came to serve and give His Life.
