‘Honest And Humble Reality.’
2 Corinthians 12:6.
a) Apostle Paul had plenty to boast about.
b) He would be telling the Truth in his boasting.
c) He would not be making a fool of himself in boasting.
d) He sensibly refrained from boasting.
e) He did not want other people to have some elated or elevated opinion of him.
f) His witness and testimony was his life and his message – not his experiences.
(Through this QT I am so Blessed by Apostle Paul’s Honest And Humble Reality)
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‘God’s Message To Sinners.’
Isaiah 55:8-9.
How often I have heard this Scripture taken out of context! If we examine the context we find that God is speaking to people in sin and out of fellowship with Him. He was not speaking to His Obedient People. Frequently I have heard this Scripture being abused by preachers to manipulate good people.
a) God’s thoughts are not the same as those people who are in their sin.
b) God’s ways are not the same as those people who are in their sin.
c) This is what the Lord God says.
d) As the Heavens are higher than the Earth.
e) God’s Ways are higher – much higher – than the ways of sinners.
f) God’s Thoughts are higher – much higher – than the thoughts of sinners.
(This Second one clearly reminds me of God’s Message To Sinners)
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Chris.
Apostle Paul very sensibly did not want to make a fool of himself in boasting, even though he had so much that he could have boasted about. His witness and testimony was his life and his message – NOT his experiences. I tremble when I hear Bible teachers and preachers who major on talking about their experiences because that is the pathway to pride.
