367 - Les Feldick Bible Study Lesson 2 - Part 3 - Book 31 - 2 Corinthians 6:1 - 8:6

https://lesfeldickbiblestudy.com Through the Bible with Les Feldick LESSON 2 * PART 3 * BOOK 31 II CORINTHIANS 6:1 - 8:6 We finished Chapter 6 so we'll begin with verse 1 of Chapter 7. Now the background for all these letters of Paul. This is the second letter to the Corinthians Church (the first one dealt with several problems the Church was having and Paul really dressed them down on a few of them). II Corinthians 7:1,2 2. Receive us; we have wronged no man, we have corrupted no man, we have defrauded no man." Why does Paul say something like this? Paul is accused of coming up with something that he alone dreamed up. II Corinthians 7:3 Now verse 4. II Corinthians 7:4 II Corinthians 7:5 Earlier, Paul was talking about death. II Corinthians 5:8 Because evidently Paul had been close to death up at Philippi. II Corinthians 7:5,6a 6. Nevertheless God, that comforteth those that are cast down,..." Listen, my Bible says that God is the Source of our comfort. God did, and Paul never doubted it for a moment. Verse 6 again: II Corinthians 7:6 "Nevertheless God, that comforteth those that are cast down, (He knows when we need help, and He's there) comforted us by the coming of Titus;" So Titus finally finds Paul. Now remember Titus is coming from Corinth, as he has been down there working with these Corinthian believers while Paul was at Ephesus. Now verse 7. II Corinthians 7:7 Titus has been down there at Corinth. Paul has been over here at Ephesus, and he's written that letter to the Corinthians where he had to dress them down severely. Paul has heard all these things coming out of the Corinthian congregation that were against him, that were condemning him, but now here comes Titus with nothing but good things that the Corinthians were saying about the apostle Paul. How human Paul was. Isn't that right? Everyone likes a word of compliment. Verse 8. II Corinthians 7:8,9a 9. Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance:..." Some were following Apollos, others said, "Peter was their man," and still others said, "No, Paul brought us the Gospel by which we are saved so we'll keep following Paul." I Corinthians 5:1,2 What were the Corinthians doing about this gross immorality? Now verse 3. I Corinthians 5:3-6 In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ, 5. To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, (not the soul. In other words physical death if this guy won't straighten up) that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus. Paul goes on to say that they had to deal with that problem, and now when you come back to the second letter, did they? Yes they dealt with it, and evidently brought the man back into fellowship, and his sin was naturally forgiven, and cleansed and the letter had done it's work. Now back to II Corinthians Chapter 7. II Corinthians 7:10 (if there is no saving Grace involved) II Corinthians 7:11 what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge! Now verse 12. II Corinthians 7:12 What's Paul saying? If Paul would have treated this as the congregation was and just glossed over it, what would that have said to the congregation about him? "You deal with this man, and turn him over to the power of Satan that Satan can touch the flesh unless he turns around in repentance and gets right with God." I mean it's just a perfect picture of how you and I, even today, deal with sin because God hates it. God will never wink at sin even though He has paid for it and forgiven it through His death on the Cross, yet God is never going to wink at sin. So Paul tells us that all of us profited from this situation. Paul did, the congregation did, and certainly the guilty party did. Now verse 13. II Corinthians 7:13 So even Titus had his whole spiritual life enhanced because of the reaction of the congregation in Corinth toward this adulteress individual. Now verse 14 and 15. II Corinthians 7:14,15 This young man Titus, a new believer, a student of the apostle Paul, and yet when he came into the situation at Corinth, he realized their carnality, he realized how unspiritual many of the members were, and yet because of the letter of I Corinthians how it had changed that whole congregation. Now verse 16. II Corinthians 7:16 You all know the account of the woman caught in adultery in John's Gospel Chapter 8. John 8:1-11 "Jesus went unto the mount of Olives. hath no man condemned thee? 11. She said, No man, Lord.' And Jesus said unto her, `Neither do I condemn thee; go, and sin no more.'" No more than the man back here in I Corinthians Chapter 5. There David just pours out his heart to God. It wasn't that he had just sinned against himself and Bathsheba, but he had sinned against his God. #LesFeldick #BibleStudy #Bible