Wednesday Service #45 2 Corinthians 1-3 By Josh Monday

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going to be starting in Second Corinthians this week. I was very close to uploading a different episode because I was like, but you know what, I prayed about it. I kind of went into the bathroom and kind of prayed to God to kind of give me the strength and give me the power to push through it and do the studies. So I think we're going to be good. So let me just go ahead and share the screen and let me just go ahead and click here it's going to be Second Corinthians. Wow, kem Lei Brody to

Second Corinthians. That's so amazing. So all right, So, like I always like to do, I always like to do a good introduction to Second Corinthians. So before we start with the introduction, Paul actually wrote four letters to the Corinthians and we only have two of them, so two of them are lost. But the lost letters are referred to in the writings that we do have in our New Testament books First and Second Corinthians. Paul spent eighteen

months ministering to corinth on his second missionary journey. Just want to let you guys know that before we get into the intro for Second Corinthians. So that's really it's incredible that there was four books of Corinthians, our letters to the Corinthians, and we're missing too. I wonder where those are at. I don't know. I think maybe maybe they're buried in the Catholic Church, maybe they're in the

Catholic Church library, or maybe they're just lost. Maybe the letters got lost in you know, maybe the Corinths lost them and they never got recorded. I mean, I wonder where they're at. Be really interesting to see those other two letters and see what they said in him. I think that'd be amazing. So let's get into the intro. This is for the intro for the whole Second Corinthians. This is not just specifically for chapter one. This is

for the whole Corinthians. Okay. So Second Corinthians is a letter written by the apostle Paul to the church in Corinth around a d. Fifty five to eighty fifty six, primarily to address conflict, defend his apostleship, and encourage the congregation. The book is both deeply personal and intensely theological, focusing on the paradox of the cross that God's power is

shown through human weakness and suffering. Key purposes include strengthening the faithful, warning against false teachers, and encouraging the church to complete their promised contribution to fellow believers in Jerusalem. The contexts and purpose a response to conflict, Paul wrote this letter admits significant turmoil in the Corinthian Church following a severe and painful visit with the congregation. Sorry, dead, there's a lot of sall, bug I had to get it. Yeah.

Sometimes I get bit up my ankles and stuff. So I just make sure when I see something that's going to be able to get me, I gotta get it. Sorry. Uh. Strengthen the Faithful, Paul aimed to encourage the loyal members of the church who had responded favor favorably to his previous letter financial Encouragement. He exhorted the Corinthians to follow through on their promise to contribute to the needs of

other believers in Jerusalem and a chance for repentance. The letter offers a final opportunity for the rebellious faction of Corinth to repent and reconcile. What are some of the key themes suffering and weakness. Paul emphasizes that true strength and power are found in weakness, as God's power is made perfect in our limitations. Next is the paradox of the Cross. The letter highlights how Christian values are counterintuitive to the world, where God's power is revealed not through

success and wealth, but through humility and suffering. True versus false apostles. Paul contract contrasts his own suffering filled ministry with the empty boasting of the super apostles who were

deceiving the Corinthian Church God's comfort and grace. The book begins and ends with messages of God's comfort, demonstrating the role of the Holy Spirit as a source of hope in difficult times and What's the structure So Chapters one through seven, Paul responds to news from Titus about the church, defends his actions and discussed, discusses the ministry of reconciliation, and chapters eight and nine he exhorts the Corinthians to

be generous and complete their contribution to the Jewish Church. Chapters ten through thirteen, Paul defends his authority against the false apostles against the Corinthians about the consequences of continued disobedience, and he ends with final greetings. There we go. Perfect, So we kind of went over that. And let's go ahead and check out my intro just for Second Corinthians Chapter one. All right, hold on, this thing is Second Corinthians Chapter one. Hold on, guys, this is all right.

I don't want to do that. Why is it doing that? Sorry, guys, I do apologize little technical difficulty. Perfect, made it all right? Got it? So let's go ahead and start with this introduction. It says the God of all comfort. Second Corinthians one speaks to the intimate connection between suffering and comfort, affliction and consultation. We are reminded that God is our ultimate source of comfort and that he can use our trials

to draw us closer to him. Moreover, the passage inspires us to rely on God's faithfulness in the midst of life's trials, while encouraging transparency, sincerity, and integrity in our dealings with others. Okay, so let's go ahead and start tewod Corinthians, Chapter one, greeting Paul an Apostle of Jesus Christ, by the will of God, and Timothy our brother to the Church of God, with which is at Corinth, with all the saints who are all in a kia. I said a kasha before. I don't think it's a kasha.

It's a kia, okay. And the saints, well, I thought that only Catholics. I thought that the Catholic Church has to approve saints, you know. I thought that it's the only people that are saints. Now according to Second Corinthians, here with all the saints who are in akia. So the saints are the believers. That's what they biblically are they are. That's what saints are. We are all saints. Okay, We're all saints because we are believers in Jesus Christ. Okay.

It says grace to you and peace from God, our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Like I told you guys before, our letters usually start out in America, dear John right, and then you'd write the letter and at the very bottom, love always or sincerely or whatever you want to put Josh Monday right at the bottom, or you put your name. So that's the way we do

it in America. But these are written in scroll form, right, so when you got to scroll, you don't want to have to open the whole scroll up to go to the bottom and say, oh, it's from Paul, Apostle Paul. Then it rolls up and then it's all messed up, you know. So what they do is put the exactly who it's from on top so the person knows it's important and it's like, oh, this is from the apostle Paul. All right, let's let's do this. Let's read this. You know,

this is we want to look into this. Okay. So Paul begins his letter out here by praising God as the Father of compassion and God of all comfort. This highlights God's nature and source of solace and strength in times of trouble. Okay, And that is in actually First Corinthians, chapter verse three, it says comfort and suffering. This is

a in this is a Second Corinthians one verse three. Okay, blessed be the God and Father of our Lord, Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in our tribulation that we may be able to comfort those who are in any trouble with the comfort which we ourselves are comforted by God. Okay, so that's what he starts out with. He highlights God's nature as a source of solace and strength in times of trouble or tribulations. What it said in my in the

New King James. So the title God of All Comfort is derived from the apostle Paul's second letter to the Corinthians, where he writes blessed. It's basically what I just quoted Tewod Corinthians one, verse three. This designation emphasizes God's role as the ultimate source of solace and consolation for believers, particularly in times of affliction and distress. And we'll go ahead and continue reading here. For as the sufferings of

Christ abound in us, so our consolation also abounds through Christ. Now, if we are afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effective for enduring the same sufferings which we also suffer. Or if we are comforted, it is for our consolation and salvation. And our hope for you is steadfast because we know that as you are partakers of sufferings,

so also you will partake of the consolation. Okay, So Paul elaborates on the nature of God's comfort, explaining this is in my notes is not only for personal relief, but also serves as a communal purpose. He states He comforts us in all our troubles or tribulations, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort of ourselves received from God. This passage highlights the principal nature this pass the principal nature of divine comfort, where

believers are both recipients and conduits of God's compassion. The Greek word for comfort in this context is pericleses, which conveys a sense of encouragement, consolation, and exhortation. It is closely related to the term perikalide perichalide, which is used to describe the Holy Spirit as a comforter advocate John fourteen, verse sixteen. This connection underscores the trinitarian aspect of divine comfort, with the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are

all involved in providing solace to the faithful. Okay, so let's go ahead and go back and then in verse four Paul explains that our sufferings allow us to experience God's comfort, which we can then share with others in their affliction. This creates a cycle of comfort and encouragement within the body of Christ. And then we haven't got to verse nine yet, But let's go ahead and continue.

Delivered from suffering, for we do not want you to be ignorant, brethren of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were burden beyond measure, above strength, so that we despaired even of life. Yes, we had the sentence of death in ourselves. That we should not trust in ourselves, but in God who raised the dead, who delivered us from so great a depth and does deliver us in whom we trust that we that he's

still that he will still deliver us. You also help together, You also helping together, and prayer for us that thanks may be given by many persons on behalf of the gift granted to us through many Okay, And that's Second Corinthians verse nine, which we read here. Paul shares his own experiences of suffering, emphasizes that these trials taught him to rely not only on himself, but on God who

raises the dead, which is right here. It says, yes, we had the sentence of death, in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead. So what does that do that that emphasizes that he's not He's like raising God to obviously a different level. You know, he's letting him know that that God who raises the dead. I mean, that's that's powerful stuff, right, that's amazing when he says that, it's just like it's a really good emphasis on who God is. Right, And

we haven't gone to chapter eleven yet. So in summary, verse three through eleven reveals that God is the source of all comfort and he uses our afflicts to equip us for comfort for others. The passage are sorry equips us to comfort others? The passage explains that those who suffer were able to share in Christ's sufferings, and that God provides comfort through his sufferings, through this sufferings, so that this suffering, so that they can offer this same

comfort to those in need. Paul uses his own extreme suffering as an example of how or to show that when people trust in God, even when facing death, they will be delivered and can offer thanks for God's help, which in turn encourages others. And then some of the key themes God is the source of comfort. Paul identifies God as the father of compassion and the God of comfort, who is present with us in our troubles, a comfort

for others. The purpose of receiving God's comfort is not just for personal belief, but to enable believers to comfort others who are also suffering. Okay, we've got to understand that sometimes we're just looking for that personal relief, but we're not forget We're forgetting that we get that personal relief so that we can comfort others who are suffering, right.

You know an example of that, you know, I've had a family member that was down and out, you know, and they were down on their luck and they were having issues, you know as far in life, you know, financial and financial and job and addiction and stuff. And so God is comforting me and giving me personal relief. And I had, you know, my family member needing help, you know. And that's that's a good example. That's kind

of the same thing. You know, they need relief, they need comfort, and they're not getting comfort, right, But I can be there for them and comfort them because God is comforting me, if that makes sense. And I remember sometimes they need financial help and The thing that I try to say is that I do a podcast that is for God. So whatever money that they make off the podcast, it's not meant for you know, always just like oh, let's go have fun and take the kids somewhere,

let's go do this, let's go do that. It's kind of there to help people and assist people. Do I always use it for that? Only? No, But if somebody needs help and I pay them out of that money that the podcast money or whatever, then it's kind of like almost like a I think it's like money like that, you know, like that could be used for that, and I think that God provides that, and I think it's good to provide it for others, you know, if that

makes sense. And that's not boasting or anything. That's just giving you guys an example of what I think is smart to do. Suffering and comfort are intertwined. Suffering is not a sign that God has abandoned us, but a reality that, when endured with faith, leads to an abundance of comfort from God and a deeper trust in Him, also trust in God over self. Paul shares his own experiences of despairing, even of life, even of life, which taught him to rely on God who raises the dead,

rather than on himself. The power of prayer, the prayers of the recipients help in Paul's delivery and from trouble and lead many to give thanks to God. And then there's also hope and encouragement. Paul's personal story offers encouragement to others by showing that even in the most difficult times God provides what is needed to endure the ultimately and ultimately to bring good out of affliction. Okay, and

then in verse eleven, let's see what that says. You also helping together in prayer for us that thanks may be given by many persons on our behalf for the gift granted us through many. So the Paul acknowledges the importance of prayer here of the Corinthians, which contributed to his deliverance from peril. This underscores the power and necessity of intercessory prayer. Okay, So before we continue, I kind of want to go over the role of prayer real quick.

I think it's important for people to know prayer holds a central place in the life of a believer, serving as a vital means of communication with God. It is both a privilege, meaning why would it be a privilege. Well, i'd have to tell you guys that I told you guys back in the Old Testament in Leviticus, the priest was the one speaking to God on behalf of the people.

So you don't just get to go knock on God's door, you know, in the temple and just be like, hey, it is the right if I talk to you, Lord, and to speak to you please, because you didn't have Jesus at that time dying on the cross and being a representative for you. Right, that's what we have now. So now when we say Father, God, in the name of Jesus, now you're speaking to God in the name

of Jesus. It's like similar like I said to a king sending his squire to go represent him and in the name of King David, and it gives you a message. You know that that is just it's similar. It's like it's just like it's just like it came from King David, because he says in the name of King David. It's the same thing when you speak to God, Father, God, in the name of Jesus. So now we have a bridge between us and God, which is so far away.

It's very tough, you know, because between our sinfulness and His holiness, it's so far away. But Jesus is able to bridge that gap. And now you're able to say in the name of Jesus, and that gap is bridged, and then now you could pray to God no problem. So that's why it is a privilege, but it's also a responsibility deeply rooted in believers try deeply rooted in

the teachings of Scripture. Through prayer, believers express adoration, confession, thanksgiving, and supplication, aligning with their hearts with the will of aligning their hearts with the will of God. I'm sorry, I'm messing up with words, but I told you guys, I'm very tired. But I did pray before I started, and God is definitely helping me have the energy to finish this off. So it's really really cool. We're about a half an hour in already and I didn't even

feel I don't even feel like it. So praise God, Thank you Lord, thank you, thank you, thank you. Biblical foundations for prayer, this is important. That's why I'm going over it. Prayer is very important. The Bible presents numerous examples of teachings on prayer, emphasizing its importance and efficiency, and the Old Testament figures such as Abraham, Moses, and

David exemplify a life of prayer. Abraham interceded for Sodom, Moses sought God's guidance and inn avention for Israel, and David's psalms are replete with prayers of praise, lament, and petition. Prayer is a act of worship that acknowledges God's sovereignty and goodness. It is a means of drawing near to God, as James four aid encourages, draw near to God as He will draw near to you. Through prayer, believers cultivate a personal relationship with God, seeking his presence and guidance.

And then prayer is also a powerful tool for spiritual warfare Ephesian six, verse eight. Are just believers to pray in the spirit on all occasions, with all kinds of prayers and requests. It is through prayer that believers can stand firm against the schemes of the enemy, relying on God's strength and protection. All right, very important, and then the Holy Spirit plays a crucial role in the believer's

prayer life. Romans eight twenty six through twenty seven explains in the same way, excuse me, in the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weaknesses. We do not know what we ought to pray for, for the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans too deep for words. Conclusion, prayer is an essential aspect of the Christian faith, serving as a means of communion with God, a source of strength and guidance, and a channel for intercession and spiritual warfare.

Through prayer, believers experience the presence and power of God, growing excuse me, growing in their relationship with Him and participating in His redemptive work in the world. Okay, so very important, excuse me, all right. Twelve through fourteen, Let's go ahead and read Paul's sincerity for our boasting. Is this the testimony of our conscience that we conducted ourselves in the world in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God and more

abundantly toward you. For we you not, For we are not writing any other things to you that you read or understand. Now I trust you will understand even to the end, as also you have understood us in part as that we are your boast as you also are ours in the day of the Lord Jesus. Okay. So, in these verses, Paul is explaining the sincerity integrity of Apostle and the Corinthians, stating that his boast is the clear conscience, which testifies to his godly simplicity and sincerity.

He emphasizes that his actions are not based on fleshly wisdom, but on God's grace, and he was honest with them. He is confided that they, like him, can be proud of their relationship with the final judgment of Lord Jesus Christ. So Paul clears his conscience with the clear conscience. Paul's confidence comes from a clear conscience, indicating he acted with a pure heart and integrity towards the Corinthians godly sincerity.

He claims his conduct was defined by godly sincerity, meaning he acted with honesty, genuine intentions, and accordance with God's will rather than worldly wisdom. He assures that his words are truthful and consistent, contrasting that this with the yes and no inconsistency that might have been hearing about him from critics. Mutual pride, Paul expresses confidence that both he and the Corinthians will be able to feel pride in the relationship on the day of the Lord Jesus, which

will be at the result of their shared faithfulness. Amen sparring the church, sparing the church, sparring the church. Now I'm thinking of what boxing in m and mmap sparring in the church. People are boxing in there now, I'm just kidding, sparing the church, all right, Sorry about that,

all right? Tewod Corinthians one, verse fifteen. And in the confidence I intended to come to you before you might have a second benefit, to pass by the way of you to Macedonia, to come again from Macedonia to you, and be helped by you on my way to Judea. Therefore, when I was planning this, did it? Do I do

it lightly? Or the things I planned do I plan according to the flesh, that with me there should be yes, yes and no no. But as God is faithful, or the word to you was not yes and no. For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preaching among you by us, by me, Selvanus and Timothy, has not yes and no, but in him was yes. From all promises of God and him are yes, and in him.

Amen to the glory of God through us. Now he who established us with you in Christ, and has anointed us as God, who also has sealed us and given us the Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee. Moreover, I call God as witness against my soul, that to spare you I come no more to Corinth, but that we have dominion over your faith, but are fellow workers for your joy. For by faith you stand, so as

you can tell. Paul is defending his integrity after changing his travel plans to visit the Corinthians, which led to accusations of being unreliable. So he explains that his charge of change of plans was not a yes and no, but was a wise decision made in the best interests of the Corinthians, allowing them to resolve issues so his next visit could be a joyful one, not a disciplinary one. He affirms that in Christ, God's promise are yes, and the Holy Spirit serves as a guarantee and sealing of

our faith. So as I told you earlier, he's defending his integrity. Paul's defending himself against accusations of being inconsistent or insincere. He clarifies that his intentions was good and his conscience was clear. The change in his travel plans was not due to a lack of commitment, but to be a more effective minister. He delayed his visit to avoid coming to them with the heavy hand of discipline and instead hope for a visit of joy and encouragement.

And then God's faithfulness. Paul uses the change of plans to appoint to God's faithfulness just as He's not, just as he is not unreliable, unreliable. God's promise in Christ are certain, a resounding yes. And then the Holy Spirit is the spirit right there as sealed to us, given

as the spirit in our hearts, as a guarantee. Right the Holy Spirit is presented as a seal and a guarantee for future glory, affirming that the truth of God's promises and giving Christians strength and assurance and their faith. And then more of our God is a witnessed of my soul. So the last, ultimately, Paul concludes that are that for believers in Christ, there's a fundamental yes to God God's promises. Their response should be an amen to the grace of God and a testament to the reliability

of Christ and the Gospel. Therefore, I was planning this not to do lightly or things that I can do plant according to the flesh. So grace to you, what does it mean? Grace to you? What does it mean? It means may the Lord shower you with blessings you do not deserve. So does he start out with grace to you? Paul the Apostle, grace to you right here? Yeah, that's actually in verse two. So what that means is it means, may the Lord shower you with blessings you

did not deserve. Grace to you and peace from our God. Okay, cool, So I got that in my notes. Do not be conformed to this world. We know that the goal of this world is to be happy apart from God. Okay. And what happens is you will chase happiness until you get sick of running, and once you can't fulfill that happiness, you will hopefully find the humble yourself and understand that you won't be fully content until you are doing God's

will and worshiping God. So most of us that I know, most of the people that I know that talk to me, they've already chased happiness away from God. You know, like there are some people that obviously stayed in the church. They were raised in the church, and then they stayed a believer and they never went away from it. But there's a lot of people that I know, most people that are listening to the show right now, that have already chase that happiness before without God, and they came

back to God. Right. So that's what I'm speaking of here, because a lot of people, they'll chase the happiness, whether it's in drugs, whether it's in alcohol, whether it's in lust, whether it's women, men, whatever it is that you thought was making you happy, you're empty inside when you when you when you think about it, Okay, it'll fill a void for a little bit, but then it doesn't last

for a long time. It's just it feels a void for a little bit, and then you think that that that void is filled, but then it empties again, right, and then you gotta try to fill it again. You keep trying to fill that void, and then what happens is you're chasing happiness and you're never fully content until you're worshiping God. And not everybody humbles himself and comes back to God. They continue to chase happiness in other places, they say that I can do it. Me, me, me,

I can do it. I'm the one that can do it, and they keep trying and trying and trying, and a lot of those people end up depressed, maybe with anxiety. But then they take pills and they think that they're good and by the time they know it, they pass away and they never make it to heaven because they never humble themselves, and which is a sad thing, definitely.

It's a sad thing that some people do that. But they'll chase that happiness and then all of a sudden they start feeling depressed or they start feeling some type of way. Some people will just be happy without God, you know, and it's crazy, but they just got a heartened heart where they're just they're happy without him. They're not going to be fully happy, like full of joy and peace, but they feel like they're okay in their

life without them. And that's what happens. And if you guys, notice, the world is trying to keep God out of everything. They try to keep God out of the schools, they try to keep God out of government, they try to keep God off the TV, off of movies, radio, there's contracts and music that you have to sign where you're not going to say the name of Jesus, nothing about Muhammad, nothing about Buddha, okay, nothing about anybody but Jesus, Okay, which is crazy. You can't say the name of Jesus

in your music. There's contracts like that in the music industry, all right. Obviously not I wouldn't think it a gospel record, but you know, record contract. But you'd be surprised, you know. I'm not saying that they're going to tell them that they can't say Jesus, but I bet you they you know, I've been to Okay, I'll tell you this real quick before we I don't want to get sidetracked here. But we're finished with the chapters, so I'll look to the thing.

It's called Gospel to the South. And and I was trying out for kind of a competition for a record contract as similar to American Idol. But it's like it's like gospel music, right, So obviously I'm a rapper, I'm not a gospel singer. But I still went. I flew

all the way to Louisiana. I get there, they put us in this room and there's a panel up there of these people that are like in the gospel Indo and they were explaining to all of us that they're looking for that talent, the one that's they can take to the top. And I immediately obviously I was older than all the people in there because it was a

lot of young people. I was older. You know when I did this, it was like twenty nineteen, so I was like like thirty what thirty eight or something or thirty seven, And uh, I just got this immediate feeling like what am I doing? Man? These people are just looking for money, that's it. They're looking for that next star they could push to the top so that it could become a business, and money is what they wanted to generate, right, And I could feel that and I

was like what am I doing? And this is before the performance, So now I got this kind of eerie feeling because of the way they're talking. You know that we're going to set you up with the manager, we're going to get you contract, we're going to get you signed, get you in this still studio, make it the next big thing. And they're selling you the same type of pipe dream that they sell you on American Idol. And

what they're gonna do. You know, this is what they would have done if they would have signed someone like me, they would have said, here we go, we got you signed. Now since we're bringing you out, we're gonna take like this amount off of every record that you put out because we're the ones that are giving you the big push. Because before you came here, you were obviously nothing. Now we can make you something. But we're gonna get a

big cut off of everything you do. And now we're gonna start having creative control over your music because they want to make sure that you're gonna be the next big thing. So it becomes very business like. And this is gospel, right, so this is mixing God with making money and not like trying to make you know, five hundred dollars a month money. They want to make money, you know. So I'm not saying that those people have evil hearts or that I have no idea what their

heart is. I don't know what happens after you get signed in there, but I'm just giving you the vibe that I felt and what I know about the record industry. You know, that's why I say they want to keep Jesus out of music. You know, out of the secular music, right, but the gospel. I also tasted the gospel scene and at the inter musician you probably know what I mean. It's just like the secular scene basically. But obviously it's like the secular scene, but it's a little different, right.

So yeah, they're trying to keep God out of everything, right, Like I said, politics, government, television, radio, music, they're trying to keep God out of school. Took the Bible out of school. So that's what the world is doing. So that is that's why it says, do not be comforted to this world. We know that the goal of this world is to be happy apart from God. Yeah, don't be conformed to this world. That's why I said it, because we know that the goal this world is to

be happy apart from God. Right. All right, So we're going to be now doing our since we're done with the chapter, we're going to be doing our practical applications. We have one, two, three, four of those. First one is going to be seek God's comfort in times of distress. Turn to God as your primary source of comfort and strength. Trust in his ability to provide peace that surpasses understanding. Next, share your testimony. Use your experiences of God's comfort to

encourage and support others who are facing similar challenges. Your testimony can be a powerful tool for ministry. Of course, it can be a powerful tool. Do you know why, because some people are going through the same thing that you went through eight years ago and before you got saved, you know, seven years ago, ten years ago, fifth, whatever

it is. Some people are going through that exact thing that you're going through, and they haven't committed to God yet because they haven't got over that sin that's stopping them. And you might have been doing the same sin. So if you start sharing your testimony, then it encourages them to think, Wow, he did it, and he was in the same situation as I am right now, and then

look where he's at now. Perfect makes them want to believe that if they believe the gospel and they start praying, and they start having discipline and obedience and all these different things, then they'll be able to be in the position you're in. So it is great to share your testimony. How many times that have I done a show when I go over my testimony or I go and I'm talking to people on my show and I just bring

up my pass. How many times does somebody DM me and say, you know, hey, I'm going through this right now, or Hey, I feel okay to talk to you because I know you've been there before. Hey, this is what's happening. I got drugs going on, I got alcohol going on, I got lust going on. I got this one person. I'm not gonna obviously say any names at all, but this one person was dealing with. I forgot what it's like,

you know, like swinger parties and stuff. I never was involved in that, but you know, they knew that I'd been involved, like you know, like lust, you know, a long time ago. And you know, when you just start going over things that you're going through, then people will be more relatable to talk to you and ask you. And it's like a door that opens up for you to be able to spread the gospel and minister to them.

Cultivate dependence on God and every trial practice relying on God's strength and rather than your own, acknowledge your weakness and invite His power to work through you. That's a great point. Invite him to invite his power to work through you. That's a great thing to pray for. Encourage and an intercessory prayer. Engage see I told you, guys, engage in an intercessory prayer. Commit to praying for others who are suffering. Recognize that your prayers can have a

significant impact on their lives and circumstances. So those are the practical applications for this chapter. And let's go ahead and additional scriptures that connect to this will be James one two through four. Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you encounter trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Yes, the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Trials and tribulations, Yes,

Philippians four six through seven. Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your request to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus Amen, Romans eight twenty eight. And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose. Amen.

So let's go ahead and go to Second Corinthians chapter two, and let's see we have Let's go over the intro. This chapter offers a profound message about forgiveness, restoration, and love within the Christian community. It also emphasizes the contrasting effects of the Gospel being a fragrance of life to some and death to others, which encourages us to consider

our personal responses to the message of Christ. Lastly, Paul's dedication and sincerity and spreading the Gospel despite personal difficulties inspire us to remain steadfast in our own walk with God. All right, let's go ahead and read tewo Corinthians Chapter two, Verse one. But I determine this within myself that I would not come again on you to you in sorrow. For if I make you sorrowful, then who is he who makes me glad? But the one who is made

sorrowful by me? Let's see it says, but I determine this with in myself, that I would not come again to you in sorrow. For if I make you sorrowful, then who is he who makes me glad? But the one who is made sorrowful by me? Okay, So Paul references a previous painful visit and letter emphasizing the importance of addressing sin and conflict within the church. That's going to be verses one through four. Let's go and read three and four real quick, so we see what he's

talking about. Forgive the offender. This is tewod Corinthians two, chapter or verse three. And I wrote this very thing to you less when I came. Should I have sorrow over those from whom I ought to have joy? Having confidence in you all that my joy is the joy of you all. For out of much affliction and anguish of heart, I wrote to you with many tears, not that you should be greet but that you might know

the love which I have abundantly for you. So Paul's painful Visit and letter, let's go ahead and check out what that says. The apostle Paul, a pivotal figure in the early Church, had a complex relationship with the Corinthian Church. His interactions with them are documented in New Testament, particularly

in the letters of First Corinthians and Second Corinthians. The Painful Visit and subsequent Painful Letter are significant events in his relationship, reflecting the challenges of Paul, the challenges that Paul faced in guiding and correcting the early Christian communities. The Painful Visit, Paul's painful visit to corinth is not directly described in the Acts of the Apostles, but is

inferred from his letters. This visit is believed to have occurred between the writing of First Corinthians and Second Corinthians. And Second Corinthians two verse one, Paul refers to the visit, stating, so I make up to you. So I made a my mind that I would not make another painful visit to you. This suggests that the visit was marked by conflict and distress, likely due to issues within the Corinthian

church that required Paul's direct intervention. The nature of the problems in corinth included moral lapses, divisions, and challenges to Paul's apostolic authority. There issues necessitated a visit that was confrontational and emotionally taxing for both Paul and the Corinthian believers. And then the next thing I'll talk about is the pain painful letter. Following the painful visit, Paul wrote a letter to the Corinthians, often referred to as the Painful

Letter or sorrowful Letter. This letter is not extant, but is ex but its existence and purpose are mentioned in Second Corinthians two verse four. For out of much affliction. I'm just going to read it real quick, for out of anguish of heart, I wrote to you with many tears, that you should not be grieved, but that you might know the love which I have so abundantly for you. Okay, So it says this letter is intended to address the issues that have caused the painful visit and to express

Paul's deep concern and love for the Corinthian Church. It was a letter of rebuke, yet it was also demonstrate also a demonstration of Paul's pastoral care and commitment to the spiritual well being of the believers. So the impact of the painful letter was significant. In Tewod Corinthian seven second Sorry Tewod Corinthian seven eight through nine, Paul reflects on the letter's effect, saying, even if I cost you sorrow by my letter, I do not regret it. Though

I did regret it. I see that my letter hurts you, but only for a little while. Yet now I am happy, not because you were made sorry, but because your sorrow led to repentance. This passes in case that the letter achieved. It's a tended purpose leading to repentance and reconciliation. The Corinthians response was one of godly sorrow, which brought about a change of heart and restore their relationship with Paul. Finally, the painful visit and letter revealed the depth of Paul's

pastoral heart. Despite the challenges and personal costs, Paul remained committed to the Corinthians, exemplifying a sacrificial love that is essential to the Christian faith. Definitely important for me to go over that portion so that you guys understand what's going on. Okay, now we're in second Corinthians two verse five. But if anyone has caused grief, he has not grieved me, but all of you, to some extent, not to be

too severe. This punishment which was inflicted by the majority is sufficient for such a man, so that, on the contrary, you ought rather to forgive and comfort him less. Perhaps such a such a one to be swallowed up with too many, too much sorrow. Therefore, I urge you to reaffirm your love to him. For to this end I also wrote that I might put you to the test whether you are obedient in all things. Now, whom you

forgive anything, I also forgive you. If indeed I have forgiven anything, I have forgiven that one for the sakes I have forgiven none that one for your sakes. In the presence of Christ, lest Satan should take advantage of us, for we are not ignorant of his devices. Okay, So forgiveness and comfort. Paul urges the Corinthians to forgive and comfort the individual who cause grief, highlighting the necessity for

restoring a repentant sinner. And then Satan's schemes. Paul warns against being outwitted by Satan, who seeks to explore oh wait, unforgiveness and division within the Church. So we'll look up Satan's schemes here. Satan, also known as the Devil, is depicted in the Bible as an adversary of God and humanity. His schemes are multifaceted, aiming to deceive, tempt, and lead people away from the truth of God. Understanding Satan's tactics is crucial for believers to stand firm in their faith

and resist his influence deception. One of Satan's primary strategies is deception. He is described as a liar and the father of lies in John eight forty four. From the beginning of the Garden of Eden, Satan deceived Eve by questioning God's command and twisted the truth. Genesis three one through five, the act of deception led to the fall of humanity and two Corinthians eleven, verse fourteen. Paul warns that Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light, indicating

his ability to present falsehood as truth. Temptation. Satan also employs temptation to lure individuals into sin. The account of jesus temptation in the Wilderness illustrates this tactic. Matthew four, verses one through eleven. Satan tempted Jesus with physical sustenance, power, and testing God's protection, yet Jesus resisted by quoting scripture. This highlights the importance of knowing God's word to counteract

Satan's temptations. Satan's accusations Another scheme of Satan is accusation. He referred to He's also referred to as the accuser of our brothers and Revelation twelve, verse ten. Satan seeks to condemn believers, reminding them of their sins and failures to undermine their confidence in God's grace and forgiveness. However, Romans eight thirty three through thirty four assures believers that it is God who justifies and Christ who intercedes for them. Division.

Satan also often sows discord division among believers. In One Corinthians one ten through thirteen, Paul addresses division within the church, urging unity in Christ Satan aims. Satan's aim is to weaken the Body of Christ by fostering strife and disunity. Ephesians four three encourages believers to make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. Persecution. Persecution is another tool used by Satan to intimidate and

discourage believers. And one Peter five eight through nine, Peter warrens be sober minded, be alert you adversay. The devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. Believers are encouraged to resist him, standing firm in their faith, knowing that suffering is a part of the Christian experience. False teaching. This is definitely a big one. False teaching. Satan promotes false teachings to lead people astray from the

truth of the Gospel. Back in Peter two, verse one, it is noted that false prophets arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. These false teachings can distort the message of the salvation and lead believers away from sound doctrine. Spiritual warfare. The Bible describes the Christian life as a spiritual battle against the forces of evil. Aphesian six eleven through twelve instructs believers.

Instructs believers to put on the full armor of God so that you can make your stand against the devil's schemes or the wiles of the devil, it says in the New King James. This passage emphasizes the need for spiritual preparedness and reliance on God's strength to withstand Satan's attacks. What's the conclusion. While Satan's schemes are numerous and varied, the Bible provides believers with the tools and knowledge to

recognize and resist them. Through faith, prayer, and the Word of God, Christians are equipped to stand firm against adversary adversary's tactics. So now through faith, obviously faith in Jesus, but also you faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the Word of God. So you build that shield of faith. Right, prayer is going to be an offensive weapon, and so is the Word of God. That is the sword, right, So you also have the breastplate of righteousness, the belt

of truth. You have the helmet of salvation, and the Gospel feet right, the Gospel on your feet. Hopefully I'm not missing anything. Breastplate of righteousness, the helmet of salvation, the the belt of truth. I think that's it. And then you have the shield of faith. Right. I told you guys, faith cometh by hearing, hearing by the Word of God. That's how you build that faith, that shield. You make that that shield huge so you can dodge

the wiles of the devil. And then your offensive weapon to attack is going to be the double ed sword is going to be the Word of God. Right, and also prayer. Yes amen, So I am going to definitely have to keep this because this is very important. The whole portion that I just read, it's gonna be what Satan's schemes. Yeah, it's very hold on. I'm gonna try to Sorry, guys, I need to save this because it's important, but it's very hard to do anyways, So hopefully you

guys enjoyed that little part right there. It kind of gives us a good breakdown. Okay, I think I know what to do. I can't do like select all. Okay, sorry, this took so long. I'm just gonna go to the top and hopefully copy. Okay notes. Yeah, I just need that for a show that I'm gonna do. So I just have those notes saved. Gotta save that. Sorry, Thank you for your patients. Took me a little bit. Okay, so let's go ahead and continue. Thank you for your

patients on that for sure. Let's Satan take advance. So we already went through that. So so tewod Corinthians two, verses three through eleven. We just went through, right, So I have some notes on this. So instructs the church to forgive and comfort man who had also caused grief now that he has repented. Paul explains that he delayed his visit because he had to write a painful letter to the Corinthians about this man's sin, and he doesn't want the situation to become a source of division or

for Satan to take advantage of their heart heartedness. The passage emphasizes that forgiveness and restoration should be quick once repentance is confirmed. Key points to the passages Paul positioned. Paul's position on forgiveness. Paul shows the Corinthians that he forgives the man and the presence of Christ and wants them to forgive as well, not out of weakness, but to prevent further damage from Satan. And then the reasons

for the painful letter. Paul had to write the letter because the man had caused pain and had challenged Paul's authority, potentially dividing the church. The importance of forgiveness. The act of forgiveness is crucial for reconciliation within the community of believers. By not forgiving, the church could become heard hearted, but by forgiving they affirmed their love for the penitent man. Restoration and not rejection. The passage encourages restoration rather than rejection.

After the man's repentance, the church should comfort him and reaffirm their love for him. Avoiding Satan's schemes we already talked about, we already covered, so we don't need to do that, all right, sweet, all right, So let's go ahead and let's go back to this second Corinthians two. It's the next one that's going to be fifteen sixteen, which we're going to read. Triumph in Christ is what the title is it's going to be Second Corinthians two,

verse twelve. Furthermore, when I came to trials to preach Christ's gospel and a door was opened to me by the Lord, I had no rest in my spirit because I had not find Titus, my brother. I did not find Titus my brother. But taking my leave of them, I departed from Macedonia. Now, thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and through us

diffuses the fragrance of His knowledge in every place. For we are to God the fragrance of Christ among those who are being saved, and among those who are perishing. To the one, we are the aroma of death leading to death, to the other the aroma of life leading to life. And who is sufficient to those things. For we are not as so many peddling the word of God, but as of sincerity, but as from God. We speak

in the sight of God in Christ. Okay, So if focus these verses, they focus on the aroma of Christ's metaphor, which compares the spread of the Gospel to a Roman victory parade. Paul, like the victorious general, sees God leading him and other belie in triumph through this though to some this brings the fragrance of death due to the rejection of the Gospel. So if you're rejecting the Gospel, that is the aroma or fragrance of death, while to others it brings the fragrance of life as it is

the message of salvation. The passage also highlights Paul's sincerity as a messenger of God, contrasting with those who peddle the word of God for profit. Oh so many pedaling the word of God. Hmm wow, Okay, I didn't even see that part right there, pedal the word of God for profit all right. The triumphant procession metaphor the Roman triumph.

The passage draws from the imagery of the Roman triumph at victory parade led by a conquering general, the general crisis, the triumph of General leading believers in the procession across the world. The aroma, sweet smelling incense was used in these parades. In this metaphor, the incense is also the knowledge of Him Christ that believers spread, and the two groups the fragrance is perceived differently by those in the procession. To the defeated captives, the incense smells of death, while

to citizens celebrating. It smells of life and victory. And then the aroma of death. Like I said, it refers to those who reject the gospel. And then the aroma of life is the ones that accept the Gospel and are being saved. Paul's sincerity. Paul contrasts his own ministry that with that of false teachers who peddle the word of God for personal gain. He asserts that he and his Compassion companions preach with sincerity as those sent from

God in the sight of God. Okay, and we talked about the aroma of Christ already, so I ready to go over that. That is the end of chapter two. Let's go ahead and go over some practical applications. We have one, two, three, four. Practice forgiveness. Actively seek to forgive those who have wronged you, understanding that forgiveness is a command and a pathway to healing. Yes, it definitely

is a pathway to healing. Just as an example, if my daughter is arguing with my wife, for example, they're both very stubborn to say to say sorry, right, and I'm watching this unfold and the fight continues because they're both not saying sorry, and they're both not forgiving each other. So you know, my wife would say, hey, well let's make up now to my daughter like she's like saying, hey, let's make up. Let's let's make up, and then my

daughters like hes intended to make up. Because sometimes it's hard for her to say sorry out loud. She needs to work on that. My other daughters says sorry immediately. She did, but she has other ways of saying sorry. So what she did is she came downstairs and she made my wife like a little heart out of Plato, and then she put ariel and then she said, Dad, will you write I'm sorry? So I wrote I'm sorry on there and then she gives that to my wife

and then they make up. So practice forgiveness because forgiveness is a command and a pathway to healing. Once you forgive, boom, that's it. It's over. That's how you need to make it. If you forgive, don't bring it up again. I know it's hard for some people to not bring things up, but you just it's a pathway to healing, for sure. And that's just an example of it. Right. Encourage restoration.

When someone repents, be quick to restore and comfort them, fostering unity and love within the community, beware of spiritual warfare. Recognize that unforgiveness can be a tool of the enemy to create division and strife. That is for sure. If you have a family member right now that you're fighting and arguing with and you have issues with, I really, really, really really encourage you to forgive so that the enemy cannot use that as a tool to create division and strife. Okay,

live as a fragrance of Christ. Strive to live in a way that reflects the love and grace of Christ, impacting those around you with the Gospel. Okay, that is the four practical applications. Now let's go ahead and go to additional scriptures. We have Matthew six fourteen through fifteen. Let's go ahead and check out that. All right, So sometimes these study guys have them already written out, but sometimes they don't. They just have the little like sentence

about the verses Matthew six fourteen through fifteen. For if you forgive men their truspass or having, the Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their truspasses, neither will your Father forgive your trustpasses. Cannot get any plainer than that. Wow, very very interesting stuff. Next we have it says Jesus teaches about the necessity of forgiving others as we have been forgiven by God. It's kind of like, you can't forgive. How do you

expect to forgive you? Yeah, Phesians for verse thirty two. Let's check that one out. Ephesians four, verse thirty two. And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another. Even as God in Christ forgave you, So God in Christ forgive you, meaning what Christ did on the cross is what got you to be able to be forgiven. That's why, even as God in Christ forgave you, basically forgave you for all the sins that you've committed in your life, because you are now saved. You know that

is the gospel. Right. Next we have Colossians three thirteen. Colossians three thirteen says we'll start at twelve. Therefore, as the elect of God, Holy and Beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, long suffering, bearing one another. If anyone has a complain against one another, even as Christ forgave you, so also you must do you also must do. Okay. So in

this verse there's a lot going on here. They therefore, as the elect of God, meaning the saved, the people that are saved, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies. We need to be merciful, kindness. We need to be kind to others. Humility, okay, meekness. We have to be nice to others, long suffering, bearing with one another, and forgiving one another. If anyone has to complaint against another, even as Christ forgave you, you also must do that.

Is not even like a oh you should do that, because God did that for you, you also must do okay. The call to bear with one another and forgive agreements is mirroring the forgiveness we have received there. Romans twelve, verse eighteen. Let's check that out. This is such an important verse right here. Copy Sometimes I just like to when I find little nuggets. You just gotta make sure you copy him and put them in little notes or something so you could resort back to those. Remember them.

Romans twelve, verse eighteen says, sounds like a verse that I've read to you guys before. If it is possible, as much as depends on you, live peaceably with all men. The exhortation to live at peace with everyone as far as it depends on us. How do you live at peace with all men or all people? You forgive them, you be kind, meet, kind hearted, merciful. You know that's

that is the way. And then maybe like that back to you as well, though you know, it's kind of tough if you're not it's tough if you're not receiving that back, right, But still we got to make sure that we do that, okay, as Christians. So let's go ahead and go to chapter three. This is going to be the intro to chapter three and Second Corinthians three. Paul presents the heart transforming power of the New Covenant in ministry, not of the letter, but of the spirit.

It teaches us that it is not the observance of law that brings life and righteousness, but the spirit of the living God. As we turn to the Lord behold his glory, we experienced transformation, growing evermore in Christ, like Christ in glory. Okay, man, I.

or letters of commendation to you? From you? You are epistle written in our hearts, known and read by all men. Clearly you are an epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but by the spirit of the Living God, not on tablets of stone, but on tablets of flesh, that is, of the heart Christ Minister has written. Yeah, so basically he's saying that Christ Minister to our hearts. Okay, it's not on ink, but by the spirit of the

Living God, not on tablets of stone. So it's not written in ink or on tablets of stone like the Ten Commandments were. But is that on the heart? So that is talking about the New Covenant, right, and that's going to be Jeremiah thirty four. Let's see, I believe Jeremiah thirty four. Let me see if I have it off the top of my head. Jeremiah. Yeah, I think it's Jeremiah thirty four. Let me see Jeremiah worn by God.

This is the gentleman the Lord. After the King had made a covenant with all the people who are in Drews and Brook claimed liberty to them, that every man should be free slave. I have to see what it is. Sorry, you gotta google it. I's trying to use my memory. New Covenant verse Jeremiah. Yes, it is Jeremiah thirty one, not thirty four. It's Jeremiah thirty one, thirty one through you see my dyslexic biblical brain. All right, let's go ahead and check that out. So Jeremiah thirty one Future

Prosperity of Judah new Covenant. Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord. That this is Jeremiah thirty one, verse thirty one. Behold the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the House of Israel and with the House of Judah. Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers, and the day that I took them by the hand and led them out of the land of Egypt. My covenant which they broke through I was a husband to them,

says the Lord. But this is the covenant that I will make with the House of Israel. After those days, says the Lord. I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. No more shall every man teach his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, know the Lord, for they shall know me. From the least of them to the greatest of them, says the Lord. For I will forgive their iniquity and

their sin. I will remember no more. Amen. Okay, So that's why I was talking about written on your hearts, right, That's the exactly what I was talking about there, So okay, all right, so we read that portion. So in Sewod Corinthians three, chapter three, verse three, Paul describes the Corinthians as a letter from Christ writing not with ink, but

with the spirit of the living God. This highlights the personal and relational nature of the New Covenant, which I talked about Jeremiah thirty one, verse thirty one through thirty four. Write that down. Write it down. You know where the New Covenant is, and I need to write it down too. Because I couldn't remember it right. It's not chapter it's not chapter thirty four. It's chapter thirty one, thirty one through thirty four. Okay, write that down. It is what

explains the New Covenant. So the living Epistle, the term living epistle I'm gonna go over real quick, which is talked about right here, epistle written on our hearts. The term living epistle is not directly found in the Bible, but is derived from the apostle Paul's teaching, particularly in his second Letter to the Corinthians. The concept refers to the idea that believers in Christ are to be living representations of the Gospel, embodying the teachings and character of

Jesus in their daily lives. This notion emphasizes the transformative power of the Holy Spirit and the life of a Christian, making them visible, a visible testimony of God's work. Okay, yeah, and the epistles found its two Corinthians two three, two through three. The concept of the living Epistle underscores the

work of the Holy Spirit and believer's life. According to the New Testament, the Holy Spirit is the agent of transformation, sanctifying believers and enabling them to live out the teachings of Christ and Galatians five twenty two through twenty three. Paul describes the fruit of the spirit as love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self control. These attributes are the evidence of a life transformed by the Spirit, making the believer a living

testimony of God's grace and truth. Man, I have to make sure that I snap a picture of that, and whenever I come home from work very tired like I did today, have to remember this so that when my kids, you know, my kids are in need, or my kids are feeling some type of way, or they're not listening, I have to remember that practical all right, community and witness challenges and encouragement. Despite the challenges, believers are encouraged

by the promise of god presence in power. Philippians one six assures being confident to this that he who began any good work in you will carry it out in completing it to the day of Christ Jesus. This assurance provides hope and motivation for believers to continue living as epistles for Christ, trusting in his faithfulness to complete the work he has started it in them. So I have this chapstick. It is like a I don't mean a sidetrack.

But what is this thing called bird's bees? I guess, And I think it has some type of mint or something. So I took the chaps to put on my lips and then I set it down, and then I kind of my eye itched. So I started wiping my e chapsic on my finger and lit my eye up. I was like, oh wow, it felt like getting ben gay in my eye or something. All Right, the spirit, not the letter. So we're in tewod Christians three, verse four now,

and we have such trust through Christ toward God. Not that we are sufficient ourselves to think of anything as being from ourselves, but our sufficiency is from God. But also made us sufficient as ministers of the New Covenant, not to the letter, but the spirit. For the letter kills, but the spirit gives life. Amen. Okay, let's go ahead and continue. Okay, So now we're in the gloria of

the New Covenant. But if the ministry of death written and engraved on stones was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not look steadily in the face of Moses because of the glory of his countenance, which glory was passing away, he will how will the ministry of the Spirit not be more glorious? For if the ministry of condonation had glory, the ministry of righteousness exceeds much

more in glory. For even what was made glorious had no glory in this respect because of the glory that excels. For if what is passing away was glorious, what remains is much more glorious. Therefore, since we have hope, we use great boldness of speech. Okay, hold on, actually, let me see ninth throughly. Yeah, yeah, hold on real quick. I do have some notes on this portion. Okay. So

the ministry of the Spirit. The chapter contrasts the Old Covenant, which was engraved in letters on stone and broad death, with the New Covenant of the Spirit what brings life. And then in tewod Corinthians three nine through eleven, Paul talks about the glory of the New Covenant. Paul explains that the glory of the New Covenant surpasses that of the old. The old Covenant had glory, but it was fading. The New Covenant is a permanent and more glorious. What

is the glory of the New Covenant. The concept of the New Covenant is a central theme in Christian theology, representing the fulfillment and surpassing of the Old Covenant established between God and the people of Israel. The New Covenant is inaugurated through the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, bringing about a transformative relationship between God and humanity. This covenant is characterized by its glory, which surpasses that of

the Old Covenant, as described in the New Testament. The New Covenant is prophesied in the Old Testament, notably over it Jeremiah thirty one thirty one through thirty four, where God promises a new covenant with the House of Israel and Judah, one that will be written on their hearts. This prophecy is fulfilled in the New Testament as articulated in Hebrews eight six through thirteen, which quotes Jeremiah and emphasizes the superiority of the New Covenant meditated by Christ.

So let's go ahead and see what he's talking about. We already read Jeremiah thirty one thirty one through thirty four. Let's go ahead and check out Hebrews eight six to thirteen and see how it mirrors that Hebrews eight six through thirteen. It says, but now he has obtained a more excellent ministry, inasmuch as he has also medical also mediator of a better covenant, which was established on better promises,

a new covenant. For if that's the title, for if the first covenant had been faultless, then no place would have been sought for a second, because finding fault with them, he says. Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the House of Israel and with the House of Judah, not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt. Obviously we

read this in Jeremiah, but he's quoting it here. Because they did not continue in my covenant, and I disregarded them, says the Lord. For this is the covenant that I will make with them the House of Israel. But those days, says the Lord, I will put my laws in their mind and write them on their hearts, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. None of them shall teach his neighbor, and none of this brother, saying,

know the Lord, for all shall know me. Know the Lord, for all shall know me, for the least of them, to the greatest of them. For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins, and their lawless deeds. I will remember no more. In that he says, a new covenant. He has made the first obsolete. Now what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away. Very very interesting, very interesting, that portion right there, something

that we should definitely study. Jeremiah thirty one, thirty one through thirty four and Hebrews six or eight, six through thirteen. It's very important to understand that because some people would say that the old Covenant is still active. Some people would say that this new Covenant is for believers, and the old Covenant is still active with the Jews. And then there's you know, these different things that they might say. So studying this and knowing this is very important, Okay,

very important. Okay. The glory, the glory of the New Covenant. This is in my notes. Okay. The Apostle Paul provides a profound exposition on the glory of the New Covenant and Tewod Corinthians three. He contrasts the Old Covenant, which was condemnation, with the New Covenant, which is written on human hearts and being righteousness. Paul writes, we already read it, say Corinthians three seven through eight. The more glory of the New Covenant is thus characterized by its pre eminence

and the transformative power through the Holy Spirit. What is the role of Jesus in this? Jesus Christ is the central to the New Covenant, serving as the mediator and high priests. In the Gospels, Jesus institute's the New Covenant during the Last Supper, saying, this cup is the new Covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you Luke twenty two, verse twenty. His sacrificial death and resurrection establishes the Covenant, offering forgiveness of sins and reconciliation with God.

Hebrews nine fifteen further emphasizes, therefore, Christ is the mediator of a new Covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance now that He has died to redeem them from the transgressions committed under the first Covenant. Is that what that says Hebrews nine fifteen Let's see what that says. Because right and for this reason he is the mediator. Let me see what it says.

They'll start at fourteen. How much more shall the blood of Christ, through who through the Eternal Spirit, offered himself without spot to God, cleanse your conscious from dead works to serve the King the Living God. Doesn't say king, it says serve the Living God. And for this reason he is the mediator of the New Covenant by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions under the First Covenant, that those who are called may receive the

promise of the internal inheritance. Okay. Therefore Christ is the media. Okay, cool? What's the universal scope? Unlike the Old Covenant, which is primarily with the nation of Israel, the New Covenant is a universal scope extending to all who believe in Christ. This inclusivity is highlighted in Galatians three, verse twenty eight. There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave, nor free male nor female, For you all are one in Christ Jesus. The New Covenant breaks down barriers and unites believers from

all backgrounds into one body, the Church. The eternal promise. The New Covenant is eternal offering believers the promise of eternal life and an unbreakable relationship with God. And Bruce thirteen twenty through twenty one speaks of the blood of the Eternal Covenant, underscoring its everlasting nature. This eternal promise assures believers that they're secure standing before God, grounded in

the finished work of Christ. In summary, the glory of the New Covenant is manifested and its surpassing excellence, transformative power, and the eternal promise all centered on the person and work of Jesus Christ. Through the Covenant, believers experience a profound and intimate relationship with God, marked by the indwelling presence of the Holy Spirit and the assurance of eternal life. Okay, let's go ahead and continue reading. We'll read twelve through

eighteen here. Therefore, since we have such hope, we use great boldness of speech. Unlike Moses, who put a veil over his face, so the children of Israel could not look steadily at the end of what was passing away, but their minds were blinded. For until this day. The same veil remains unlifted in the reading of the Old Testament, because the veil is taken away in Christ. But even to this day, when Moses is read, a veil lies on their heart. Nevertheless, when one turns to the Lord,

the veil is taken away. Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is there is liberty. But we all, with unveiled face beholding as a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image of glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord. Okay and Second Corinthians three seven through eighteen. It contrasts the fading glory of the Old Covenant with the greater, permanent glory of the New Covenant,

which is mediated by the Holy Spirit. This passage explains that the veil over Moses's face represented the temporary nature of the Old Law and this spiritual blindness. It caused a veil that is now removed for believers through Christ and through faith in Christ. With an unveiled face, Christians are continually transformed into the image of Christ, reflecting God's glory as they're empowered by the Spirit. The old Covenant, represented by the Law given to Moses, it had a

glory that was temporary and ultimately pointed to death. And conternation for sin. This is symbolized by Moses's face, which he had veiled because its glory was fading. The New Covenant established through Jesus, this ministry is for glorious, is more glorious because it brings life in righteousiness through the power of the Holy Spirit. And then what's the veil represent?

The veil in the Old Testament, the veil of moses face was a symbol of spiritual blindness that came with the Old Covenant, preventing people from seeing the full glory of God. Paul states that the same veil remains for those who read the Old Testament without understanding Christ. Very very good point the removal of the veil. When someone turns to the Lord, the veil is removed and the

spiritual understanding is restored. This happens because the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is there is freedom and then transformation through the Holy Spirit unveiled faces. Believers freed from the veil now can look upon the glory of the Lord with unveiled faces, and then reflection of glory. As they behold the Lord's glory, they're transformed into his image, changing from glory to glory. This means that as Christians spend more time with God,

their lives increasingly reflect His glory, freedom and life. The Holy Spirit provides freedom and life contrasted with the Old covenants emphasis on death and condemnation. Practical application, this passage calls believers to embrace their freedom found in Christ and the continuous transformation that comes from beholding God's glory, and encourages believers to spend time with God so that His glory can shine more brightly through them, attracting others to him.

That's what it's about, definitely, is you want to attract others to the faith by you shining more brightly through God. Right, that makes total sense, total sense, because sometimes you have a microscope on you. You don't even know it, because some people know that you're Christian and they're trying to see how you react to things, because if you react to things a certain way that they're they're if they're a non believer, they're gonna be like, wow, how does that

person react so good to things? Or how is it that that type of thing doesn't bother them when it bothers me so greatly? Because you have God right and you're shining through God, right, So, yeah, very good stuff. Let's see if I have Yeah. So in chapter eighteen or verse eighteen, it says, but we all with unveiled face beholding as a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image, from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord. So how

do how do we have transformation through the spirit? Transformation through the Spirit is a central theme in Christian theology, emphasizing the profound change that occurs in a believer's life through the work of the Holy Spirit. This transformation is not merely a moral or ethical improvement, but a fundamental change in nature and identity, aligning the believer with the

character and purposes of God. Biblical foundation, the concept of transformation through the Spirit is rooted in several key passages of Scripture and Romans twelve to two. The apostle Paul exhorts believers, do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is good, pleasing,

and perfect will of God. This words highlights this verse highlights the transformative process as a renewal of the mind, distinguishing believers from worldly patterns and aligning them with God's will. And two Corinthians three, verse sixteen, Paul further elaborates, and we who with unveiled faces all reflect the glory of the Lord or being transformed into His image of intensifying glory,

which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit. Here, transformation is depicted as a progressive journey toward christ likeness facilitated by the Holy Spirit, and the role of the Holy Spirit is also The Holy Spirit is the divine agent of the transformation. In John three five through six, Jesus explains to Nicodemus, Truly, Truly, I tell you, no one can enter the Kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the spirit. Flesh is born of flesh,

but spirit is born of the Spirit. This new birth or regeneration is the initial act of transformation, making the beginning of a believer's spiritual journey. The Spirit works. Spirit's work continues as he in dwells believers, empowering them to live according to God's will. Oh Galatians five twenty two through twenty three describes the fruit of the Spirit as evidence of transformation. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness,

and self control. We talked about that earlier. Implications of Christian living transform Transformation through the Spirit has It has is how Christians live and interact with the world. It calls for a life of holiness uh distinct from It calls for a life of holiness distinct from the values and practices of the secular world. As believers are transformed, they become ambassadors to Christ, reflecting his love and truth of others. Moreover, the transformation fosters unity within the body

of Christ. The Phesians four three through four or his believers to make every effort to keep the unity of Spirit through the bond of peace. What is the conclusion? See what that is? The conclusion is, while transformation through the Spirit is a lifelong journey, it is marked by assurance of God's faithfulness and the hope of ultimate glorification. As believers submit to the Spirit's work, they experience the joy and fulfillment of living in accordance with God's design.

Bearing witness to is transformative power in a broken world. Just wanted to go over that. It's very important for that last verse being transformed in the same vage the glory of God by the spirit of the Lord. Kind of why I went over that. So we went over we are done with chapter three. Let's go over some practical applications. Reflect in your life. Consider how your actions and words serve as a letter to those around you.

Are you reflecting the love and truth of Christ? Consider how your actions and words serve as a letter to those around you. Are you reflecting the love and truth of Christ? Yes, So we got to make sure that around our families, around our co workers, around our friends, we have to be like that, you know. And tonight I was for some reason, I'm telling you guys, I

was just out of it tonight. It didn't feel didn't feel good when I go from work because I stayed late, and I was super tired, and I knew how to do this show, and I was having everything compound on me. So when I got home from work, I was not happy because I said to stay late, which is, you know, it's normal as part of the job. Just sometimes working you know, twelve hours and then knowing that you got

to do a two hour podcast. It compounds. So I got home, had to you know, the kids were eating, and I was like, all right, so I got to make sure I get them in bed as quick as possible, you know, after they get done eating, because I got to do this show and I want to start to show at eight, and the kids would take it forever to get ready and to brush their teeth and to put on their diapers, and you know, I was, I was just like, man, my daughters are like three, five

and six, okay, so it's not like they're they're little ones. But you know, I was just like, I started losing my patients, right, It's which happens. But I don't really lose my patients at often because I'm pretty nice and always happy, happy, go lucky. But today, for some reason, I was not reflecting Christ in my life. So I personally need to consider my actions and my words serve as a letter that is around you. I need to reflect love and the truth through Christ. Whenever I come

home and I'm tired, I have to remember that. Remind me, guys, remind me in the comment section or DM me and say hey, just as a reminder, remember you said that reflect Christ in your life. I usually do. Just today, you know, once in a while we just have one of those days and I don't know why today was that day, but I definitely want to ask for the Lord's forgiveness, and I'll ask for my daughter's forgiveness. My kids, uh, I kind of told them sorry before before they went

to sleep. I gave them all kisses and sold them Sorry. Data was a little bit impatient today. Embrace the Spirit's work. Acknowledge the Holy Spirit's role and transforming your heart and mind. Seek to be open to his guidance and conviction. Yes, we definitely have to be open to his guidance and conviction. Live in the freedom of the New Covenant. Understand that you are no longer bound by the law, but are free to live in the spirit. Let this freedom motivate

you to pursue holiness and righteousness. Yeah, yeah, that's very important. Is to understand that you're no longer bound by the law. Yeah, we just have to make sure we're not taking advantage of the grace that we're given right. Seek God's glory. Make it a daily practice to contemplate the Lord's glory and allow his presence to transform you into His likeness. Okay, that is the last one. Let's let's explain it. Make it a daily practice to contemplate the Lord's glory and

allow his presence to transform you into his likeness. Yeah, so his presence, holy spirit, presence to transform you into his likeness, make him like you, make you like him, all right, and then unct the additional scriptures that connect would be Jeremiah thirty one thirty one through thirty four, Romans eight verse two. For in Christ, Jesus the law of the spirit of life set you free from the

law of sin and death Hebrews eight six. But now Jesus has received a more excellent ministry, just as the covenant he meditates, he mediates is better and is founded on behalf of promises. Let's see what Hebrews eight six even says. I don't know if i'd read that earlier. I think I might have Hebrews eight verse six. Yep. But as now as he obtained a more excellent ministry, and as much he is also a mediator of a

better covenant which has established was established on better promises. Okay, Yeah, we got to break down that new covenant and everything. That's that's some stuff that I need to get into maybe on my my other podcast. I need to break that down, get into it. Yes, perfect. So we are done with chapter three and I'm just gonna let you guys know, I am tired, so I'm gonna have to

stop the podcast a little bit early. So next week we're going to be in Tewod Corinthians chapter four, Blessings and then and for Sunday Service we're going to be in and the First Kings chapter four as well. So we were moving right along here. Let me just go ahead and stop the screen share. So, yes, thank you guys so much for your patience with me. I know that when I get tired, I'm trying to read all these notes about these notes, and I got this on the screen. I do my best to read the everything

as best as possible. So but everybody, thank you. You know, like I said, I'm a little bit exhausted tonight, but Sunday Service, I'll give you my full energy. I do Sunday Service on my days off, so it's a lot easier for me when I kind of have to stay after, you know, for a couple hours after work, after already working ten hours. Then I get this is how I get it. Get it makes you really tired, So thank you guys so much for tuning in. Like I always do, I like to end this in prayer, so let me

do that. So Father God, in the name of Jesus, thank you so much for everything. Lord, Please assist me in showing the love of Christ to my children. No matter what kind of day I have, don't allow me to bring my day home. Lord, Please, and everybody that's listening as well, assist them on not bringing there if they have a you know, a tough day at work, bringing it home because they're you know, our family don't deserve that, because they're not even part of any of

the stresses that happen during the day. So please assist everybody out there. Also spiritual battles and spiritual warfare and Satan's tactics and everything that we talked about. Lord, assist everybody to fight against those the schemes of the devil and Satan. Right, So, it's just life, you know, sometimes it kicks our butt and sometimes we kick life's butt, you know, So assist us Lord and being strong. Lord.

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