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Podcast: 2025-07-06: Pastor Mark Quist – What’s Next? Deeper Discipleship… 2 Corinthians, the GOSPEL, and Discipleship
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2025-07-06: Pastor Mark Quist – What’s Next? Deeper Discipleship… 2 Corinthians, the GOSPEL, and Discipleship
Happy 4th of July Independence Day Celebration to everyone! Sunday the 6th, we make the transition from 1st Corinthians to 2nd Corinthians. Some time has passed between Paul’s two letters as he refers to what seems to be, other communication with them, either a letter between these two, or an in person visit. If you thought the 1st Corinthian letter had some strong corrective teaching in it, this potential missing letter was much stronger. In all, Paul probably visited Corinth three times and wrote four letters to them.
Why is Paul writing this letter, known to us as 2 Corinthians? First of all to express his delight in the report from Titus that most of the believers in Corinth responded favorably to his severe correction. He also encourages them to take up a collection for support of the believers in Jerusalem who are under severe persecution and to prepare for his next visit to them.
Throughout the 13 chapters of this letter, Paul writes some of his most remembered and noteworthy phrases, such as, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness. Therefore I will gladly boast all the more in my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.” (12:9) “If anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come. The old has gone, the new is here.” (5:17) “God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.” “(5:21) “Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit is, there is freedom.” (3:17) “Whoever sows sparingly will reap sparingly. Whoever sows generously will reap generously.” (9:6) “God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.” (9:8) “Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.” (10:17) GOOD Stuff!
Paul is a passionate pastor and spiritual shepherd as he ‘is sensitive to the needs of those under his care, pleads as a jealous father for his children’s affection and unity, and addresses the fears for them in confronting the persistent sins among them.’ (NIV Study Bible Notes on 2nd Corinthians).
New TQ: 2nd Corinthians 12:9-10, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is made perfect in weakness. Therefore, I boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses so that the power of Christ may rest in me. For when I am weak, then I am strong.”
See you Sunday,
Pastor Mark
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2025-07-06: Pastor Mark Quist – What’s Next? Deeper Discipleship… 2 Corinthians, the GOSPEL, and Discipleship
Happy 4th of July Independence Day Celebration to everyone! Sunday the 6th, we make the transition from 1st Corinthians to 2nd Corinthians. Some time has passed between Paul’s two letters as he refers to what seems to be, other communication with them, either a letter between these two, or an in person visit. If you thought the 1st Corinthian letter had some strong corrective teaching in it, this potential missing letter was much stronger. In all, Paul probably visited Corinth three times and wrote four letters to them.
Why is Paul writing this letter, known to us as 2 Corinthians? First of all to express his delight in the report from Titus that most of the believers in Corinth responded favorably to his severe correction. He also encourages them to take up a collection for support of the believers in Jerusalem who are under severe persecution and to prepare for his next visit to them.
Throughout the 13 chapters of this letter, Paul writes some of his most remembered and noteworthy phrases, such as, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness. Therefore I will gladly boast all the more in my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.” (12:9) “If anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come. The old has gone, the new is here.” (5:17) “God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.” “(5:21) “Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit is, there is freedom.” (3:17) “Whoever sows sparingly will reap sparingly. Whoever sows generously will reap generously.” (9:6) “God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.” (9:8) “Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.” (10:17) GOOD Stuff!
Paul is a passionate pastor and spiritual shepherd as he ‘is sensitive to the needs of those under his care, pleads as a jealous father for his children’s affection and unity, and addresses the fears for them in confronting the persistent sins among them.’ (NIV Study Bible Notes on 2nd Corinthians).
New TQ: 2nd Corinthians 12:9-10, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is made perfect in weakness. Therefore, I boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses so that the power of Christ may rest in me. For when I am weak, then I am strong.”
See you Sunday,
Pastor Mark