Revering the Word

David had many enemies. Enemies are out to destroy. Enemies typically will be challenged with confirmation bias even though they may not even know it. It is good to watch out for confirmation bias in your own life. Ultimately the world is not likely to change and it probably will get worse. Ultimately the solution is to trust the Lord with your life.

Paul begins with the fact that today is the day of salvation. It is always good for someone to not wait to come to Christ but to come to Him today.

After spending sometime once again seeking to build his credibility to the people of Corinth Paul later in this chapter challenges the people of the church to evaluate their partnership with the world.

This may be one of the most powerful chapters in all the Bible.

In this chapter we will learn

-the promise of heaven

-the immediacy of heaven upon death

-our purpose while here

-discovering the high calling of being an ambassador

-embracing and living for the ministry of reconciliation

In this life we can and will face overwhelming suffering. Our Lord Jesus identifies with our suffering as he suffered physically and even suffered the rejection of those he died for. Paul teaches us in this passage that even in our suffering we have an eternal weight of glory in the promise of heaven to all who believe in Him. This podcast is dedicated to Isaiah and his entire family. I received notification of his tragic passing while recording this podcast. Although I could not read the actual text until I was done recording. After reading the text it seemed of God's Spiritual unction that this passage was being taught. May it be of spiritual eternal comfort to all who listen.

We are so blessed to live in the dispensation of the New Covenant. It is a glorious day and age where God has revealed himself through Jesus and imparted us with His Spirit to transform us into a greater reflection of his image.

Amidst much conflict and immorality God is brining repentance and restoration in the Corinthian church and also within Paul's own relationship to the church. The Gospel is beautifully sweet aroma to those who accept it but condemnation to those who reject it.

This is an important chapter to take in the context of 2 Corinthians. The depth of the trials of your life and how God comforted you in them is what gives you the ability to share God's comfort with others.

It is important that we choose today to follow Jesus and then live for him until the end.

Joshua had the people commit their lives to God and he warned them to be faithful to their commitment.

The truth is we don't know the day of our death and we also don't know how soon the day could come for Jesus to return. In order to be ready, choose Jesus in faith today.

Proverbs 11 gives much example of and reveals the blessing and consequence of living righteously or wickedly.

Today we see the great concern God has about Israel's future falling away and even Joshua's prophetic knowledge about this future.

We will also see evidence displaying how wicked the people of Canaan were and that being one of the most significant reasons God desired them to not intermix with these nations.