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Sunrise on Temple Mount in Jerusalem; Back to Previous Devotion

November 12 - Evening

"By the humility and gentleness of Christ, I appeal to you—I, Paul, who am 'timid' when face to face with you, but 'bold' toward you when away! I beg you that when I come I may not have to be as bold as I expect to be toward some people who think that we live by the standards of this world...The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ...I do not want to seem to be trying to frighten you with my letters. For some say, 'His letters are weighty and forceful, but in person he is unimpressive and his speaking amounts to nothing.' Such people should realize that what we are in our letters when we are absent, we will be in our actions when we are present...Our hope is that, as your faith continues to grow, our sphere of activity among you will greatly expand, so that we can preach the gospel 
in the regions beyond you.
"

- Second Corinthians 10:1-2, 4-5, 9-11, 15-16

Sunset on the Sea of Galilee; Click to go to next devotion  
Backing Up His Words with Actions    

In Second Corinthians chapter 10 Paul appeals to the Corinthians "by the humility and gentleness
of Christ," to accept his apostolic teaching and to live according to the standards of the Word of God.

Some of the Corinthian leaders have challenged Paul's authority during his three year absence in Ephesus. Paul spent those three years corresponding with the Corinthians by letter and apostolic representatives such as Timothy and Titus. These challengers to Paul's authority have said that Paul was "timid" when face to face with them in Corinth, but then once he got across the Aegean Sea Paul suddenly got "bold" in his letters. Paul, again pleads with them and says:

"I beg you that when I come I may not have to be as bold as I expect to be toward some people who think that we live by the standards of this world." - 2 Corinthians 10:2

Many of the Corinthians had become believers, but had rejected Paul's apostolic doctrine and
had instead opted for a blend of spiritualized Christianity mixed with their Greek philosophy (early Gnosticism). Paul warns them that he is not going to do battle with them like the worldly philosophers or politicians who mix and match words and ideas to unite a group of people in order to gain a following for a particular cause or project. Paul says that his teaching is not negotiable, nor can it be sifted through and picked over for favorite parts that are then mixed with other philosophies. "On the contrary," Paul's apostolic doctrine has:

"divine power to demolish strongholds,...arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ!"

The Corinthians are being warned that they are fighting against the sword of the Word of God. They are in danger of being "demolished" by the "divine power" of the Word of God.

Those sound like threatening, fighting words, Paul? Did he mean to sound so aggressive? Yes, indeed, those are fighting words spoken by Paul to the Corinthian church, so he says, "I do not want to seem to be trying to frighten you with my letters" (here the letter of Second Corinthians) but Paul warns them again that just because:

"some say, 'His letters are weighty and forceful, but in person he is unimpressive and his speaking amounts to nothing.' Such people should realize that what we are in our letters when we are absent, we will be in our actions when we are present."

So, if they thought his letters seemed threatening and aggressive, Paul says:

"People should realize that what we are in our letters...we will be in our actions when we are present."

So, Paul doesn't retract, apologize or try to explain his "weighty and forceful" letters, and instead, simply says we meant what we said and he plans on backing up his words with his actions!

Paul's hope is that when the Corinthians come in line with the word of God in their doctrine and their actions then:

"our sphere of activity among you will greatly expand, so that we can preach the gospel in the regions beyond you."

Strategically, Paul wants Corinth to be a base of operation to reach into the rest of Achaia, but he can't have Corinthian church doctrine corrupted with Greek philosophy and their lifestyles a mere reflection of their culture instead of the transforming power of the Word of God.

  Christian Quote from Church History

"We are not only to renouce evil, but to manifest the truth. We tell people the world
is vain; let our lives
manifest that it is so.
We tell them that our home
is above and that all these things are transitory.
Does our dwelling look like it? O to live consistent lives!
- Hudson Taylor

 

 

 

 

Something to Ponder??

The Bible has been translated into 1,200 different languages, including Klingon, the fictional language of a race from outerspace in the Star Trek TV series. Here is a sample of the Klingon Translation or the Gospel of Mark here.
Or, buy a KLV (Klingon Language Version) from Amazon today!?!?

 
Hebrew and Greek Word Study   Facts and Information

 

Doron (Gr) - Gift (Eng) - the Greek word doron means "a gift," "present."
Doron is used to communicate a "gift offered in expression of honor," or
"money placed in the treasury for the temple and support of the poor."

 

The book of Nehemiah mentions Geshem (or, Gusham) the Arab in Nehemiah 6:1, 6. This same person is mentined in two inscriptions in Dedan and Tell el-mashkutah (near the Suez Canal) as Gusham,
king of Kedar.

     
Confession to Action   Facts and Information
I will be a man of truth and detest my lips when they lie.   "The Lord detests lying lips, but he delights in men
who are truthful."
Proverbs 12:22
     
Read the Bible in a Year; Bible Reading Program
Read one chapter each day to read through the narrative portion (or, the story line) of the whole Bible Genesis-Acts in one year. Read the General Text of the Bible Read the Complete Text of the Bible in a Year
(morning only) Romans 6 Luke 23
 
Prayer for Today
Personal Prayer Church Prayer Item National Prayer Concerns World Prayer Concerns
Ask God to convict
you of sin, error
Church Staff United States Marines Sweden
 
Photo of Jerusalem; Pictures of Israel Bible Map and Diagram
Robinson's Arch, Jerusalem






Nehemiah's Wall in Jerusalem 445 BC

Temple Mount retaining wall showing Solomon's original square walls at 500 x 500 cubits, the Hasmonean extension, and finally Herod's extension that doubled Solomon's original size. Highlighted is Warren's Gate which is only accessible today in the Western Wall Tunnels.
(click on image for larger size)

Below today's Damascus Gate built in the 1500's. This lower level reveals the pavement and portions of the gates from 135 AD and NT times on the north wall of Jerusalem. (click on image for larger size).  
   
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