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Thursday, January 9, 2020

2 CORINTHIANS ~ Chapter 2


The underlying point of this letter is that there was – as there always is – a rebellious someone in the circle, bent on causing trouble and stirring up mischief.

The background of this letter is to highlight genuine love, empathy, compassion, example of fellowship discipline, and example of Christian behavior.

It is okay … and even commendable … to steer clear of situations where circumstances are decidedly unfavorable & can lead to a rebellious turning from Yeshua. One can still love (and lovingly counsel, and/or discipline) from a distance, without becoming entangled in dicey hostilities.

I can relate.

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2 CORINTHIANS ~ Chapter 2

“In thinking it through, I made up my mind not to come to you again in displeasure. For, if I were to bring sorrow to you, who then would make me glad, except the very one who I have offended? Indeed, I said this very thing in my letter to you, for fear that when I came I might have sorrow from those I should expect to give me joy. I trust you are all alike in this, that what would make me happy would also have the same effect on all of you. And when I wrote to you, I was much troubled, had anguish in my heart and shed many tears. I did not wish to bring sorrow upon you, but rather to have you know of the abundant love I have for you.


But if there is anyone who has caused grief, it is not me only whom he has caused sorrow, but all of you, at least in some measure, not to overstate the case. The majority of you have censured him for his misdeeds, and I think this is, in his case, discipline enough. Now it would seem proper for you to turn about and forgive him and encourage him, otherwise his sorrow may overpower him. I urge you, therefore, to show him that you still love him. I had this in mind, too, when I wrote about him, to see some proof of how obedient you are in carrying out my instructions. I, too, am willing to forgive anyone anything that you forgive. And when I have pardoned anyone for anything, I, too, have done it for your sake in the Name of mashiach. For thus Lucifer will not get the better of us; for we know about his strategies.


When I went to Troas to preach the Gospel of Mashiach, there was there an open door for me in Adonai Yeshua:


Still, I had no peace of mind, because I did not find Titus, my brother, there. I therefore took leave of them and went on to Macedonia …


But thanks be to Elohim, Who in Mashiach always led us to victory, and through us makes our knowledge of Him penetrate every place like a sweet perfume! For we are to Elohim the sweet perfume of Mashiach, made manifest both among those who are being saved and also those who are going to destruction. To the latter, it is the smell of doom and death itself, but to the former it is a perfume of life to life. Now, who is competent to preach this way? We are; for we are not, like so many, making profit by teaching Elohei’s Word falsely. No, we are sincere. We have been sent out by Elohim, we are Mashiach’s ministers, and speak as in Elohei’s presence.”