2 Corinthians 1:15-24 KJV
And in this confidence I was minded to come unto you before, that ye might have a second benefit;
And to pass by you into Macedonia, and to come again out of Macedonia unto you, and of you to be brought on my way toward Judaea.
When I therefore was thus minded, did I use lightness? or the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that with me there should be yea yea, and nay nay?
But as God is true, our word toward you was not yea and nay.
For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us, even by me and Silvanus and Timotheus, was not yea and nay, but in him was yea.
For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.
Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God;
Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.
Moreover I call God for a record upon my soul, that to spare you I came not as yet unto Corinth.
Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for by faith ye stand.
This is a longer portion that I usually use and the one verse I am using for the foundation of my meditations today is verse 23, "Moreover I call God to record upon my soul, that to spare you I came not as yet unto Corinth."
In Paul's first letter he said he planned to visit them in connection with another visit through Macedonia. This visit had not materialized and the students of the Word of God believe that Paul's enemies had been taunting the believers and saying that Paul was not good for his word. Did he know the will of God or not and did he follow that will? Paul assures these people that he does know the mind of God and that he had good reason not to visit them yet. He avoided coming to them for their own good.
One of the difficulties in serving in the ministry is that there are those who misunderstand. They see the confidence the preacher demonstrates. They hear the messages that have to do with the authority and some of them are prone to look for mistakes and errors in the preacher's ministry, using those to accuse him of not being a real man of God, or else using them to excuse themselves from following his counsel in their lives.
No genuine man of God believes himself to be infallible. But a true man of God does live his life by the Word of God and with the best of intentions for the people God has placed in his care.
If only more people would see this and support their preacher rather than fall away or fall out to another church when he does things they don't understand.
And in this confidence I was minded to come unto you before, that ye might have a second benefit;
And to pass by you into Macedonia, and to come again out of Macedonia unto you, and of you to be brought on my way toward Judaea.
When I therefore was thus minded, did I use lightness? or the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that with me there should be yea yea, and nay nay?
But as God is true, our word toward you was not yea and nay.
For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us, even by me and Silvanus and Timotheus, was not yea and nay, but in him was yea.
For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.
Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God;
Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.
Moreover I call God for a record upon my soul, that to spare you I came not as yet unto Corinth.
Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for by faith ye stand.
This is a longer portion that I usually use and the one verse I am using for the foundation of my meditations today is verse 23, "Moreover I call God to record upon my soul, that to spare you I came not as yet unto Corinth."
In Paul's first letter he said he planned to visit them in connection with another visit through Macedonia. This visit had not materialized and the students of the Word of God believe that Paul's enemies had been taunting the believers and saying that Paul was not good for his word. Did he know the will of God or not and did he follow that will? Paul assures these people that he does know the mind of God and that he had good reason not to visit them yet. He avoided coming to them for their own good.
One of the difficulties in serving in the ministry is that there are those who misunderstand. They see the confidence the preacher demonstrates. They hear the messages that have to do with the authority and some of them are prone to look for mistakes and errors in the preacher's ministry, using those to accuse him of not being a real man of God, or else using them to excuse themselves from following his counsel in their lives.
No genuine man of God believes himself to be infallible. But a true man of God does live his life by the Word of God and with the best of intentions for the people God has placed in his care.
If only more people would see this and support their preacher rather than fall away or fall out to another church when he does things they don't understand.
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