CG Coaching for Week #7 - 2 Corinthians 6:3-7:1
Sunday, July 16th - Pastor Rob Anderson (Felida Campus) - "Compelled to Thrive with Holiness"
Growing deeper
Battling for truth can be tiring. Paul lists a blizzard of troubles to which he responds with great endurance. Many of Paul’s detractors within the church at Corinth accused Paul of not being from God because of his great sufferings. But his sufferings, instead, prove his faith and authenticity. Because of his endurance in the faith, Paul didn’t quit or run from his preaching ministry but held strong. And he did all this, not with a grin-and-bear- it attitude, but with a Holy Spirit-endowed sweetness of purity, truth, kindness, love and power. Just like Paul, we live in a culture that opposes the Gospel. Many times people within the church want to accommodate the culture by pushing a false gospel. We must beware of yoking ourselves to those who would lead us off the narrow path of righteousness, even those who claim belief but, instead, twist biblical truth into their own truth. We must know and seek God’s Truth as revealed in the Bible and, like the Bereans, check everything. We must know God. Intimacy with a personal God keeps us standing firm as holy temples. Our endurance in trials with joy reveals the reality of Christ and declares Jesus is worth the sacrifice.
Read 2 Corinthians 6:3- 7:1, John 16:33, James 1: 1-4, Galatians 1: 6-9, 2 Peter 2: 1-3.
The call to follow Christ is the call to endure suffering and stand against false gospels no matter the cost. We will suffer. God hasn’t put suffering in the small print. Why is the Gospel worth it?
When part of the body suffers, the whole church body suffers. When the Church stands together united, it shines the light of the Gospel into the world. What are some practical ways you can encourage others to endure in their suffering (this may include persecution from society).
How can you stay steadfast to the truth of the Gospel?
