“Now when I came to Troas for the gospel of Christ and when a door was opened for me in the Lord, I had no rest for my spirit, not finding Titus my brother; but taking my leave of them, I went on to Macedonia.” (2 Cor. 2:12-13)

This is Paul telling the Corinthians Christians that his...

“But one whom you forgive anything, I forgive also; for indeed what I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, I did it for your sakes in the presence of Christ, so that no advantage would be taken of us by Satan, for we are not ignorant of his schemes.” (2 Cor. 2:10-11).

This is the...

“For to this end also I wrote, so that I might put you to the test, whether you are obedient in all things.” (2 Cor. 2:9)

This is the third of four reasons Paul didn’t visit the Christians in Corinth – they needed to be tested. Would they first be obedient to an apostolic...

“But if any has caused sorrow, he has caused sorrow not to me, but in some degree– in order not to say too much– to all of you. Sufficient for such a one is this punishment which was inflicted by the majority” (2  Cor. 2:5-6)

This is the second of four reasons Paul...

“But I determined this for my own sake, that I would not come to you in sorrow again. For if I cause you sorrow, who then makes me glad but the one whom I made sorrowful?” (2 Cor. 2:1-2)

This is the first of four reasons Paul didn’t visit the Christians in Corinth – there...

“But I call God as witness to my soul, that to spare you I came no more to Corinth. Not that we lord it over your faith, but are workers with you for your joy; for in your faith you are standing firm.” (2 Corinthians 1:23-24)

This is Paul’s oath before the church in Corinth –...

Once again, like yesterday’s post:

“For as many as are the promises of God, in Him they are yes; therefore also through Him is our Amen to the glory of God through us.” (2 Cor 1:20)

Every Christian is the inheritor of rich promises, the value of which are greater than the world....

This is from 2 Corinthians:

“But as God is faithful, our word to you is not yes and no. For the Son of God, Christ Jesus, who was preached among you by us– by me and Silvanus and Timothy– was not yes and no, but is yes in Him.” (2 Cor. 1:18-19)

Paul attaches his own promise...

“From now on let no one cause trouble for me, for I bear on my body the brand-marks of Jesus” (Gal. 6:17).

This is Paul’s final word in Galatians to the false teachers – and it ends the letter where it began – with the uncompromising sound of apostolic authority.

In...

Consider the glory of Jesus Christ for a moment. On the way to His crucifixion He stumbles and falls, physically spent. The deep-flesh scourgings, which followed face slaps and a night spent standing upright through six different trials, have worn Him down. Under the weight of the...

Sadly, there’s this from a scholar who claims Adam was not….:

“We need to lighten up. We need to uncouple those issues. And we need to say, okay, Genesis is one of those books like a Shakespeare play, or like a Beethoven symphony, where you can describe what it sort of literally...

“For neither is circumcision anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation.” (Gal. 6:15)

This is the heart of the whole book of Galatians, right here. Because of the cross, religious performance has no value to your soul’s salvation. What matters is a new creation that comes...

“But may it never be that I would boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.”

For Paul, the cross was His present glory, treasure, and joy. It was also his reputation before man, and his mirror into which he...

Here’s a re-enactment of Levites inspecting a lamb to see if it is spotless and pure.

I love this stuff, as it makes me yearn for the millenium. But, while man’s inspection can only be external, God’s inspection of His Lamb looked at Christ’s soul and found only holy...