2 Corinthians 4 – Paul makes comparisons. vs.1,2 – Hidden and The Open – they preached the gospel openly and didn’t hide anything from you. vs.3,4 – The Blinded and Enlightened – the light of the gospel has been blinded from some by the god of this world. vs.5 – The Master and Slaves – Jesus is being preached as Lord and Savior and ourselves as servants of God. vs.6 – Light and Darkness – The light of Jesus is to shine through us into the darkness of the world.vs.7 – The Mighty and the Frail – This light of Jesus, that is contained in our frail earthen vessels, might shine through us to show the majesty and power of God. vs.8-10 – Trials and Triumphs – We go through trials to show the death of Jesus and ourselves, that the life and triumph of Jesus may be manifested in our body. vs.11,12 – Life and Death – John the Baptist said I must decrease and Jesus to increase in order that Jesus be manifested in our bodies. vs.13 – The Written and Spoken – As we believe what is written, the Word of God, we will began to speak faith. vs.14 – The Past and Future – If God raised Jesus from the dead, then He will raise us.vs.15 – Grace and Thanksgiving – The grace that has been given, is to cause people to give thanks to God.vs.16 – The Outer and Inner Man – Though the outer man is dying , do not lose heart, the inner man is being renewed daily. vs.17 – Affliction and Glory – Momentary (long enough to do the work) affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory (our reward in heaven) beyond anything we can think of. vs.18 – The Seen and Unseen – The Temporal and Eternal – we do not look at the natural, but look to the spiritual for they are eternal.

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2 Corinthians 3 – vs.1-6 – Each person is an epistle. The Spirit of God has written the epistle upon our hearts. In this we have confidence, that God has made us adequate as servant of the new covenant. Not by the letter of the Law, but by the Spirit of God. The Letter of the Law Kills. People who try in their own strength to live by the Law, will always fail. You’ll find that these people will have no joy or peace and seldom remain in the faith. They become discouraged and despaired. When people are not living up to the standards of Christ, it is because Jesus and the Holy Spirit are the only one who can do the work through us.
vs.7-16 – If the law, which ministered death, came with glory. How much more shall the Holy Spirit, which ministers life, abound in glory. For where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. Israel still has a veil over their hearts, because only in Jesus Christ can the veil be lifted. As the veil is lifted, we are changed, (transformed) (metamorphosis), into the image of Jesus, from glory to glory.

    Transformed - Metamorphosis:
        Meta - involving change.
        Mor - dead, darkness.
        Phorsis - light.

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Church at Corinth – Acts 18:1-17.
Judaizers –
1) Bring them to a point of understanding about the gospel.
2) Exhortation about their responsibility and faithfulness in giving.
3) Let the Corinthians know that he had the authority from God as an apostle.
Written from Macedonia.
3rd letter to the Corinthians.
Ch.1-7 – Personal vindication of Paul’s Ministry.
Ch.1 – The promises of God given to us.

2 Corinthians 1 – vs.3,4 – The things that God gives us are to be shared with everyone, like comfort, mercy and love. vs.6 – Our experience, comfort, is for the edifying and building up of the brethren. Paul said that the Corinthians shared in all that he did. vs.20 – The promises of God preached to the Corinthians are Yea and Amen. vs.21-24 – God has given us all things and the outward sign of this is the Holy Spirit. Paul said he did come to them with a rod, so that they would correct themselves by his exhortation, for by faith we stand.

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1 Corinthians 14 – After you have the love of God, Jesus, in you, desire the spiritual gifts. Prophesy being the greatest gift. When you speak in tongues, you are speaking unto God, and edify yourself. When you prophesy, you are speaking unto men, the church and are edifying them.
vs.12 – Be jealous for spiritual gifts.
vs.13-17 – Pray in the Spirit and with understanding.
vs.18 – I pray in the Spirit more than you all.
vs.21 – God said in Isaiah 28:11,12 – through men with other tongues will I speak to the people.
vs.22 – Tongues are a sign to the unbeliever. Prophesy is a sign to the believer.
1 Corinthians 15 – Resurrection.
vs.3 “….how Christ died for our sins.” Ps.22:15; Isaiah 53:5,6.
vs.4 “….he was buried….” Isaiah 53:9.
vs.4 “….he rose on the third day….” Ps.16:10; Isa. 53:10; Hos.6:2
vs.5-8 – Jesus has called us to be witnesses of the resurrection.
vs.9-19 -Some don’t believe in the resurrection. The resurrection is one of the primary parts of our faith. Without it, we have no salvation. On the other hand, some want the resurrected life, but not the crucified life. The crucifixion came before the resurrection. Gal.2:20.vs.20-23 – Christ the first born of many brethren. Ex.13:2,13; Romans 8:29;
Phil.2:8-11.
vs.24-28 – Through Jesus’ death and resurrection, all things, powers, principalities, authority, rulers, everything has been put under the subjection of Jesus. Then, Jesus gives it all to the Father, that the Father may be all in all. Paul said if Christ didn’t rise from the dead then everything we do is in vain.
1 Corinthians 16 – Contributions for the Church at Jerusalem.
vs.13,14 – Standing in Faith.

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1 Corinthians 12 – The Gifts of the Holy Spirit.
1) Gifts of Revelation – expresses God’s mind.

Know:
A) Word of Wisdom – To know what to do or what to say in any given situation.
B) Word of Knowledge – to receive the knowledge of God supernaturally.
C) Discerning of Spirits – God revealing supernaturally, what spirits are near you, oppressing or possessing anyone. You nay see them in the spirit world.

Do:
2) Gifts of Power – expresses God’s power.
A) Faith – faith faces problems and meets the needs.
1) Divine protection.
2) Supplying our needs.
3) Divine healing and health.
B) Working of Miracles – supernatural intervention into the natural realm by sovereign acts of God.
C) Gifts of Healing – supernatural healing of infirmities (diseases) without any natural means.

Say:
3) Gifts of Utterance – expresses God’s feelings.
A) Prophesy – speaking supernaturally in a known language, to edify, exhort, comfort and convict.
B) Divers kinds of Tongues – speaking supernaturally in an unknown language, not understood by speaker and sometimes not by hearer.
C) Interpretation of Tongues.
vs.11-13 – Paul telling them that it is the Holy Spirit that gives these gifts, to each member in the body of Christ. The fear of receiving the wrong spirit is still here today and is propagated by the lack of knowledge.
vs.20-25 – Each member of the body, the local visible assembly and entire family of God, has their function in the body. This is given by the Holy Spirit and the body can’t function properly without each member.

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1 Corinthians 11 – God set up the world in divine order. Everything has a place in God’s plan. The head of the woman is man. The head of the man is Christ. The head of Christ is God. This is showing where the authority is and how we are submitted to the authority of God.
The Lord’s Supper – This is a serious thing that the Lord commands us to do. When partaking of the Lord’s Supper, we identify ourselves with the death and resurrection of Jesus. Anyone who takes this holy thing lightly or unworthily is condemning himself. For he blasphemes God and says that the sacrifice of Jesus is nothing. Paul says that many Christians are weak, sickly and dead because of that attitude. Judge yourselves and you will not be judge.

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1 Corinthians 8 – In Corinth, when animals were sacrificed to
idols, the excess meat would be sold in the market place. We know that idols are nothing. If a weaker brother saw us eat meat offered to idols and caused him to stumble, we have sinned against him and God. Let not your liberty be an occasion for stumbling for your brother or sister. Knowledge puffs up, but love edifies all.

1 Corinthians 9 - The Word speaks about supporting a Minster of the gospel. A minister of the Word make his living by the gospel. Paul rebukes and exhorts the Corinthians for not giving for his support.

1 Corinthians 10 - vs.1 “I do not want you to be ignorant, brethren.” The children of Israel were brought out of Egypt, baptized in the Red Sea and the Cloud by day and Fire by night (Holy Spirit) and drank from the spiritual rock, Jesus. Does this sound familiar? It says God was not well pleased with them. Many were overthrown in the wilderness. They did not endure to the end in the trials and tribulations.
1) Idolaters - putting pleasure before God.
2) Immorality - 23,000 died in one day.
3) Tempting God - destroyed by serpents.
4) Murmured - destroyed by the Destroyer.
vs.12 “If any man thinks he stands let him take heed lest he falls.”
vs.13 - While in the wilderness, they were not tempted beyond what they were able to bear, and with it God made a way of escape. Flee idolatry, because we are partakers of the body and blood of Christ.

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