Ministry & Deception—Part I 2 Corinthians 11:1-15

Ministry & Deception—Part I 2 Corinthians 11:1-6

Intro

Remember the battle is Christ-likeness

What we think we become…

Remember that there is a real battle taking place

Ministry & Deception—Part I 2 Corinthians 11:1-6

Paul’s Exhortation 2 Cor 11:1-6

2 Cor 11:1. Put up with foolishness

In the next five verses Paul gives three reasons

1. Paul is divinely jealous for the Corinthians. 2 Cor

11:2,3

Ministry & Deception—Part I 2 Corinthians 11:1-6

Paul’s Exhortation 2 Cor 11:1-6

1. Paul is divinely jealous for the Corinthians. 2 Cor

11:2,3Godly jealousy — is a form of holy outrage mingled with love.

Human jealousy is a vice for it seeks to consume and diminish. It is motivated by resentment, envy and self-interest. The parallel with Eve (Gen 3)

Ministry & Deception—Part I 2 Corinthians 11:1-6

Paul’s Exhortation 2 Cor 11:1-6

2. The Uniqueness of Jesus 2 Cor 11:4

3. Paul and the “Super Apostles”

Gal 1:8

2 Cor 11:6 Paul’s response

Ministry & Deception—Part I 2 Corinthians 11:1-6

Paul’s Exhortation 2 Cor 11:1-6

3. Paul and the “Super Apostles”

2 Cor 11:6 Paul’s response

Context: Many people in the Greek speaking world favored a certain stylized rhetoric and attaining to that standard was a mark of inferiority and therefore not worthy of speaking in public.

Ministry & Deception—Part I 2 Corinthians 11:1-6

Application

Our focus ought to be Truth which is found in our realtionship with Jesus

~ who is the truth and is able to set us free. Jn 8:31,32

~ who is the anchor of our soul. Heb 6:19