Author: ARCHIVE
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Don’t Be Unequally Yoked
2 Corinthians 6:14-16 Drawing on Deuteronomy 22:10, Paul prohibits Christians from forming close relationships with unbelievers. A series of five rhetorical questions amplify the problematic nature of such relationships as Paul unveils the moral and spiritual antithesis that exists between believers and unbelievers and the absurdity of seeking to share intimate relations with those who are apart…
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Open Your Hearts
2 Corinthians 6:11-13 After spending five chapters defending his ministry, Paul wraps up his defense with a powerful admonition to the Corinthians: open your hearts to me also. Paul’s admonition to the Corinthians expresses the duty of congregations to show proper love and affection towards faithful ministry. At the basis of this admonition is an appeal to…
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A Resume for Ministry
2 Corinthians 6:3-10 Contemporary senior pastor job descriptions are full of a host of duties not found anywhere in scripture and are filled with quantitative language and concepts of contemporary management and leadership ideology. Paul’s resume for ministry is on the other hand filled with qualitative language which speaks to the moral, spiritual, and personal qualities of…
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An Urgent Admonition
2 Corinthians 6:1-2 As a co-worker with God the Father, Paul admonishes the saints to not receive God’s grace in vain. The admonition is filled with authority as Paul underscores the spiritual unfruitfulness which is inconsistent with Christian grace. To support this urgent admonition appeal is made to Isaiah 49:8 which calls every generation to lay hold…
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The Great Exchange
2 Corinthians 5:21 In 5:19 Paul explained that the proof that God was reconciling the world to Himself was that He was not imputing the sins of believers to their account. Here, Paul pauses to provide assurance to believers that they have actually been reconciled to God, and the proof of that reconciliation is a great exchange…