2 Corinthians 11 -- Proving His Love

Paul loved a church that wasn’t loving him.  They’d fallen – hook, line, and sinker – for the arguments of the false teachers and had accepted a substitute gospel, and now he was trying to get them to see exactly what they’d done.

 

These false teachers had given every reason in the world why the church should disavow Paul, trying to make him look weak and make themselves look like super-apostles.  My commentary said that the Holy Spirit inspired Paul to compare the two ministries to show the church how they’d been fooled.  The main point was that Paul was a giver while the false teachers were takers.  The false teachers boasted about their speaking skill and Paul’s lack of it.  Paul boasted only in what he’s suffered for being an apostle.  After all, why would anyone put up with everything he’d experienced unless he’d been give a holy commission?

 

Father, yesterday and this morning I’ve felt a little like Paul must have felt.  I believe that I have trusted and obeyed, and difficulties have still arisen.  I know that they amount to trust-builders.  Help me to remember that and to never doubt that You are 100% in control of everything in this world.  My job is to trust and know that Your will cannot be overridden.

 

Your Brother In Christ,

Gary Ford