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| Rev. Canon George Sinclair |
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(Podcast of CFRA broadcast on Sunday, October 9th , 2016)
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Broadcast Notes:
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The Idols We Worship and Serve?
This week's broadcast talk is a shortened version of a sermon I gave at Church of the Messiah. At Messiah, we are preaching through the Book of Second Corinthians. The Sermon Series is called, "Jars Of Clay: Being Human In Christ"
2 Corinthians 1:1-14 - (ESV)
Greeting
1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,
To the church of God that is at Corinth, with all the saints who are in the whole of Achaia:
2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
God of All Comfort
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, 4 who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. 5 For as we share abundantly in Christ's sufferings, so through Christ we share abundantly in comfort too.[a] 6 If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; and if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which you experience when you patiently endure the same sufferings that we suffer. 7 Our hope for you is unshaken, for we know that as you share in our sufferings, you will also share in our comfort.
8 For we do not want you to be unaware, brothers,[b] of the affliction we experienced in Asia. For we were so utterly burdened beyond our strength that we despaired of life itself. 9 Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death. But that was to make us rely not on ourselves but on God who raises the dead. 10 He delivered us from such a deadly peril, and he will deliver us. On him we have set our hope that he will deliver us again. 11 You also must help us by prayer, so that many will give thanks on our behalf for the blessing granted us through the prayers of many.
Paul's Change of Plans
12 For our boast is this, the testimony of our conscience, that we behaved in the world with simplicity[c] and godly sincerity, not by earthly wisdom but by the grace of God, and supremely so toward you. 13 For we are not writing to you anything other than what you read and understand and I hope you will fully understand— 14 just as you did partially understand us—that on the day of our Lord Jesus you will boast of us as we will boast of you.
Footnotes:
1. 2 Corinthians 1:5 Or For as the sufferings of Christ abound for us, so also our comfort abounds through Christ
2. 2 Corinthians 1:8 Or brothers and sisters. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, the plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) may refer either to brothers or to brothers and sisters
3. 2 Corinthians 1:12 Some manuscripts holiness
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"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our afflictions, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we are comforted by God." 2 Cor. 1: 3-4. ESV
1. Three questions help reveal the functioning idols of my heart. Where do I go for comfort? What do I rely on? What do I hope in?
2. Lord, please make me a disciple of Jesus gripped by the Gospel, who is learning to turn to You for comfort and then live for Your glory by comforting others with the comfort that comes from You.
3. Lord, please make me a disciple of Jesus gripped by the Gospel who is learning to rely and hope in You and so live for Your glory.
4. Lord, please make us disciples of Jesus gripped by the Gospel who are living for Your glory by learning to pray for others every day and every way.
Rev. Canon George Sinclair
Church of the Messiah
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To listen to the above broadcast, click on the following link:
http://accm. ncf. ca/images/16.10.09. mp3
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