Study on 2cor 6:3-10

2cor 6

3We put no stumbling block in anyone’s path, so that our ministry will not be discredited. 4Rather, as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: in great endurance; in troubles, hardships and distresses; 5in beatings, imprisonments and riots; in hard work, sleepless nights and hunger; 6in purity, understanding, patience and kindness; in the Holy Spirit and in sincere love; 7in truthful speech and in the power of God; with weapons of righteousness in the right hand and in the left; 8through glory and dishonor, bad report and good report; genuine, yet regarded as impostors; 9known, yet regarded as unknown; dying, and yet we live on; beaten, and yet not killed; 10sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; poor, yet making many rich; having nothing, and yet possessing everything.

Topic 1 stumbling block

As Christians we have an issue with making wrong choices sometimes these choices can effect the way people perceive us especially those of the world.   We have people constantly watching us waiting for us to make a mistake so they can say Christianity is wrong.  Paul talks in verse three about not putting stumbling blocks in anyone’s path.  If you had a friend who is fresh off of being an alcoholic and you decided to go out for a drink with him to talk to him and toy meet in a bar even just to drink soda.   Chances are that person will think about drinking again what then can you say that you have done yes you have caused them to fall.

See this kind of thing is what Paul was trying to talk about in second Corinthians by making little mistakes we can discredit the ministry that people long before us have worked so hard to make into what  we are now.  God wants our church to prosper jer 29 says in verse ten that 11 For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.  This clearly shows us that God wants our ministry to succeed and not fail so the only reason that it could possibly fail is if we made it happen.   This is why we need to keep up the image of the church because  people see God when they look at us and if God was getting drunk and making sexual jokes he wouldn’t be that pleasant for people to be around.

There is a reason the bible says we were created in the image of God its cause we are the image of God.  To this world we are an extension of the arms of God.   When people see us its how the perceive God.   This perception has caused wars has shaped nations and sparked some of the most ingenious conversations about theology and God.  It is for this reason that we need to be careful and make sure we are showing the kind of God to the world that we believe.  We can truly see the most incredible God and the world will never no that God until we begin to shine and show the reality that we know.

“Our reality must change before god can use us to Change the world around us”

Topic number two commending ourselves in every way

When we start to change our reality things will start to change we will have to face all things as though God is our provider.  This simply means we need to give up a little bit of our control.  See in verse two it talks about commending our selves see to commend our lives to God is to entrust our lives to God for care and preservation. So in this since we are literally entrusting our whole lives to God everyday and letting him have his say.  This can be so hard given the fact we are taught control our whole lives.  See having control is not all that bad but God wants to use us and if we want to be used it means giving up a little bit of our selves for the use of God.

We have free will that God has given us at the point when we come to know God personally it is altered cause then we accept the reality that we are not alone and for better we give our hearts to God.  He wants our hearts our minds everything he wants to make us better but he can only do that if we let him.  In this new found reality it becomes easier to give him glory which is another definition for commend.  We will truly be able to never leave his side in the good times and the bad because he is constantly telling us that we are going to make it.  He is saying this cause he designed us to function with a purpose while here on this earth.   See we truly aren’t meant just to occupy a little hole here on earth called our lives we are truly meant to do incredible things.

We can get so caught up in the little things that we forget to commit ourselves to one goal to have a plan has become so rare that we no longer understand how to follow our dreams.   If you have ever watched a movie that inspired you in a great way you know the feeling you get inside that makes you want to do more.   Well what are you waiting for God has given you the go ahead by giving you the dream so now its time to live it.  As you step into the plan God has for you I promise you that you will never be happier then you are in that plan.  My plan is to be a pastor someday but if I never reed my bible or make any plans to get to my goal it is not going to amount to a hill of beans.

Even the world says to seize every moment and make every second count.  So why havent Gods people caught onto it yet what world are we living in or is it simply that we discard the notion cause it sounds just like every day wisdom we are suppose to make the days count before the lord returns I refuse to be sixty years of age and not be a pastor yet its not going to be my path.  I’ve learned that God can have the best plan for our lives but we can make choices to effect where that path can go.  We need to start it today even if its just setting an example for others to follow if that your ministry then set the best example ever.  What do you want people to remember you by a man or woman who is shy and a detestable person.  Or do you want to be a person who sets an example in purity in the relationships they have and the love that they have for others.

“In the end of our lives what we became can not be blamed on our parents or anyone else but ourselves.  So choose to be better now and your life will shine for all to see for many years to come”     Joseph Pemberton

“life is not mesured by how many steps we take but what we become in our walk”

Joseph p.