II Corinthians 1:15
In This Confidence
2 Corinthians 1:15-16 says, And in this
confidence I was minded to come unto you before, that ye might have a second
benefit. And to pass by you into
Philippians 3:4 says, Though I
might also have confidence in the flesh. If any other man thinketh
that he hath whereof he might trust in the flesh, I more. There are
two kinds of confidence: a confidence in yourself and
a confidence in the promises of God. It is easy for any man to make the mistake
of relying upon their own strength instead of the strength of Christ. If you
are going to have confidence make sure your confidence is in the written word
of God. A godly confidence seeks glory to Christ. An ungodly confidence is
based too much upon the opinions of man. You should be more concerned with the
righteousness that you have in Christ rather than what other men think. Job
40:9, Hast thou an arm like God? Or canst thou thunder with a voice
like Him? Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty. Cast
abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold everyone that is proud, and abase him. A Christian
needs confidence in the sincerity and godly simplicity of other Christians.
Confidence is not pride.
2 Corinthians 1:15-16 says, And in this
confidence I was minded to come unto you before, that ye might have a second
benefit. And to pass by you into
2 Corinthians 8:9, For ye know
the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though He was rich, yet for your
sakes He became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich. 2
Corinthians 9:15, Thanks be unto God for His unspeakable
gift. John 1:16, And of His fullness have we all received and
grace for grace. The riches of the fullness of the grace of God is an eternal benefit to those who turn from their sins to
Christ. If you understand these things you can always have confidence as you
follow the will of God in your life, especially when the light afflictions of
the end of this age increase.
2 Corinthians 1:15-16 says, And in this
confidence I was minded to come unto you before, that ye might have a second
benefit. And to pass by you into
2 Corinthians 1:17-20, When I
therefore was thus minded, did I use lightness? Or the things that I purpose,
do I purpose according to the flesh, that with me
there should be ye yea, and nay nay? But as God is
true, our word toward you was not yea and nay. For the Son of God, Jesus
Christ, who was preached among you by us, even by me and Silvanus and Timotheus, was not yea and nay, but in him was yea. For all
the promises of God in Him are yea, and in Him Amen unto the glory of God by us. To say yea
and nay or to say yes and no is the same as lying. Something is either true or
false. In todays world of technology and evil eyes there is no greater
confidence than the confidence of face to face when it comes to Christian
fellowship and the reading and acknowledging of the truth. The Apostle Paul
understood this back in his day. And Christians need to understand this today.
2 Corinthians 2:15-20, And in this
confidence I was minded to come unto you before, that ye might have a second
benefit, that ye might have a second benefit; And to pass by you into
Macedonia, and to come again out of Macedonia unto you, and ofyou
be brought on my way toward Judaea. When I therefore was thus minded, did I use
lightness? Or the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh,
that with me there should be yea yea, and nay nay? But as God is true, our word toward you was not yea
and nay. For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us,
even by me and Silvanus and Timotheus, was not yea
and nay, but in Him was yea. For all the promises of God in Him are yea, and in
Him Amen, unto the Glory of God by us.
These verses in 2 Corinthians explain
about confidence and grace and the benefit of confidence gained through the
grace of Christ Jesus. The Bible is all about grace. Grace is what God gives
freely. This is why in thinking about
the benefit of the grace of God verse 20 says, For all the promises of God
in Him are yea, and in Him Amen, unto the glory of God by us. God is not a
genie in a bottle. But God will always say yes to you regarding His promises.
This is grace is the kind of grace that is grace for grace.
Jude 1:4, For there are certain men crept in
unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men,
turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord
God, and our Lord Jesus Christ. To turn
means to translate or to put something in place of something else. An excellent
example is a translation of the Bible from one language to another such as
Greek or Hebrew to English. God created language from grace to grace. Another
example would be two twins. The twins look alike but when you replace one with
another it is not the same person.
The grace of God never goes to waste
but sometimes men very subtly replace the truth with something that is not
grace. Micah 1:16 says, Make thee bald, and poll thee for thy delicate children; enlarge
thy baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from thee. The country
of
Christian
fellowship is best done face to face through the benefit of confidence in the
promises of God. If you want to know the confidence and the benefit of eternal
life then turn from your sins to Jesus Christ.
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F. (Rick) Creech
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