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2 Corinthians - You are ambassadors for Christ; receive and communicate His message of reconciliation faithfully.

2 Corinthians - You can take heart and continue in your ministry because your Savior continues faithfully in His.

Day 150 Today's Reading: 2 Corinthians 1 There is a fine line between gossip and intercession. Intercession is when you talk to God about other people. Gossip is when you talk to people about people—and they can only listen but never be a solution. My dear friend R. T. Kendall says these profound words: “Remember this rule of thumb: if people gossip to you, they will also gossip about you.” Gossip and intercession are so closely associated, it's just an issue of who you go to about other people. The Corinthians chose intercession and not gossip. Intercession is so important. They are about to show us what prayer for people can do for them. Charles Bent wrote, “Intercessory prayer might be defined as loving our neighbour on our knees.” The Corinthian church loves Paul and loves him on their knees. Listen to these words: As you labor together with us through prayer. Because there are so many interceding for us, our deliverance will cause even more people to give thanks to God. What a gracious gift of mercy surrounds us because of your prayers! (2 Corinthians 1:11, TPT) Or if you want a real punch to this verse, read it out of The Message: You and your prayers are part of the rescue operation—I don't want you in the dark about that either. I can see your faces even now, lifted in praise for God's deliverance of us, a rescue in which your prayers played such a crucial part. Every time you pray for someone, you are helping them. Intercession is so much better than gossip. Choose to talk to the right person about the information you have about people. The Corinthian church did, and amazing things happened. The Message says it best: “You and your prayers are part of the rescue operation.” You get to be connected to people through your prayer life and be on a rescue mission for them. When your prayer life is weak, so is your helping. People we love and their deliverance from a situation could very well be connected to your prayer life. Your greatest contribution to the people you love is to develop a prayer life on their behalf. Here's an important lesson I have learned: when I pray for people, I don't gossip about them. Let me be practical for a moment. Be deliberate in asking people if you can pray for them and then really pray for them. Don't just tell them, “I'll be praying for you.” Actually do it. Write it down. Get a notebook and label it “Intercession.” Here's a thought for you at church. Go one more step in your greetings and your hellos in church. We have so much surface, “Hey, how you doing?” and responses like “Great,” “Good,” and “Praise the Lord.” Make it a point if you hear of a need, pray for them right then and there. You don't need to have an answer for their situation, but you can be part of the solution with prayer. Ask them, “Can we pray right now about that?” If you are having lunch with them, pray for their request while you pray for the meal. Think of Paul's words to these Corinthians: “You and your prayers are part of the rescue operation—I don't want you in the dark about that either. I can see your faces even now, lifted in praise for God's deliverance of us, a rescue in which your prayers played such a crucial part.” Can you imagine one of the members of the Corinthian church having this on their next job application: “Name a big project you helped create and worked on that had success.” And they write, “I helped the apostle Paul with his second missionary journey.” Did they go with him? No, they just prayed for him and he said they played a crucial role. And then they hand the interviewer Paul's “reference” letter. We don't think prayer counts. But according to the Bible, it counts. Big time. We need to have a high view of prayer. Prayer is participating in someone's

You know the moment when someone holds out a telephone to you and says, "You have a CALL?" You want to know two things: who is it and what does he want?  Then there is a decision to make: should I answer the call?We join Paul as he writes ahead to the Corinthian church while he's on the third missionary journey. He reminds the Corinthians: You have a CALL. I have a CALL. We are called to God HIMSELF primarily.  We are called to a local people.  We are called to a people universal. We are called to a role and to our gifts in the church.He is holding out the phone.  God is on the line. The Corinthians want to know who is it and what does he want?  The hope for them, and now us 2000 years later, is to ANSWER THE CALL.  You can do so by coming back tomorrow to walk this book in 7 minute segments. Do so by subscribing at bewithme.us or write at bewithme.us@gmail.com. Find this as a 7 minute daily podcast on Apple, google, Spotify and all the other podcast directories. See you tomorrow.

1 Corinthians -- You are free in Christ, but Jesus wants you to use your freedom for the sake of the gospel.

1 Corinthians -- You need to be prepared to defend your rights in the public arena but also to give them up in your personal life for the sake of the gospel.

1 Corinthians -- You have a duty to honor God by being a faithful spouse within your marriage or by being a celibate single person outside of marriage.

1 Corinthians -- You are not your own- you belong to Jesus Christ so submit your will to His and serve Him with your body.

1 Corinthians -- You have the privilege of helping to build the church, the place of God's special presence on earth.

"...the authority God has given me for building up and not for tearing down." 2 Cor 13: 10   "Only entropy comes easy", one of Chekhov's characters observes. How true! It takes force and fortitude to build things up, and almost nothing at all to tear things down. And, as Christians, you are I are committed to "building up". Paul certainly was. Let's learn how to do it this morning... Message by Pastor Rod Schorr, Calvary Chapel Old Towne, Orange, CA Final message in his series on 2 Corinthians: You the Ultimate Survivor  

"Let Truth and Falsehood grapple," dear old John Milton once claimed, "the Truth will never be put to the worse." Yes, it is good for Truth to be tested at times; and never is that truer than in the life of the Christian! He is supposed to be 'tested' and 'proven'. In fact, he must 'test' and 'prove' himself!  Message by Pastor Rod Schorr, Calvary Chapel Old Towne, Orange CA From his series on 2 Corinthians: You, The Ultimate Survivor

"I will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls..." 2 Cor 12: 14 I love Charles Spurgeon's advice to his students on the subject of winning souls: "Do not enter this ministry if you can help it. If any student in this room could be content to be a newspaper editor, or a grocer, or a farmer, or a doctor, or a lawyer or a senator, or a king, in the name of heaven and earth let him go his way, his is not the man God has chosen." Oh yes! The soul-winner! A profession more kingly than kingship itself. And the great news is that you, dear Christian, already qualify! Let's take a look... Message by Pastor Rod Schorr, Calvary Chapel Old Towne, Orange, CA From his series on 2 Corinthians: You the Ultimate Survivor! 

"...labors...imprisonments...and countless beatings... stoned... shipwrecked... adrift at sea..." 2 Cor 11: 23-27 There are times in life, when trials are intense, that survival alone is glory! Never has that been truer than with the Christian. He shines like a star when he perseveres, even through the worst of adversities. Paul was the ultimate example of this: the ultimate survivor. You need to be one too!  Message by Pastor Rod Schorr, Calvary Chapel Old Towne, Orange, CA From his series: 2 Corinthians: You the Ultimate Survivor

"For you put up with fools gladly, since you yourselves are wise." 2 Cor 11: 19 NKJV False teachers and self-appointed "apostles" were taking over the church at Corinth. They came teaching heresies, distorting the Gospel, causing division and slandering the existing leadership. If left unchecked, they would run that church right into the ground. And the Christians at Corinth were just "putting up with it". How sad! Let's learn from this today... Message by Pastor Rod Schorr, Calvary Chapel Old Towne, Orange, CA From his series: 2 Corinthians: You the Ultimate Survivor

"If someone comes and preaches a Jesus other than the Jesus we preached..." 2 Cor 11: 4 "Oh what a goodly outside falsehood has," one of Shakespeare's characters complains. How surprising to find that observation way back in Shakespeare's day. But Paul observed it even in his day! This is the age-old battle for the Truth, where falsehood comes disguised as 'goodness' and 'light'. Let's take a look. Message by Pastor Rod Schorr, Calvary Chapel Old Towne, Orange, CA From his series: 2 Corinthians: You the Ultimate Survivor

"...for the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty through through God for the pulling down of strongholds."  2 Cor 10: 4 Message by Pastor Rod Schorr, Calvary Chapel Old Towne, Orange, CA From his series: 2 Corinthians: You the Ultimate Survivor! 

"For Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regrets." 2 Cor 7: 10 NIV "Sorrow never comes too late and happiness too swiftly flies," is Thomas Gray's sad assessment of life. But isn't this Word of God refreshing? Not all sorrow is bad! Some sorrow is definitely needed; can't come soon enough, in fact! And you will never find true happiness without it. Let's dive in... Message by Pastor Rod Schorr, Calvary Chapel Old Towne, Orange, CA From his series: 2 Corinthians: You the Ultimate Survivor

"But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us..." 2 Cor 7:6 "No pity extends to the prideful man, who carries his own comfort with him." Wow! What a thought! Could it be that our present, carefree generation is just crafting its own "comfort" using self-made baubles and frauds? Oh, this world is in desperate need of real comfort, and there is only One who can bring it! Message by Pastor Rod Schorr, Calvary Old Towne, Orange, CA 92672 From his series on 2 Corinthians: You, the Ultimate Survivor

"Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers." 2 Cor 6: 14 Isn't it remarkable? Last week we were exhorted to be "big-hearted" people, not "small; with generous affections, not "narrow" (2 Cor 6: 11-13). We must "open our hearts" and love this lost world as God "so loved" it. But now, this morning, we are warned not to be "yoked"! What does that mean? Message by Pastor Rod Schorr, Calvary Chapel Old Towne, Orange, CA from his series: 2 Corinthians: You the Ultimate Survivor

"...God who, through Christ, has reconciled us to Himself and has given us a ministry of reconciliation." 2 Cor 5: 18 Ever since Man's fall into sin, a great chasm yawns wide! it separates the human race from the God who loves us so! But what wonderful news we read in our Scripture this morning. God has been longing for that chasm to be bridged! His great desire is for you, and I, to be reconciled to Him!  Message by Pastor Rod Schorr, Calvary Chapel Old Towne, Orange, CA From his series on 2 Corinthians: You the Ultimate Survivor

"If any in Christ: new creation. The old: gone. Behold, the new has come." 2 Cor 5: 17 (literal) We cannot move on in our study of 2 Corinthians until we reflect on this colossal verse; by far one of the greatest in all the Bible. It is loaded with theological Truth that encompasses the creation and fall of Man in Genesis to those closing words in Revelation: "Behold! I make all things new!" Rev 21: 5 Message by Pastor Rod Schorr, Calvary Chapel Old Towne, Orange, CA From his series: 2 Corinthians: You the Ultimate Survivor  

"Therefore, knowing the fear of the Lord, we persuade men." 2 Cor 5: 11 There is great shortage of 'the fear of the Lord' in our culture today; sadly, even among Christians. But fear off the Lord is "the beginning of wisdom". (Prov 9:10). It's the only antidote for the evils of our world (Prov 16:6). The Bible even calls it "greater than treasure" (Prov 15: 16). Surprisingly though, in this morning's text, we see that it comes part-and-parcel with a love for the lost. What does that mean? Let's take a look...   Message by Pastor Rod Schorr, Calvary Chapel Old Towne, Orange, CA From his series: 2 Corinthians: You: the Ultimate Survivor

"...this tent that is our earthly home..." 2 Cor 5:1 "I have no idea what awaits me or what will happen when all of this ends," writes Albert Camus, the great existentialist philosopher. But isn't that the point of being a philosopher, to know what's going on? How wonderful to hear Paul say those words: "We know..."! And we certainly do!  Message by Pastor Rod Schorr, Calvary Chapel Old Towne, Orange, CA From his series: 2 Corinthians: You, the Ultimate Survivor.

"...for the god of this world has blinded the minds of those who do not believe." 2 Cor 4: 4 "There are none so blind as those that will not see," Matthew Henry once so wisely observed. Our Scripture this morning is discussing just that. It is a blindness of the mind and it comes part-and-parcel with the choices we make to turn from our God and embrace the world. Let's take a look... Message by Pastor Rod Schorr, Calvary Chapel Old Towne, Orange, CA From his series: 2 Corinthians: You, the Ultimate Survivor! (Music by Pastor Holland Davis and the Calvary Chapel San Clemente worship team)

"Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom..." 2 Cor 3: 17 W. Somerset Maugham said it well: "The nation that values anything more than freedom, will lose its freedom, and if it is comfort and money that was valued more, they will lose that too." So True! And no one understands that better than the Christian, who has truly 'seen' the bondage he was in.  Message by Pastor Rod Schorr, Calvary Chapel Old Towne, Orange, CA From his series: 2 Corinthians: You, the Ultimate Survivor

"...what once had glory has come to have no glory at all." 2 Cor 3: 10 "Things that were glorious now have no glory," one Hemingway character bitterly observes. He was right, and he could have been quoting our Scripture this morning! Man calls too many things 'glorious', doesn't he? In the end, everything fades! Everything but the  real thing. Let's make sure we have that. Message by Pastor Rod Schorr, Calvary Chapel Old Towne, Orange, CA from his series 2 Corinthians: You, the Ultimate Survivor

"For we are, to God, the fragrance of Christ..." 2 Cor 2: 15 A great aviator/author once made this sad observation: "Though human life is priceless, we always act as if there were something of even greater value yet, but...what is that something?" (Antoine de Saint-Exupery) Oh, ask the Christian; he can tell you. He has it! And it commands the attention of all the world! Message by Pastor Rod Schorr, Calvary Chapel Old Town, Orange, CA From his series on 2 Corinthians: You, the Ultimate Survivor. 

"...for we are not ignorant of his designs." "Ten paces huge he back recoiled, the tenth on bended knee..."  I love that line from Milton's Paradise Lost. It is describing what happened to Satan when an angel of God rose up to oppose him.  And that's what we need to do! Rise up and oppose him! And we certainly cannot afford to be ignorant of his 'designs'.  Message by Pastor Rod Schorr, Calvary Chapel Old Towne, orange, CA. From his series: 2 Corinthians: You, the Ultimate Survivor

Let's make one thing perfectly clear: the righteous do suffer! God spoke to the Israelites through Isaiah the prophet: "I have refined you, but not like silver. I have tried you in the furnace of affliction." Is 48: 10. But there is something ironic about affliction, and it has a great deal to do with 'comfort'. Let's take a look... Message by Pastor Rod Schorr, Calvary Chapel Old Towne, Orange, CA A new series on 2 Corinthians: You, the Ultimate Survivor.   

John 15:26, 27 “When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father—the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father—he will testify about me. And you also must testify, for you have been with me from the beginning. Jesus' plan: be with me, then tell others what you found. D.T. Niles, a Sri Lankan evangelist, said evangelism is One beggar telling another beggar where he can find bread. Children usually come to Christ because of the faith of their parents But when adults come to Christ, it is usually because a believer has loved them into the kingdom What you do is more important than what you say 1. Drop your mask - Let people see your struggles - and the reason for your hope 2. Treat all people with respect - Be kind to the rude, love the unlovable, be a friend to someone without a friend. The world takes notice of people who love others - it is uncommon in the world 3. Find ways to bless and serve others - Put others first. shows you are not a phony, but that you live what you believe. 4. Escape the Christian subculture - be a friend to someone who doesn't look like you, think like you. Christians are not to be hermetically sealed until Jesus comes back. We are to be IN the world but not OF the world. 5. Be a model of forgiveness - the world struggles to forgive. The Christian should be. Don't hold grudges. Don't talk bad about people who talk bad about you. You've received 1 Peter 3:15 But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect, Shouldn't someone else do this? Shouldn't someone older, wiser, holier, or at least a pastor? Paul to the Corinthians: You don't have many fathers, I'm sending you a peer. 1 Corinthians 4:14-17 I am writing this not to shame you but to warn you as my dear children. Even if you had ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers, for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel. Therefore I urge you to imitate me. For this reason I have sent to you Timothy, my son whom I love, who is faithful in the Lord. He will remind you of my way of life in Christ Jesus, which agrees with what I teach everywhere in every church. My story God forgave my sins God saved my marriage God gave me courage to be a better father Talk to your coworkers. Be a regular at the grocery store, gas station, coffee shop, a restaurant. Get to know a few people. Engage with them. Listen to them. Pray for 2-3 people with struggles. Ask God for an opportunity to tell them what He has done in your life What happens when God's people are living out their new life and pointing other people to Him? More lives are changed and God is glorified. What is your faith story? How has Jesus changed your life? Where does God's plan to save us end? It doesn't. He is redeeming all areas and aspects of our lives. He has forgiven my sins, gave me new hope and purpose, saved my marriage, helps me be a better father/mother, helps me be a better husband/wife, helped me forgive something I never thought I could, helps me love people, healed my brokenness... 1. Life Before: • Before Christ: Focus on shared experiences (“Earlier in my life...”) • False Beliefs: Focus on wrong beliefs (“I always thought...”) 2. Life Change: • Truth Encounter: Focus on key gospel truths (“Then I discovered...”) • Faith Response: Focus on turn, trust, surrender (“I trusted Jesus to...”) 3. Life Now: • New life: Emphasize life changes (“Since I trusted in Jesus Christ...”) Hebrews says that Jesus is "the author and finisher" of our faith. He is not through writing your story. The longer and farther you follow Jesus Christ, His salvation will affect and redeem more and more of your life. He is always adding new chapters to your faith story.