371 - Les Feldick Bible Study Lesson 3 - Part 3 - Book 31 - 2 Corinthians 8:7 - 11:22

https://lesfeldickbiblestudy.com Through the Bible with Les Feldick LESSON 3 * PART 3 * BOOK 31 II CORINTHIANS 8:7 - 11:22 Remember the whole theme here is that the apostle Paul is still defending his authority as an apostle. Oh, they'll make reference to Paul's writings, but yet to teach what the apostle Paul writes, I'm afraid that too many of them fall far too short. Remember Paul only writes to the Church Age believer directly. You won't find the Gospel of salvation, that the ascended Lord gave to Paul, for us anywhere else in Scripture All the rest of Scripture is written primarily to the Jews, the Nation of Israel. "Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth." Now beginning with verse 13. II Corinthians 10:13-14 (Now verse 14.) for we are come as far as to you also in preaching the gospel of Christ:" Now I know that most of Christendom today, without even realizing, is preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom rather than the Gospel of Christ. We're seeing, and hearing over and over that people are not hearing the Gospel of Grace, the Gospel of Christ, the Gospel of God, what Paul calls my Gospel as we find in I Corinthians 15:1-4, Romans 10:9,10 and many others in Paul's teaching, all of which tell us for salvation we must believe in our hearts that Jesus died for our sins, He was buried, and rose again! Now verse 15: Paul is referring to the Twelve. Remember the Twelve's ministry was confined to the Nation of Israel, within the borders of Israel. So Paul says again in verse 15: II Corinthians 10:15,16 So every place that Paul goes is virgin territory as these people had never heard that Christ had died for their sins, and had been raised from the dead. Now verse 17. II Corinthians 10:17 "But he that glorieth, (Paul's not taking credit for all he's accomplished) let him glory in the Lord." It's God who is using the man. God has an instrument that was willing of course, but without the power of the Holy Spirit and God, even the apostle Paul would have accomplished nothing. Who opened Lydia's heart? God did. But what instrument did God use to attend to her salvation needs? Paul. No minister, no teacher can accomplish anything unless the Lord opens the heart. Romans 10:14 II Corinthians 10:17,18 (because the Lord has to open hearts) 18. Now what is the man refuting? Now coming on into Chapter 11 of II Corinthians and I know that there are differences of opinion about the Church, the Body of Christ, being the Body of Christ or whether it's Israel, but they haven't changed my mind. I've been deluged with information from both camps but I still I hold that the Church is the Bride of Christ. On that basis I think the apostle Paul will indeed be the one who will introduce the Bride to her Groom. Now verse 1 of Chapter 11: II Corinthians 11:2 Revelation 19:8 Paul says to the Church- II Corinthians 11:2 Now Paul is taking that same concept , that he has made the engagement between the Body of Christ, and Christ, the Head of the Body, in lieu of the wedding that will one day transpire, I think, in glory. Now I know that there are some who feel that the Body of Christ is not the Bride, but rather Israel. But I don't go along with that line of thinking and the reason is as Paul writes to the Corinthians who are members of the Body of Christ, he says in verse 3: II Corinthians 11:3 Now what's Paul driving at? Well as Adam and Eve were the first couple that God ordained as the first human family, and as God ordained the set-up, He made the man the head of the woman. Let's begin with verse 23: Ephesians 5:23,24 Now all I'm doing is drawing the analogy between the wife and the husband in the physical, and Christ as the Head of the Body of Christ as, I feel is, the Bride. Now verse 27: Ephesians 5:27 That the Body of Christ as the Bride is white and clean, and without wrinkle, and without blemish. And then Paul comes back to physical analogy in verse 28. Romans 7:4 "Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; (that is His crucified physical body) that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God." What is the primary purpose of God bringing man and woman together in a marital relationship? Fruit. Children. What is the primary purpose of God uniting Himself to us as members of the Body of Christ, and claiming us as His own. Romans 11:25 When the Body of Christ is complete. When God has finished drawing that last person into the Body of Christ then we're out of here. II Corinthians 11:3 If Eve is a symbol of the Church, the Body of Christ, then it stands to reason that it's the Church that Satan is constantly attacking. Now then verse 4. II Corinthians 11:4 Now I would go to Galatians Chapter 1, and what does Paul say? Galatians 1:6-8 #LesFeldick #BibleStudy #Bible