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2 Corinthians 13:11-13 - Living in Peace
Key Verses: (NCV)
- 11: "Now, brothers and sisters, I say good-bye. Try to be complete. Do what I have asked you to do. Agree with each other, and live in peace. Then the God of love and peace will be with you." - "Be perfect - Aspire to the highest degree of holiness. Be of good comfort - Filled with divine consolation. Be of one mind - Desire, labour, pray for it, to the utmost degree that is possible." (John Wesley)
- 12: "Greet each other with a holy kiss. All of God's holy people send greetings to you." - We are to remember and embrace the fellowship we gain as Christians through the holiness God's love.
- 13: "The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all." - This benediction at the end of a difficult letter points us to the Holy Trinity and reminds us of Christ's sacrifice, God's love, and the willingness of the Holy Spirit to work in our hearts to create a holy kinship.
- Are you living in peace?
Promises of the Gospel:
Faith is not about shallow niceties which hide deep rivalries and division. It is about belonging together. For Paul it was more than simply a few issues facing a local community or more than defending his own character. Paul is writing to protect the entire Christian community, the body of Christ, into whom we all are baptized. All the saints, that is, all who embrace God's holiness offered to them in Christ, are brothers and sisters. This still means there is a very large bunch of imperfect believers, but it is a group bound together in the acknowledging love and grace of Christ. It is not about everyone agreeing on everything but about finding the common ground which makes fellowship possible, the Holy Spirit. Any time discourse and heated debate dominate our lives we ought to remember Paul's words to the Corinthians: "Be at peace!"
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...a bunch of imperfect people serving a PERFECT GOD. :::smile::: Loved it!
Great lesson, Gary. Thanks for the way you presented the truth. Blessings.
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