- Pastor Chuck Session 1 – 2 Corinthians 1
- Whole conference will be studying through 2 Corinthians
- One of my favorite epistles
- v1
- Apostle by the will of God Paul knew what he was
- We ought to be able to give our name and calling and “by the will of God”
- More important than anything else
- Timothy is with Paul
- v2
- Grace and peace, Siamese twins
- Grace is always first
- Can’t experience peace until you have learned the grace of God
- Lord Jesus Christ
- Not first, middle, last name
- Lord – Title
- Jesus is His name
- Christ – Heavenly title
- He is the Messiah, the anointed one
- v3
- Father, God of all comfort
- v4
- Comfort
- So important that we first become partakers.
- Cannot pass on what we have not had
- He comforts us so we can comfort others
- v5
- Sufferings abound, and comfort abounds
- v6
- What God has done for me, He has done it that I might impart it to others
- v7
- What He has done for me, I know that He is able to do for you
- I know how He has worked in my life so I am able to help others
- We would like to know the consolation without the suffering
- v8
- Paul doesn’t tell us what trouble he had in Asia
- Despaired even of life
- We think we have it worse than anyone else
- 2 Cor 11:23 – he tells us some of the things he experienced
- 23 Are they ministers of Christ? – I speak as a fool – I am more: in labors more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequently, in deaths often.
- 24 From the Jews five times I received forty stripes minus one.
- 25 Three times I was beaten with rods; once I was stoned; three times I was shipwrecked; a night and a day I have been in the deep;
- 26 in journeys often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils of my own countrymen, in perils of the Gentiles, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren;
- 27 in weariness and toil, in sleeplessness often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness -
- 28 besides the other things, what comes upon me daily: my deep concern for all the churches.
- You wimps! Complaining about this lady bugging me and all
- Look at what Paul went through
- v9
- When we get into dire circumstances it causes our roots to go deep
- We are not trusting in ourselves, but God forces us to put our trust in Him
- v10
- Deliverance: Past, present & future
- If He has delivered you in the past, you can be confident He will deliver you
- v11
- I thank you for all of your prayers
- God is working and healing, and so you share in the joy and blessing of God’s work
- It is so wonderful to experience the help and strength of God daily
- God has not failed at all!
- v12
- Rejoice that God is using this
- Paul’s manner of living was simple and in wisdom
- I suggest that we live a simple life
- Often our lives get too complex
- And it is not always the fault of the church, but we allow our lives to get complex
- We don’t have to have the best car, or go to the best restaurants
- A simple life that shows a real trust in Jesus
- v13-14
- v15-16
- Paul had taken a detour
- TheLord was redirecting him
- Important that we are able to move when God tells you to move
- God can change our plans very quickly
- v17-18
- Not following the whims of our own heart and flesh
- v19-20
- The promises are not variables
- You can trust them and put your confidence in them
- v21-24
- God is the One who is working
- He established us in Christ
- He sealed us with the Spirit
- Father – Son – Spirit
- God has made a contract with you, to work and bless you
- Contract deposit: Holy Spirit
- God wants to show you that He is earnest, so He does so by giving us the Holy Spirit
- He is intending to carry out His promises and His deal with us
- To spare you
- He was a little upset with the Corinthians, he did not want to go with a spirit of judgment
- Do he hesitated going there
- Not that we have dominion
- I have observed pastors who seek to have dominion over the faith of the people
- Not a position of power
- Minister: means servant
- Not lording over the flock, but helpers to bring them into the joy of a relationship with Jesus
- Lord help us to understand the true ministry
If you would like to follow along for the rest of the conference, here is the link…
www.evernote.com/pub/pastorjerrys/takingnotes
This week is the Calvary Chapel Sr Pastor’s Conference in Murrieta. Around 900 pastors from around the world gather together to be refreshed, challenged and encouraged in the Lord. I am looking forward to the time of fellowship, with the Lord and these men of God!
As usual, I will be taking notes during the teachings and posting them periodically throughout the week. If you would like to follow along, here is the link…
www.evernote.com/pub/pastorjerrys/takingnotes
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Pastor Dale Goddard, What is your ambition this morning?
- Conference Yesterday
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- Good changes at Calvary Chapel
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- Knowledge has increased greatly
- God stands by His Word
- Bad changes too
- I try to get away from green rooms
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- Sometimes it becomes about who is there instead of the Lord
- The body of Christ is often first concerned about who will be there.
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- If God’s Word stands alone, then go!
- It doesn’t matter who is there, or who is sharing, as long as the Word is there.
- Eliteness, superiority
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- Misled ambition
- Ambition can be good, but not always
- Example of Romain, pointing out pastors who were gathered together and not available to the people.
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- Just think what would happen if those older pastors allowed the younger pastors to glean from them.
- What is your ambition this morning?
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- What do you want to accomplish?
- Why do you want to accomplish it?
- Where do you want to be?
- This is a sin that can subtly ensnare you.
- Example
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- Gathered all the servants, gave them titles, deacon and elder
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- Everyone loved it, thought it was great.
- Next day, people used their new titles to demand others to obey them.
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- They wanted badges with their names…
- If you have elders in your church, they know they are, because they know the Word.
- Unapproachable ministers
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- The way they dress changes
- Air of superiority
- They started serving in humility
- It is What they have become as a result of their ambition.
- God never intended that anyone be unapproachable
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- If you want to be the greatest, be the servant of all
- You need to take time to read the Bible and be reminded that you are nothing.
- Philippians 3
- v1
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- Same thing again and again, because we don’t get it
- What are you doing purposely to keep your people safe?
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- When you spend 45 minutes telling jokes, what will keep them safe?
- What is your concern for the people you teach?
- You have to teach them to keep them safe!
- Yesterday’s conference
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- Some got standing ovations….they are the ones who entertained.
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- If you look for that standing ovation – misled ambition.
- More jokes than content and weight
- Principles and truth are here to stay
- Fools eat up the entertaining messages/speakers
- Some of the greatest expositors pastor churches of 50, 60 and 70
- Sad to say…saw no prayer in the green room.
- We get a lot of slack about not letting high schoolers have a separate service on Sunday
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- Norman Geislure
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- 70% of high schoolers who do not sit in the main sanctuary, do not keep going to church after high school. Of the 70% who leave, 20% will come back.
- If high schoolers sit in the main sanctuary, 70% will still leave, but 50% will come back
- v2-3
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- No confidence in the flesh
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- Don’t try to be somebody you are not.
- When you let God use you the way you are, that is a sign you are not confident in the flesh.
- v4-7
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- These I have counted loss
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- What the world counts as good, I count as nothing at all.
- v8
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- Paul’s goal: the knowledge of Jesus Christ
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- v9-10
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- Correction Ambition: That I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, the fellowship of His suffering…
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- That I May Know Him
- You can pick out someone who knows the Lord in ministry
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- You can pick them out by this: they are approachable
- Ways To Know Him
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- Know Him In History
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- Don’t just say you know Jesus
- 50 people got saved!
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- I’m worried that you think it is all real
- Maybe 1 out of 50 truly received Christ
- Many are called, few are chosen
- History of Christ is the gospel
- Know Him from Genesis – Revelation
- Know Him As He Is Today
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- Know He is alive and well
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- Same yesterday, today and forever
- You have to know Him today to approach God
- You can’t get people to heaven by having them attend your classes
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- People do not feel like they are saved because they do not know the Jesus of today
- Know Him In A Familiar Way
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- Do I know the Christ of Ephesians and Galatians?
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- Christ in us
- Christ with us
- Are you familiar with Christ that way?
- Get the stickers off your car, unless you are willing to live with Christ in you and with you
- If you do not, you will not depend on Him
- People act differently at church, because they do not know Christ in them and with them
- How is it possible for me to know Jesus?
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- Frustrating to see leaders and people live as though Christ is a name, or picture, or someone in the past
- Writers today do not go deep
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- Our ministers and pastors are relying on their peers instead of what God wants to give them
- Know Him because He is alive
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- Bodily, John 20
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- More doubting Thomases today than ever before
- Victoriously, Revelation
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- He exists because He overcame death
- Active
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- Do you see Him every day?
- See Him working in others? In correction? In His grace?
