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Paul’s Mourning over those who have Not Repented, 2 Corinthians 12:21

April 3, 2022 2 Comments

When Paul wrote his second letter to the Corinthians, he feared he would later come to them and find that they had not repented of their underlying mixed motives and attitudes of self-centered worship and sensual focus. The result would be the same strife and disorder he had reproved in his first letter.

Desire to have our own way, Desire to have our own way, Divisions in the Church, Forgetting God, Forgiveness and Unforgiveness, God's Other Attributes, Greed, Pride in accomplishments as our own, refusal to repent, Repentance, Salvation, self-serving worship, What is sin?

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Godly sorrow and repentance which leads to salvation, 2 Corinthians 7:8-10

March 27, 2022 2 Comments

In Corinth, Godly sorrow over a letter Paul regretted writing led the members of the church to a zeal to put away their sins which is the definition of repentance. After that repentance, they were told to accept back among themselves even those who had lapsed into the “worst” sins, but had repented.

A God who Speaks, Changed treatment of each other, Consequences, forgiveness and mercy, God is Love, God Speaks to Us, God's Existence and Nature, judgment, Repentance, Repentance in community, Repentance versus Remorse, Restoration of God's Image, Sin, Through the church, Victory

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