• II Corinthians 2:14-3:18
• II Corinthians 2:17 – “Peddling” here is used in the sense of preaching for personal gain.
• II Corinthians 3:3 – Paul is talking about those who had made the corrections he rebuked them for in I Corinthians. They were now acting as a living epistle. People who live by Christ today are also epistles that may lead others to Christ.
• II Corinthians 3:5 – Compare II Corinthians 12:9 concerning Paul boasting in his weakness.
• II Corinthians 3:6 – The Old Covenant brought spiritual death, but the New Covenant brought spiritual life.
• II Corinthians 3:8-11 – The “ministry of the Spirit” (New Covenant) is more glorious than the “ministry of condemnation” (Old Covenant).

• I Peter 3:15
• Do you believe you are the only ones that will be saved?
• Negatively, I don’t believe I am a member of the saved relationship because:
  • I have obeyed rules that man laid down. Matthew 15:9
  • I believe in salvation by faith only.
• I believe that I am part of the saved relationship because:
  • I have obeyed the word of the Lord Jesus. Matthew 7:21
  • Jesus is the author of salvation. Hebrews 5:9
  • I believe Jesus is the great I AM. John 8:24
  • I believe the gospel is the power of God to salvation. Romans 1:16
  • I repented of my sins. Acts 17:30; Romans 10:10; Acts 2:47
• Matthew 10:32
• Why do you believe the church you are a part of is the right church?
  • Not because:
    • My parents attended that church.
  • Because:
    • I believe this congregation is patterned after the way Jesus authorized a church to work and worship.
    • This church is right in:
      • Its authority for teaching and practice. II Timothy 3:16-17
      • Descriptive phrase by which it is identified. Acts 20:28
        • Several example names are given in the New Testament. The common theme is that the name must point ownership to God.
      • Its answer to “what must I do to be saved?”
      • Its worship
        • Singing (Ephesians 5:19)
        • Prayer (Acts 2:42)
        • Studying the Bible (Acts 20:7; I Corinthians 14)
        • Observing the Lord’s Supper
        • Laying by in store
      • Its work
        • Meeting to worship
        • Supporting preachers to spread the Word of God
      • The structure through which is does all this
      • Teaching its members to keep self pure. Ephesians 5:26-27

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• II Corinthians 1:11-2:16
• II Corinthians 1:21 – See I Samuel 10. God anointed the apostles by setting them in place to do their work.
• II Corinthians 1:22 – God sealed the apostles as belonging to Him and gave them the Holy Spirit as a guarantee that their task was from God and not from man. See also Galatians 1:12.
• II Corinthians 2:6-8 – Paul is warning against being overly righteous and refusing to forgive a person because their sin is too great. When someone repents, we must forgive and not lay his past life to his charge any more. When we forgive someone, we should reaffirm our love for them.
• II Corinthians 2:11 – The enemy is Satan – not the sinning brother!