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2 Corinthians 11:1-8 The Perfect Pastor - Pastor David McGee

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Pastor David McGee

Date Taught: October 13, 2013

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Life Lessons Referenced

Life Lesson (2 Corinthians 11:4)

In life, you will always have a hostile minority that wants to remind you of your past mistakes, paint a dark picture of your future, and criticize or condemn any attempt you make to do better in life.

Life Lesson (2 Corinthians 11:5)

Ministry is not just something we do; it is a life... a life of serving.

Life Lesson (2 Corinthians 11:6)

You can either focus on the gifts you don't have or seek to use the gifts you do have (making them stronger).

Life Lesson (2 Corinthians 11:7)

You can't win with some people but keep trying with most.

Verses Referenced and Teaching Notes

Rom 13:8 NKJV

Owe no one anything except to love one another, for he who loves another has fulfilled the law.

2 Cor 11:5 NLT

But I don't consider myself inferior in any way to these "super apostles" who teach such things.

1 Cor 15:10 NLT

But whatever I am now, it is all because God poured out his special favor on me—and not without results. For I have worked harder than any of the other apostles; yet it was not I but God who was working through me by his grace.

2 Cor 11:6 NLT

I may be unskilled as a speaker, but I'm not lacking in knowledge. We have made this clear to you in every possible way.

John 14:26 NLT

But when the Father sends the Advocate as my representative—that is, the Holy Spirit—he will teach you everything and will remind you of everything I have told you.

Acts 4:13 NLT

The members of the council were amazed when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, for they could see that they were ordinary men with no special training in the Scriptures. They also recognized them as men who had been with Jesus.

2 Tim 2:15 AMP

Study and be eager and do your utmost to present yourself to God approved (tested by trial), a workman who has no cause to be ashamed, correctly analyzing and accurately dividing [rightly handling and skillfully teaching] the Word of Truth.

Eph 4:11-12 NKJV

11 And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, 12 for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ,

Eph 4:11-14 NLT

11 Now these are the gifts Christ gave to the church: the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, and the pastors and teachers. 12 Their responsibility is to equip God's people to do his work and build up the church, the body of Christ. 13 This will continue until we all come to such unity in our faith and knowledge of God's Son that we will be mature in the Lord, measuring up to the full and complete standard of Christ. 14 Then we will no longer be immature like children. We won't be tossed and blown about by every wind of new teaching. We will not be influenced when people try to trick us with lies so clever they sound like the truth.

2 Cor 5:18-19 NLT

18 And all of this is a gift from God, who brought us back to himself through Christ. And God has given us this task of reconciling people to him. 19 For God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, no longer counting people's sins against them. And he gave us this wonderful message of reconciliation.

2 Cor 11:7 NLT

Was I wrong when I humbled myself and honored you by preaching God's Good News to you without expecting anything in return?

Rom 12:18 NKJV

If it is possible, as much as depends on you, live peaceably with all men.

2 Cor 11:8 NLT

I "robbed" other churches by accepting their contributions so I could serve you at no cost.

1 Tim 5:17 CEV

Church leaders who do their job well deserve to be paid twice as much, especially if they work hard at preaching and teaching.

1 Tim 5:17 NLT

Elders who do their work well should be respected and paid well, especially those who work hard at both preaching and teaching.

Lev 27:30 NKJV

And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land or of the fruit of the tree, is the Lord's. It is holy to the Lord.

Scripture quotations marked (NLT) are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, Illinois 60189. All rights reserved.

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