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2 Corinthians 11:25-33 I'm Only Visiting Planet Earth - Pastor David McGee

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2 Corinthians 11:25-33 I'm Only Visiting Planet EarthBible

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Pastor David McGee

Date Taught: November 24, 2013

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Life Lessons Referenced

Life Lesson (2 Corinthians 11:25)

How a person handles blessings and how a person handles trials tells a lot about them.

Life Lesson (2 Corinthians 11:26)

Watch what kind of fruit comes from the lips and lives of people.

Life Lesson (2 Corinthians 11:29)

We should have compassion for people; love the saved and love the lost.

Life Lesson (2 Corinthians 11:30)

Whenever you tell your story, be sure to give God the glory.

Verses Referenced and Teaching Notes

2 Cor 11:25 NLT

Three times I was beaten with rods. Once I was stoned. Three times I was shipwrecked. Once I spent a whole night and a day adrift at sea.

2 Cor 11:26 NLT

I have traveled on many long journeys. I have faced danger from rivers and from robbers. I have faced danger from my own people, the Jews, as well as from the Gentiles. I have faced danger in the cities, in the deserts, and on the seas. And I have faced danger from men who claim to be believers but are not.

Gal 5:22-23 NKJV

22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law.

Heb 13:15 NKJV

Therefore by Him let us continually offer the sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to His name.

James 3:10 NKJV

Out of the same mouth proceed blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be so.

Acts 18:8-11 NLT

8 Crispus, the leader of the synagogue, and everyone in his household believed in the Lord. Many others in Corinth also heard Paul, became believers, and were baptized. 9 One night the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision and told him, "Don't be afraid! Speak out! Don't be silent! 10 For I am with you, and no one will attack and harm you, for many people in this city belong to me." 11 So Paul stayed there for the next year and a half, teaching the word of God.

2 Cor 11:27 NLT

I have worked hard and long, enduring many sleepless nights. I have been hungry and thirsty and have often gone without food. I have shivered in the cold, without enough clothing to keep me warm.

2 Cor 4:7-9 NKJV

7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us. 8 We are hard-pressed on every side, yet not crushed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; 9 persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed —

2 Cor 4:7-10 NLT

7 We now have this light shining in our hearts, but we ourselves are like fragile clay jars containing this great treasure. This makes it clear that our great power is from God, not from ourselves. 8 We are pressed on every side by troubles, but we are not crushed. We are perplexed, but not driven to despair. 9 We are hunted down, but never abandoned by God. We get knocked down, but we are not destroyed. 10 Through suffering, our bodies continue to share in the death of Jesus so that the life of Jesus may also be seen in our bodies.

John 20:21 NLT

Again he said, "Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I am sending you."

2 Cor 11:28 NLT

Then, besides all this, I have the daily burden of my concern for all the churches.

Matt 5:10-12 NKJV

10 Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, For theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 11 "Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely for My sake. 12 Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

2 Cor 11:29 NLT

Who is weak without my feeling that weakness? Who is led astray, and I do not burn with anger?

Eph 4:26 NKJV

"Be angry, and do not sin": do not let the sun go down on your wrath,

Eph 4:26 NLT

And "don't sin by letting anger control you." Don't let the sun go down while you are still angry,

Luke 19:41 NKJV

Now as He drew near, He saw the city and wept over it,

Matt 9:36 NKJV

But when He saw the multitudes, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were weary and scattered, like sheep having no shepherd.

Rom 8:18 KJV

For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.

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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