REJOICING OVER REPENTANCE (12 OF 17)
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 7:1-16
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Rejoicing over Repentance (12 of 17)
Series: 2 Corinthians
Robert Dawson
2 Corinthians 7
Rich Mullins, a Christian musician and songwriter who died in 1997 at the age of 41, got into a blistering argument with his road manager, Gay Quisenberry, one rainy day. Angry words were hurled back and forth, and Rich stormed out the door. Early the following morning, Gay was awakened from a sound sleep by the loud buzz of a motor outside her house. Groggily, she looked out the window and saw Rich mowing her lawn! [Rich Mullins: His Life and Legacy, by James Bryan Smith (Broadman and Holman Publishers, 2000), p. xi]
That must have been some argument! That little story shows the internal angst that can occur when relationships go sideways, especially when its people we are close to and care about. You just want things to be right again and until they are...you aren't.
That's where we find Paul. His relationship with the Corinthians has been strained to the breaking point. They have been a troubled church and a troubling church. After a series of visits and letters addressing the church's accusations against Paul, their doctrinal questions and issues of sin in the lives of individuals damaging the church, its ministry and reputation, Paul wrote another letter, one that has been lost, that was rather severe.
Paul, who was already concerned about the church, was even more concerned after having sent the letter. He wanted to know how they had responded to the letter and him.
He sent Titus to check on the situation. It also seems that Titus was to pick up an offering that was promised to aid the church in Jerusalem that was struggling through a famine. Titus seems to be Paul's trouble-shooter.
Titus's return was delayed. He missed the rendezvous point in Troas. Fearing something bad had happened, Paul went ahead to Macedonia.
Like everywhere else, there were difficulties. Ministry was never easy. Paul seemed to attract trouble. In verse 5 he writes, ''For ...
Series: 2 Corinthians
Robert Dawson
2 Corinthians 7
Rich Mullins, a Christian musician and songwriter who died in 1997 at the age of 41, got into a blistering argument with his road manager, Gay Quisenberry, one rainy day. Angry words were hurled back and forth, and Rich stormed out the door. Early the following morning, Gay was awakened from a sound sleep by the loud buzz of a motor outside her house. Groggily, she looked out the window and saw Rich mowing her lawn! [Rich Mullins: His Life and Legacy, by James Bryan Smith (Broadman and Holman Publishers, 2000), p. xi]
That must have been some argument! That little story shows the internal angst that can occur when relationships go sideways, especially when its people we are close to and care about. You just want things to be right again and until they are...you aren't.
That's where we find Paul. His relationship with the Corinthians has been strained to the breaking point. They have been a troubled church and a troubling church. After a series of visits and letters addressing the church's accusations against Paul, their doctrinal questions and issues of sin in the lives of individuals damaging the church, its ministry and reputation, Paul wrote another letter, one that has been lost, that was rather severe.
Paul, who was already concerned about the church, was even more concerned after having sent the letter. He wanted to know how they had responded to the letter and him.
He sent Titus to check on the situation. It also seems that Titus was to pick up an offering that was promised to aid the church in Jerusalem that was struggling through a famine. Titus seems to be Paul's trouble-shooter.
Titus's return was delayed. He missed the rendezvous point in Troas. Fearing something bad had happened, Paul went ahead to Macedonia.
Like everywhere else, there were difficulties. Ministry was never easy. Paul seemed to attract trouble. In verse 5 he writes, ''For ...
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