Number 6 Flashcards
What is the subtitle of 2nd Corinthians?
The Heart of the Apostle Paul, A Defense of Paul’s Apostolic Authority
Who is the author of 2nd Corinthians?
Paul
Occasion of writing 2nd Corinthians?
Since Paul’s first letter, the Corinthian Church had been swayed by FALSE teachers who stirred the people against Paul…Paul sent Titus to Corinth to deal with these difficulties, and upon his return, rejoiced to hear the Corinthian’s change of heart. Paul wrote this letter to express his thanksgiving for the repentant majority and to appeal to the rebellious minority to accept his authority
2 Corinthians contains the most exhaustive teaching on _____to God in the entire Word of God
Giving
Key word of 2 Corinthians?
Vindication of Paul’s Apostleship
Theme of 2 Corinthians?
A defense of Paul’s Apostolic Ministry and Authority
Paul wrote 2 Corinthians from ________during his _______Missionary Journey near the end of AD_____
Philippi, 3rd, AD 56
2 Corinthians is the most __________ of all Paul’s Epistles, revealing the heart of Paul and the heart of the ministry as in no other book.
Personal
Had false teachers at Corinth and elsewhere been able to convince believers to reject the authority of Paul or the other Apostles, this would have been tantamount to a ____________of Scripture
rejection
Paul wrote the majority of the books of the New Testament and lent his Apostolic Authority to the writings of Missionary Parnter _____.
Luke -Apostolic Authority wrote or oversaw the writing of the rest of the New TEstament
Had the uniqueness of _____ __________ fallen, there would have been no basis for the early church to accept the authority of the New Testament.
Apostolic Authority
While miracles were not restricted solely to the __________, any denial of the special and unique miracle working power of the Apostles is an indirect attack on their unique ability to speak forth direct revelations as the early Apostles
Apostles
The primary devices Satan uses to get advantage of us here are ______or _________ and _________
unforgiveness, bitterness and division
______ produces greater blessings from God so that we in turn can give even more
Giving
Giving produces _____________Rewards
Eternal