Read: 2 Corinthians 10-13
Paul understood spiritual warfare. Our fight is not against our fellow man but against spiritual forces in the air. It is our job to refuse to entertain the thoughts and scenes the devil brings to our mind. We are to catch those thoughts that don’t glorify God and that bring fear, hate, anger and unrest.
Paul cared for his people like a man would care for his bride. He wanted to be able to present them to the Lord clean and faultless. He warned them of false teachers and people who were not what they said they were. Even Satan could transform himself into an angel of light so sometimes people do the same thing.
In Chapter 12, Paul humbly talks of himself in the third person. He was the man that was caught up into the third heaven. He had received many heavenly revelations but longed to remain usable and humble. He knew that he was made perfect through his weaknesses and that God’s grace was all he needed to do everything God had called him to do.
Paul closed his letter with these instructions: be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace. It they do all this then the God of love and peace will be with them.
Lord, may we do these things and may we walk in your love and peace.
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