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September 10 - 2 Corinthians 6 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello, friends, it's Sean. Here it is Tuesday.
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  It is the 10th of September 2024.
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  Good to have your company. Hope you're going well.
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  It is well, not the beginning of the week, not quite the middle
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  of the week. We're just kind of finding the
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  rhythm of our weeks as we work our way through.
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  And isn't this music lovely? This this music is not from Blue
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  Dot Sessions. This music is by an artist by
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  the name of Alexi. And I can't find any more
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  information other than the name Alexi.
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  But he and many or she, I don't know.
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  I'm just assuming he makes this music available for people, well
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  like you and I, who are not making money from podcasts but
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  are just podcasting to, to share some information and join people
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  together in community. So that is fantastic.
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  Thank you Alexi and all of those other generous musicians who
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  share their music for us to enjoy.
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  And Speaking of enjoying things, I hope you have been enjoying
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  these Corinthian letters as much as I have.
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  There is some fantastic, fantastic theology that Paul
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  shares. Just so powerful.
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  If you ever wondered what an amazing deal we have in Jesus,
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  well look no further. These books are just chock a
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  block full of the incredible story of the good news that we
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  have folks. And today is no different.
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  We continue to hear even though we may be living through
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  hardships, God continues to be able to use us in the way that
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  we live with each other. So all that being said and done,
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  let us settle ourselves in still our hearts as we hear God
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  speaking to us through His Word in Second Corinthians chapter 6.
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  As God's partners, we beg you not to accept this marvellous
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  gift of God's kindness and then ignore it.
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  For God says at just the right time, I heard you on the day of
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  salvation. I helped you.
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  Indeed, the right time is now. Today is the day of salvation.
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  We live in such a way that no one will stumble because of us
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  and no one will find fault with our ministry.
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  In everything we do, we show that we are true ministers of
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  God. We patiently endure troubles and
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  hardships and calamities of every kind.
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  We have been beaten, put in prison, faced angry mobs, worked
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  to exhaustion, endured sleepless nights, and gone without food.
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  We prove ourselves by our purity, our understanding, our
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  patience, our kindness, by the Holy Spirit within us, and by
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  our sincere love. We faithfully preach the truth.
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  God's power is working in US. We use the weapons of
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  righteousness in the right hand for attack and the left hand for
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  defence. We serve God whether people
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  honour us or despise us, whether they slander us or praise us.
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  We are honest but they call us imposters.
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  We are ignored even though we are well known.
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  We live close to death, but we are still alive.
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  We have been beaten, but we have not been killed.
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  Our hearts ache, but we always have joy.
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  We are poor, but we give spiritual riches to others.
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  We own nothing, yet we have everything.
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  Oh dear Corinthian friends, we have spoken honestly with you
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  and our hearts are open to you. There is no lack of love on our
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  part, but you have withheld your love from us.
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  I'm asking you to respond as if you were my own children.
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  Open your hearts to us. Don't team up with those who are
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  unbelievers. How can righteousness be a
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  partner with wickedness? How can light live with
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  darkness? What harmony can there be
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  between Christ and the devil? How can a believer be a partner
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  with an unbeliever? And what union can there be
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  between God's temple and idols? For we are the temple of the
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  living God. As God said, I will live in them
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  and walk among them. I will be their God and they
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  will be my people. Therefore, come out from among
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  unbelievers and separate yourselves from them, says the
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  Lord. Don't touch their filthy things,
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  and I will welcome you, and I will be your father, and you
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  will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.
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  Our Lord, you call us to live in this world surrounded,
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  surrounded by people and things that don't know you.
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  And yet here we hear you remind us that if we are going to be
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  able to continue this Christian life, we need the encouragement
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  of others who know and love you. So Lord, place people in our
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  lives and in our paths who can build us up and encourage us and
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  spur us on in our faith. So that as we go out and spend
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  our days surrounded by people who don't know you, that we can
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  truly be all these things that Paul spoke of, that we can be
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  honest, that we can be faithful, that we can be kind, and that we
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  can love. Holy Spirit continue to
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  transform us through your fruit. We can truly be different.
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  That would drive people to wonder what it is about us.
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  It's so different. And that we can then point to
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  you now. We love you and we thank you for
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  doing this ongoing work in US. And we pray all of this in the
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  saving name of Jesus, Amen.