Favorable Time
Behold, now is the favorable time; behold, now is the day of salvation. 3 We put no obstacle in anyone’s way, so that no fault may be found with our ministry, 4 but as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: by great endurance, in afflictions, hardships, calamities, 5 beatings, imprisonments, riots, labors, sleepless nights, hunger; 6 by purity, knowledge, patience, kindness, the Holy Spirit, genuine love; 7 by truthful speech, and the power of God; with the weapons of righteousness for the right hand and for the left; 8 through honor and dishonor, through slander and praise. We are treated as impostors, and yet are true; 9 as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as punished, and yet not killed; 10 as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, yet possessing everything.
2 Co 6:2b–10
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Favorable Time
There is no delay. Today is the day of our salvation. The gifts of Jesus are applied to us. The work of the Holy Spirit is now. God has placed you in the midst of a community of believers. He has placed you in the world, though you are not of that world. There will be hardships. There will be pain and sorrow. However, there is nothing to compare to the glory that will be revealed in you because of the work accomplished by Jesus for you. You have been fit for the battle. You have the armor of God and the weapons of the Spirit. No one can take the joy away from you. We are the oxymorons to the world: though we weep, yet we rejoice. The pain lasts only a moment, but the joy is now and forever. Amen.
2 Co 6:2b–10
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Favorable Time
There is no delay. Today is the day of our salvation. The gifts of Jesus are applied to us. The work of the Holy Spirit is now. God has placed you in the midst of a community of believers. He has placed you in the world, though you are not of that world. There will be hardships. There will be pain and sorrow. However, there is nothing to compare to the glory that will be revealed in you because of the work accomplished by Jesus for you. You have been fit for the battle. You have the armor of God and the weapons of the Spirit. No one can take the joy away from you. We are the oxymorons to the world: though we weep, yet we rejoice. The pain lasts only a moment, but the joy is now and forever. Amen.
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