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A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold is as pictures of silver.(Prov.25:11) It is so important to speak the right words to people at the right time to produce the right results. When you think of apples of gold in pictures of silver, then you are thinking of wealth and excellence. When we speak wisdom into the lives of others we are making them wealthy. Therefore we must seek God for He is the source of all wisdom and He will give us just the right words needed at the right time.
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#Did I make a gain of you by any of them whom I sent unto you? I desired Titus and with him, I sent a brother. Did Titus make a gain of you? walked we not in the same spirit? walked we not in the same steps? Again, think we that we excuse ourselves unto you? we speak before God in Christ, but we do all things, dearly beloved, for your edifying. For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall find you such as I would and that I shall be found unto to you such as ye would not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults: And lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you and that I shall bewail many which have sinned already and have not repented of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they have committed. II Cor. 12:17-21
Paul is concerned about the church in Corinth so he sent Titus and another brother unto them who walked in the same spirit as he did. We speak before you in God in Christ and all these things were for your edifying. Yet Paul feared that when he would come, he would find the church had sinned and not repented of their debates, envying, wraths, strifes, backbitings, gossiping, swellings and tumults. It is amazing how he had to bewail some as God humbled him of those that sinned and repented not of their uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they have committed. This sin is still rampant in the churches today and with the coronavirus going around it is a real shame for the church to be walking in impurity today. May God use this as a wake-up call for the people to turn to God in repentance and walk-in faith as well as love for the brethren. Happy Purim Day to all our Jewish brothers and sisters in Christ.
#And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved. But be it so, I did not burden you; nevertheless, being crafty, I caught with guile. II Cor 12:15-16
Paul spent himself on the church more abundantly and loved them sincerely, yet he did not feel the love in return. Nevertheless, he was not a burden to the church but being crafty, he caught them with guile. We too can learn much from this experience from Paul and love deeply, even though we may not receive that same love in return. Our Lord came unto his own and they received him not. Yet too as many that did receive him became the sons of God.
#Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you and I will not be burdensome to you: for I seek not yours, but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children. II Cor. 12:14
This verse is perplexing as Paul does not want to be a burden to the Church and then he says the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children. Clearly he is talking about money and support. Parents have a responsibility before God to lay up monetary support for their children, rather than the children for the parents. God said if a man will not provide for his household, he has denied the faith. So leaving a legacy for our children is a very important task that we have as parents. Not just money, but also a spiritual legacy of following God all our lives. We must read the word of God to our children and teach them the importance of keeping the commandments. This is how we lay up treasures for them that will not be taken away. Money can be taken away, but your spiritual gifts such as love, peace, joy, patience, meekness, faithfulness, and self-control will last forever. When parents do this they will not be a burden to their children, but a joy for leaving them a legacy that will not pass away.
#Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong. I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I am nothing. Truly the signs of an apostle were wrought among you in all patience, in signs and wonders and mighty deeds. For what is it wherein ye were inferior to other churches, except it be that I myself was not burdensome to you? forgive me this wrong. II Cor. 12:10-13
Paul learned the importance of taking pleasure in his infirmities, for then the power of Christ was manifested more in him, than the other apostles. He found that when he was weak, then he was strong and became a fool in glorying. Yet he considered himself in nothing behind the very chiefest apostles. Truly the signs of an apostle were wrought among the churches in all patience, wonders, and mighty deeds. He did not want to be a burden to the churches and asked them to forgive him. I am sure his thorn in the flesh was a hindrance to the churches, but God used it for his glory in bringing many saints to heaven. We can be thankful that half of the New Testament was written by Paul for this reason and truly the grace of God was mightily upon him for that.
#And I knew such a man, (whether in the body or out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) How that he was caught up into paradise and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter. Of such a one will I glory: yet of myself I will not glory but in mine infirmities. For though I would desire to glory, I shall not be a fool; for I will say the truth, but now I forbear, lest any man should think of me above that which he seeth me to be, or that he heareth of me. And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure. For this thing, I sought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly, therefore, will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. II Cor. 12:3-9
Paul was caught up into paradise and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful to utter. So he learned to glory in his infirmities. For though I would desire to glory, he would not be a fool, so he would forbear, lest any man would think of him above that he heareth him to be. So lest he should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given a thorn in the flesh. We do not know what that was, maybe demonic attacks, or so nevertheless, he sought the Lord three times, that it might depart from me. And Jesus said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee; for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Therefore, most gladly will I rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. We too can have a thorn in the flesh. I have a mental illness, which is a thorn in the flesh for me and I have experienced the grace of God in my life. Truly the strength of God is made perfect in my illness and I will glory in my illness, that the power of Christ may continually rest upon me.
#I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such a one caught up to the third heaven. II Cor.12:2
Paul is the first person in the Bible to have an experience of being caught up into the third heaven to come back to talk about it. He did not know if he was in the body or out of the body, but God knows all things. This caught up is the same word we get for Rapture, as millions of Christians will be caught up into heaven to forever be with the Lord. The difference is the Lord will meet us in the air and the dead in Christ will be resurrected first, then all those who are alive and remain will be changed, in the twinkling of an eye to ever be with the Lord. Paul clearly was not changed physically, but he is forever changed spiritually after this experience. The question is does this happen to anyone today? There have been books written about people who have died and gone to heaven, to come back to life to tell us about it and I will not say that it cannot happen. Yet clearly what happened to Paul was real and inspired by God for us to know that this can happen and we look forward to the day when it will happen in the Rapture of the Church to heaven.
#For ye suffer if a man brings you into bondage if a man devours you if a man takes of you if a man exalts himself if a man smites you on the face. I speak as concerning, as though we had been weak. Howbeit whereinsover any is bold, (I speak foolishly,) I am bold also. Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? so am I. Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labors more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft. Of the Jews, five times received I forty stripes save one. Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep; In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils of mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren; In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness. Besides those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches. Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is offended and I burn not? If I must need glory, I will glory of the things which concern mine infirmities. II Cor. 11:20-30
Paul spoke as a fool, but he was bold in all that he suffered. He chose rather to glory in his infirmities, rather than all the perils that he suffered. As God the father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is blessed evermore, knoweth I lie not. He was kept in Damascus by Aretas the king under a garrison, that was desirous to apprehend me, and through a window in a basket was I let down by the wall and escaped his hands. So we should rejoice because Jesus said in this world we will have tribulation, but be of good cheer, for I have overcome the world.
#I say again, let no man think me a fool; if otherwise, yet as a fool receive me, that I may boast myself a little. That which I speak, I speak it not after the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting. Seeing that many glories after the flesh, I will glory also. For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise. II Cor. 11:16-19
Paul is acting like a fool, yet he does not want any man to think of him as a fool. He boasted a little and that which he spoke was not after the Lord, but as it were foolishly. Seeing many glories after the flesh, so he also gloried after the flesh. Knowing that they would suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise. So it is not wrong for Paul to act this way, rather he was boasting of the grace of God, which was manifested in his life more than anyone.
#The downturn in the markets is a plus for investors as stock balances need to be re-balanced to account for these market corrections. Now is the time to look for some good paying dividend stocks to invest in, as there should be some good bargains out there. Find companies that are investing to vaccines in the coronavirus, as the sooner a cure, is found the sooner the markets will recover.
#For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also are transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works. II Cor. 11:13-15
Paul is warning the believers to beware of Satan himself, as he is transformed into an angel of light and therefore it is no great thing for his ministers also are transformed as ministers of righteousness. Their end shall be according to their works; therefore we must be careful to be great students of the Word of God so that we can discern who the true ministers of God are. Jesus said we will know a tree by the fruit that it bears, for a good tree cannot bear evil fruit. So we must be fruit inspectors knowing that God will reveal to us what type of fruit we are observing and pray to the Holy Spirit to manifest the fruits of righteousness in them.
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