2 Corinthians 10:1-18 | Boast in the Lord

Preacher: Jeremiah Fyffe

2 Corinthians 10:1-18

1. THE MEEKNESS AND GENTLENESS OF CHRIST
2. BOASTING IN THE PROCLAMATION OF THE GOSPEL
3. A MEASURED BOAST
4. A SINGLE ISSUE BOAST

Lloyd Jones
The man who is meek is not even sensitive about himself. He is not always watching himself and his own interests. He is not always on the defensive… To be truly meek means we no longer protect ourselves, because we see there is nothing worth defending… The man who is truly meek never pities himself, he is never sorry for himself. He never talks to himself and says, “You are having a hard time, how unkind these people are not to understand you.”

John 3:17
For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

Ezekiel 13:2–3, 8
Hear the word of the LORD! Thus says the Lord GOD, Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing! … Because you have uttered falsehood and seen lying visions, therefore behold, I am against you, declares the Lord GOD.

Scott Hafemann
Rather, the meekness and gentleness of Christ can be seen in his patient restraint from pronouncing judgment …. Like Christ, Paul is giving the Corinthians one last chance to repent. … For, ironically, in confronting one last time those who are still in rebellion against him, Paul is actually attempting to avoid the very kind of consistency that his opponents apparently desire (i.e., being “bold” both in letter and in person)!

2 Timothy 4:1–2
I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom: preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching.

Scott Hafemann
In particular, Paul’s weapons are the manifold proclamation of the truth of the gospel in the power of the Spirit, embodied in and mediated through his own life of suffering as an apostle.

1 Corinthians 1:26–31
For consider your calling, brothers: not many of you were wise according to worldly standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth. But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong; God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are, so that no human being might boast in the presence of God. And because of him you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, righteousness and sanctification and redemption, so that, as it is written, “Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.”

Ephesians 6:10
Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might.

Jeremiah 9:23–24
Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, let not the mighty man boast in his might, let not the rich man boast in his riches, but let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the LORD who practices steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth. For in these things I delight, declares the LORD.