Saturday, January 21, 2012

Endure


Monday, January 23, 2012: 2 Corinthians 11:3 – 4 (NKJV)                  Do you put up with a different Jesus?
But I fear, lest somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, so your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. For if he who comes preaches another Jesus whom we have not preached, or if you receive a different spirit which you have not received, or a different gospel which you have not accepted—you may well put up with it!
Do you put up with a different Jesus? The way to detect a false Christ is to read the Bible.
Tuesday, January 24, 2012: 2 Corinthians 11:17 – 20 (NKJV)                  Do you put up with being in bondage?
What I speak, I speak not according to the Lord, but as it were, foolishly, in this confidence of boasting. Seeing that many boast according to the flesh, I also will boast. For you put up with fools gladly, since you yourselves are wise! For you put up with it if one brings you into bondage, if one devours you, if one takes from you, if one exalts himself, if one strikes you on the face.
Do you put up with being in bondage? From the time of the apostles we have false teachers who enslave, rob, abuse believers while exalting themselves.
Wednesday, January 25, 2012: 2 Timothy 4:2 – 4 (NKJV)                  Do you dictate to your church leaders?
Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching. For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers; and they will turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned aside to fables.
Do you dictate to your church leaders? If you dislike criticism, you do not put up with sound doctrine, which builds you up. Some tell their leaders that a message was inappropriate!
Thursday, January 26, 2012: Ephesians 4:1 – 3                  Are there church members you can’t bear?
I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called, with all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love, endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
Are there church members you can’t bear? You are wrong: love them as Christ did and put up with them.
Friday, January 27, 2012: Colossians 3:12 – 13 (NKJV)                  Are there church members you can’t forgive?
Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering; bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against another; even as Christ forgave you, so you also must do.
Are there church members you can’t forgive? You are wrong: forgive them as Christ forgave you.

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