2 Corinthians 11:1-6 (NASB)
1 I wish that you would bear with me in a little foolishness; but indeed you are bearing with me.
2 For I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy; for I betrothed you to one husband, so that to Christ I might present you as a pure virgin.
3 But I am afraid that, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, your minds will be led
astray from the simplicity and purity of devotion to Christ.
4 For if one comes and preaches another Jesus whom we have not preached, or you receive a different spirit which you have not received, or a different gospel which you have not accepted, you bear this beautifully.
5 For I consider myself not in the least inferior to the most eminent apostles.
6 But even if I am unskilled in speech, yet I am not so in knowledge; in fact, in every way we have made this evident to you in all things.
Introduction:
Theme: Four convictions a pastor must hold so that the church will remain true to Christ.
Conviction #1 The fitness of folly vs.1
Conviction #2 The passion for purity vs. 2
Conviction #3 The danger of deception vv.3-4
1 Do not understand and have not accepted the Gospel
2 Not well taught in Gods word and understanding the Gospel
3 You are living in or lingering in unrepentant sin.
4 You have come under the influence of unbelievers.
Conviction #4 The assertion of authority vv.5-6
A. Assessment of authority v5
B. Assessment ability v6
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