The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1920-01-31
BIBLE SCHOOL LESSON FOR
FEBRUARY 8, 1920.
ii Corinthians, Chapters Ten and Eleven

1. CHAPTER TEN: PAULS ATTITUDE
TOWARD THE CHURCH AT COR
NTH
l. Because of "the meekness and gentle
ness of Christ he declared, II Paul myself
BESEECH you'' to get in proper Gospel line
and Church order-Verse One The lack Of
this was the great sin of that Church.
| g. Also, at this time, a minority of that
Church was unwilling to accept Pauls apos-
| tleship-Verses Two and Three.
g. The apostolic weapons in the warfare
Verses Three to Six.
(1) The warfare is not "after the fesh,"
but after the Spirit-a Spiritual warfare, and
not striving unto blood-Hebrews 1874.
(2) "The weapons of warfare are not
carnal" Tell your class what carnality is and
what carnal weapons are.
(3) "But mighty through God to the pull
ing down of strongholds' which are the
DEVILS lurking places and arsenals.
ca Casting down Imagination self
righteousness, bombastic egotisms, unspiritual
thinking, evil surmisings Genesis $50.
60 "And every high (unduly inflated)
thing that exalteth itself against the knowl
edge (Plan, Purpose and Wisdom) of Cod
CO. bringing into captivity every thought
to the obedience of Submission to- Christ"
CD Having in us ''a readiness to revenge
ALL disobedience."
What a warfare! What a battle
What weapons!-Prayer, the Word of God,
the full Gospel Submission, Obedience, Loyal
ty, Discipline, Church Order, Unity, Cooper
alton, Faith in the Outcome, and then,-What
Victory!
4. Never judge from the outward appear
ance, but as Christ would-Verse Seven.
toJi itv limo 10
not for destruction, but for edifcation-the
good of the members and of the whole Church
Verse Eight.
6. Pauls bodily appearance, letters and
speech-Verses Nine to Eleven. This double
charge was made by his enemies. His body
must have been small and somewhat weak
ened or they would have had no foundation
for such a statement.
His letters are indeed "weighty and
powerful because of the Mighty Spirit of God
working through him.
z. The false standard of measurement.
Note the point of comparison and the re-
petition of themselves in Verse Twelve
g. The true standard of measurement
how far it reaches and what it requires
Verses Thirteen to Sixteen
9. How far may we go in Boosting? See
Verses Seventeen and Eighteen All boasting
is allowable which gives Jesus Christ all the
credit. Compare Galatians 614, Is.
H. CHAPTER ELEVEN: PAUL'S ATTI-
tube TOWARD THE CHURCH AT
CORINTH CONTINUED.
/. Why Paul was righteously jealous Of
the Church at Corinth-Verses One and Three.
This is written to the whole Church
Ct Corinthians 1:2; II Corinthians I'D. The
whole Church is NOW espoused, betrothed
Virgin, but destined to soon become the Bride,
the Lambs WHEELER One Husband.
2. Stick to the simplicity that is in
Christ"-Verse Three.
8. The Jesus Whom Paul preached and the
Gospel of His Grace-Verse Four. Note the
phrases, another Jesus, another Spirit"
another Gospel Compare with Galatians
1853
4. Paul compared himself and his work
with ''the very chiefest apostles and their
work-Verses Five and Six. He had right
to make such comparison; for God showed
results through Paul.
s. Paul was not perfect. AS the General
Overseer (having ''the care of all the Church
es'' upon him) he made mistake in judgment
or policy toward the Church at Corinth -
Verses Seven to Ten.
In II Corinthians 1918, he confessed
his mistake and asked that Church to "for-
give me this wrong"
The General Overseer is entitled to an
allowance So is every true minister who
labors in the Gospel work.
g. Yet that faction in the Church at Cor
NTH claimed that Paul did not love the
Church! See Verses Eleven and Twelve.
T. Satan was getting in his work at Cor
inth through the false teachers and would-be
apostles who were for an outward, legal, Jew
ish, unspiritual Righteousness "a righteous
ness but without THE BLOOD OF CHRIST
Verses Thirteen to Fifteen.
These were the would-be apostles who op-
posed Paul in Corinth and Galatia. Compare
Galatians 1910; IA, 5; 4:15-21; 5:7-12.
s. He who boasts, or has to defend himself,
does very foolish thing. Hence, because
of this, Paul called himself "a fool'-Verses
Sixteen to Twenty-Five.
9. Paul's apostolic sufferings are proof Of
his call to the apostleship Acts 9:16 and
Verses Twenty-three to Thirty-three of II
Corinthians, Chapter Eleven.
Cd Gin stripes above MEASURE without
number.
ca Then, five special times he received
thirty-nine stripes each of the five times.
ninety-f1ve stripes.
60 Once he was stoned and left for dead
(Acts 14:19-22) at Lystra.
ca Shipwrecked - an whole might and
day in the Deep"
60 His many "perils'- the worst of all
were "the false brethren" Verse Twenty
six.
CO Weary, full of pain, hungry; no bread
and no water, cold and naked.
CD In prison many times, and finally be-
headed See II Timothy 4:14-1S and then
Verses Six and Seven
(8) How he escaped from Damascus -
Verses Thirty-two and Thirty-three.
10. Paul boosted of his "infirmities' be-
cause God sustained him in all his sufferings-
Verses Thirty and Thirty-one Compare Ro-
mans 5:3-5 and Acts 1922 with II Corinthi-