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“We are Helpers of Your Joy”. 2 Cor.1:15-24. To Rule. Have dominion over, lord, be lord of, exercise lordship over. Have control over. Tyrant. Dictator. Personal Policeman Only One Lord – Eph.4:5 3 Jn.9-10 1 Pet.5:1-3 2 Cor.11:19-20 Jn.9:22, Jn.12:42-43 1Cor.16:12.
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“We are Helpers of Your Joy” 2 Cor.1:15-24
To Rule. Have dominion over, lord, be lord of, exercise lordship over. Have control over. Tyrant. Dictator. Personal Policeman • Only One Lord – Eph.4:5 • 3 Jn.9-10 • 1 Pet.5:1-3 • 2 Cor.11:19-20 • Jn.9:22, Jn.12:42-43 • 1Cor.16:12 Not That We Have Dominion Over Your Faith
A co-laborer, that is, coadjutor (helper or assistant) companion in labor, (fellow-) helper (-laborer, -worker), laborer together with, workfellow. • 1 Cor.3:5-9 • 2 Cor.4:5-7 • Gal.6:1-5 • Can’t Help Someone Who Doesn’t Want Help! Matt.7:6 We Are Helpers of Your Joy
Cheerfulness, that is, Calm Delight: - Gladness. Joy (-ful, -fully, -fulness, -ous). • Phil.4:4 • 1 Pet.1:8 • Right With God, Rom.5:1-5 • Faith • Hope • Tribulations, Sufferings • Steadfastness • Character We Are Helpers of Your Joy
Persuasion, that is, credence; moral conviction, reliance, assurance, belief, believe, faith, fidelity. • Justified by Faith, Rom.5:1-2 • We Stand & Walk by Faith, 2 Cor.5:7 • Continual Action – Illus. Electricity • Our Personal Faith • We Can Lose Our Faith: Shipwreck, Depart From, Deny, Cast off, Err: 1 Tim.1:19, 4:1, 5:8, 5:12; 6:21 We Stand By Faith
Hear the Gospel of Christ, Rom.10:17 • Believe in Jesus Christ, Rom.5:1 • Repent and Turn to God, Luke 24:47 • Confess Jesus Before Men, Rom.10:9-10 • Baptized For Forgiveness, Acts 2:38 --------------------------------- • Grow and Seek The Lord, Col.3:1-4 • 2nd Law of Pardon If We Err As A Christian: Repent and Pray God Acts 8:22 The Plan of Salvation