Speaking as People of Sincerity

Saturday, August 9, 2014
Scripture Reading: 2 Cor 2:12-17 KJV

12 Furthermore, when I came to Troas to [preach] Christ's gospel, and a door was opened unto me of the Lord,
13 I had no rest in my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother: but taking my leave of them, I went from thence into Macedonia.
14 Now thanks [be] unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place.
15 For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish:
16 To the one [we are] the savour of death unto death; and to the other the savour of life unto life. And who [is] sufficient for these things?
17 For we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ.

OBSERVATION QUESTIONS
1) Why didn’t Paul have “rest” in his spirit? (v.12-13)
2) What does God do for us and through us? (v.14)
3) What are our lives (offerings) to God when done sacrificially, through faith in Jesus? (v.15)
4) What are our lives (sacrifices) to those who are saved? What are they to those who will perish (v.16)
5) How do we speak as people of sincerity?

APPLICATION QUESTIONS
6) Why do you believe that our lives are the fragrance of death to the unsaved?
7) Why do you think that our lives are the fragrance of life to the saved?
8) What happens to our witness when we handle the word of God corruptly (incorrectly)?

PRINCIPLES

9) The saved have the aroma of death to the unsaved, but the aroma of life to the saved!

10) The life of every believer is a living sacrifice to God!

11) The sacrifices that God desires from His people are a broken spirit and a contrite heart!

12) The lives of true worshippers are a "sweet aroma" to God!

13) We always have the victory in Christ Jesus, to the glory of the Father, that He may be made known!