"So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy" - Romans 9:16
Paul has been talking about the things that we can only see through faith and he now discusses a new body that we will receive after the death of our mortal bodies. We may not be able to see this promise now but we trust that God will keep His promise to give us a body capable of being eternally in His presence. We will then be rewarded for what we did in our mortal bodies at the Judgment Seat of Christ.
Throughout Paul’s ministry he faced persecution and even threats of death from those who opposed the preaching of the gospel of Christ. Despite the opposition, Paul relied upon God’s strength and power to enable him to persevere in the name of Jesus Christ and continue preaching the gospel for the benefit of the Corinthians and others who would come to Christ through his ministry.
One of the problems Paul addresses in 2 Corinthians is the teaching of false apostles that some of the Corinthians had started following. These false apostles taught such things as the necessity of keeping the Mosaic Law, but in chapter 3, Paul discusses the superiority of faith in Christ over the Mosaic Law. Only faith in Christ can give us the righteousness that the law demands.
Paul had previously instructed the Corinthian church to excommunicate an unrepentant man who was living in sin. The church had obeyed and Paul is urging them to restore their fellowship with the now repentant man. These instructions demonstrate that the ultimate goal of church discipline is not to punish but to bring sinners to repentance so that fellowship can be restored with God and the church.
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