BLESSED IN OBSERVING SPIRITUAL WARNINGS

BLESSED IN OBSERVING SPIRITUAL WARNINGS My Dear Precious Child, In Paul's warnings in his letters to the people in the church at Corinth in his second recorded letter he became very specific and bold in his warnings. He reminded them that when he came to visit them that it would be the third time. He used a judicial truth to confirm the need for his third visit. He wrote that it was a judicial fact that with a second or third witness speaking the same testimony that a matter is established as being true. He used that truth as a basis of proving that in his second visit with them he stressed that there were people who had sinned openly and refused to repent, and he wrote that when he came the third time that he might not spare any words in his correction of them. In the letter He reminded them that some of them had accused Paul of being firm in his letters but weak in his personal words to them. He assured them in the second recorded letter that if they were looking for some strength of firm guidance from him that he would speak as proof that Christ could speak through him. He affirmed that Christ was not weak in dealing with them but is always, in person, powerful in them. Paul admitted that Jesus Christ was weak in his yielding to the cross but he was raised from the dead by My power. He told the Corinthian church members that, just like Christ was weak by yielding to the cross, that he and the other ministers were often weak in Christ on occasion but that they lived by My Power inside of them, that being the same power that raised Jesus Christ from the dead. (Romans 8:11; II Corinthians 13:1-4) In the second letter Paul told the members of the church at Corinth that they must test themselves to see if they were living by the power of faith or still living a life of fleshly passions. He challenged them to examine themselves. In fact, he told them that they might not fully realize that Christ Jesus lived personally in them, unless they had failed the profession of their faith which was to live by faith. He wrote that he hoped they understood that neither he nor his fellow ministers had failed them. He told them that he prayed that they would do no evil, not just so that they would appear to be approved when he arrived at Corinth but merely for the purpose of their doing good. He claimed that he and his fellow ministers would never do anything against the Truth, only doing things for the sake of the Truth. He wrote that he and his helpers rejoiced when they, themselves, were weak and when they were strong and that their prayers were for the completion of the Corinthians until they walked completely in faith as spiritually mature people. (II Corinthians 13:5-8) In conclusion, Paul wrote in his second recorded letter that he wrote in a stern way so that when he was with them he would not have to exercise with severity the authority that I had given to him, reminding them that he had My power to build up rather than destroy. As a final command he challenged them to live in harmony and peace so that I, the God of peace, would be with them in their endeavors. He even instructed them to greet each other with a holy kiss. Paul sent to the Corinthian church the love of his fellow ministers. As a final blessing, Paul prayed that the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the Love of God and the fellowship of My Holy Spirit would be with all of them.(II Correction 13:9-13) It was with stern corrections, stern warnings and a stern challenge to always walk in faith that Paul wrote so much in his second letter of explanation, apology and guidance to the fellow Christians at Corinth. He was speaking for Me in spurring them on towards compete repentance, also the determination to walk in the guidance of the Holy Spirit and to crucify the dictates of the flesh. That's the only way to win over the devil's temptations and curses in your life. Your Father of Great Mercy and Kind Correction