Well after a considerably long hiatus, we return this morning to our study of Paul’s Second Letter to the Corinthians. So turn with me in your Bibles to 2 Corinthians chapter 5. And because it’s been several months since we’ve had a sermon in 2 Corinthians, I think it’s helpful to remind ourselves as to why we’re studying this Book in the first place. We have turned to this great letter from the pen of the Apostle Paul in order to better understand and to be better equipped for the Christian ministry. From the beginning, my aim in choosing to preach through 2 Corinthians has been to help you understand that if you are a partaker of the New Covenant, you are a minister of the New Covenant—that if you have been saved by the Gospel of Christ, you have been called to the ministry of that same Gospel.
And my prayer has been that through our study this letter, GraceLife would grow—that we would be increasingly better equipped to minister the Gospel of Christ to the lost who yet stand in need of the forgiveness of sins, and to minister that same Gospel to one another: to your brothers and sisters in the body of Christ at Grace Community Church. That is the twofold ministry to which each and every one of you as been called. And we have turned to 2 Corinthians in pursuit of that goal because 2 Corinthians contains the greatest treatise on the nature of Christian ministry anywhere in Scripture. As Paul comes under fire from false apostles in Corinth, seeking to undermine his apostleship, his influence, and his Gospel...
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Mike Riccardi serves as the Pastor of Local Outreach Ministries at Grace Community Church, which includes overseeing Fundamentals of the Faith classes, eight foreign language outreach Bible studies, and evangelism in nearby jails, rehab centers, and in the local neighborhood....