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Good morning
I hope everyone is doing well
God has done something amazing in my life since I last spoke here
I was accepted as a chaplain
So I will actually be leaving for school here in September
I remember getting this idea of being a chaplain 10 years ago
God pushed me through all these years
All praise to God for this I am truly excited
CH Pratel,
CH Green,
CH Spindle,
CH Lorenz
I Cannot thank you all enough for the help you gave me
But we are due to PCS here in January
Please keep my family in your prayers
Ok now I have to get busy I know we only have about 25 minutes
We have a lot to go over
Benefit and pleasure of starting you all off in a series
So if you would please open up your Bibles to
2 Corinthians 1:3-11
Prayer - Let’s take just a moment and ask God’s favor over our lesson today
I recently found a movie with an interesting title
Tortured for Christ
Have any of you seen you this movie?
Perhaps read the book?
Its a tough read and a hard movie to watch
Not because of it theological complications
Not because its so academic that the average person wouldn’t understand
But because of what this pastor and his family went through for the sake of Jesus
I won’t go into to much detail
Romania during the late 1940’s and early 1950’s
The communist had just taken over
The state religion had just become atheism
To be a Christian was a crime
Preaching was a crime
Praying was even considered worthy of punishiment
Rev. Richard Wurmbrand went through some horrific things
The descriptions of torture literally bring you to tears
I find it interesting the depths to which the human mind can go
The severe lack of decency
The lack of compassion
The lack of comfort
I want to read to you just a small taste
Because I think its important to understand
To know what some men have gone through for Christ
Pg 38-39
The Martyr Savonarola said,
“There are two types of Christians, Those that sincerely believe in God and those that just as sincerely believe that they believe”
Think about that seriously
This pastor was locked up for 14 years
This pastor was locked up for 14 years
His wife was also locked up
Women tortured also
He
Spent 3 years in solitary confinement
Spoke to no one for three years
Was beaten constantly because he prayed
BUT Prayer was his only comfort
Any yet
Communication with God was the only source of comfort
He had done nothing wrong!
He was just a pastor
He loved on people
That was his crime
Does that sound familiar?
Is there anyone in the Bible that could possibly relate?
Thats right, the apostle Paul
Was also put through some horrendous things
He mentions them in the book of 2 Corinthians
Turn with me to chapter 11 real quick
Yet Paul opens this letter up with words of comfort
Comfort?
How in the world?
Doesn’t make sense
Yet Rev Wurmbrand also found that same comfort
He mentions 366 verse to not be afraid
One for each day of the year including leap year
It was God and His Word that provided Him with comfort
The same with Paul
The same with many that been tortured for simply having faith
And that what we are going to talk about today
Now I feel a certain weight of responsibility here
Being that you all are starting up a new series
I feel I need to go into a bit of context
To help you understand the book of 2 Corinthians a bit
Trust me it opens your eyes to the cirucmstances
It help you realize why Paul wrote the way he did
Context
Corinth
Capital city of the roman province of Achaia
Corinth is the capital city of the roman province of Achaia
Destroyed by Rome 146BC
killing most of the males and selling the women and children into slavery
It was destroyed by Rome in 146BC killing most of the male population and selling the women and children into slavery
Dormant for nearly 102 years
Julius Caesar established a Roman colony on the site.
The city laid dormant for nearly 102 years when Julius Caesar established a Roman colony on the site.
This explains the Roman influence in the region.
Geographically it is Greece
Now you know
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