2 Corinthians 5:11-21

[Jim Watt]

“*TWO ARE BETTER THAN ONE” MINISTRIES*

*Jim & Marie Watt*

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*August 11, 2009
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   *H. 2 CORINTHIANS 5:11-21 *

*FURTHER MOTIVATION TO MINISTER*

*1. 5:11-15 CONSTRAINT: BY FEAR OF LORD AND LOVE OF SOULS*

*a. 5:11 THE FEAR OF THE LORD AND SOUL-WINNERS*

EiDOtes oun ton PHObon [5401] tou KuRIou,

*Knowing therefore the fear of the Lord,*

anTHR*O*pous PEItho-men [3982], The*O* de pe-pha-neR*O*me-tha [5319];

*we persuade men, but we are manifested to God;*

elPIz*o* [1679] de kai en tais su-neiD*E*se-sin [4893] huM*O*N
pe-pha-neR*O*Sthai
[5319].

*and I hope that we are manifested also in your :consciences.*


 *b. 5:12 CONTRAST OF TWO TYPES OF SOUL-WINNERS*

ou PAlin he-auTOUS su-nisTAno-men [4921] huMIN,

*We are not again commending ourselves to you,*

alLA a-phorM*E*N [874] diDONtes huMIN kauCH*E*ma-tos [2745] huPER h*e*M*O*N,

*but as giving you occasion of glorying on our behalf,*

HIna Ech*e*te pros tous en proS*O*p*o* [4383] kau-ch*o*MEnous [2744], kai m*
e* en karDIa.

*that you may have toward those glorying in face, and not in heart.*


 *c. 5:13 PAUL'S EXPLANATION OF EMOTIONAL CONTROL*

EIte gar eXESt*e*-men [1839], The*O*;

*For whether we were beside ourselves, it is to God;*

EIte s*o*-phroNOUmen [4993], huMIN.

*whether we are of sober mind, it is to you.*


 *d. 5:14-15 LOVE OF CHRIST: CONSTRAINT FOR PAUL*

h*e* gar aGAp*e* tou ChrisTOU suNEchei [4912] h*e*MAS;

*For the love of the Christ constrains us;*

KRInan-tas [2919] TOUto, HOti eis huPER PANt*o*n aPEtha-nen [599] , Ara hoi
PANtes aPEtha-non;

*having thus judged, that one died for all, therefore :all died;*

kai huPER panT*O*N aPEtha-nen,

*15 and he died for all,*

HIna hoi Z*O*Ntes m*e*KEti he-auTOIS Z*O*sin,

*that they that live should no longer live to themselves,*

alLA t*o* huPER auT*O*N a-po-thaNONti kai e-gerTHENti [1453].

*but to him who for their sakes died and rose again.*


 *2. 5:16-19 FOR THE MINISTRY OF RECONCILIATION*

*a. 5:16 EVEN CHRIST AFTER THE FLESH: NOT KNOWN*

H*O*Ste h*e*MEIS aPO tou nun ouDEna OIda-men kaTA SARka [4561]:

*So that we from :now on know no one after the flesh:*

ei kai egN*O*ka-men [1097] kaTA SARka ChrisTON,

*even though we have known Christ after the flesh,*

alLA nun ouKEti giN*O*Sko-men.

*yet now we know him so no more.*


 *b. 5:17 A NEW CREATION: RESULT OF BEING IN CHRIST*

H*O*Ste ei tis en ChrisT*O*, kaiN*E* [2537] KTIsis [2937]:

*So that if any is in Christ, he is a new creature:*

ta arCHAIa [744] paR*E*Lthen [3928]; iDOU, GEgo-nen kaiNA.

*the old are passed away; lo, they are become new.*


 *c. 5:18-19 GOD: THE BASIS OF CHRIST'S RECONCILIATION*

ta de PANta ek tou TheOU,

*But all the things are of :God,*

tou ka-talLAxan-tos [2644] h*e*MAS he-auT*O* diA ChrisTOU,

*who reconciled us to himself through Christ, *

kai DONtos h*e*MIN t*e*n di-a-koNIan [1248] t*e*s ka-tal-laG*E*S [2643];

*and gave to us the ministry of :reconciliation;*

h*o*s, HOti TheOS *e*n en ChrisT*O* KOSmon ka-talLASs*o*n [2644] he-auT*O*,

*19 to wit, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself,*

m*e* lo-giZOme-nous [3049] auTOIS ta pa-rapT*O*ma-ta [3900] auT*O*N,

*not reckoning to them their :trespasses,*

kai THEme-nos [5087] en h*e*MIN ton LOgon t*e*s ka-tal-laG*E*S.

*and having committed to us the word of :reconciliation.*


 *3. 5:20-21 BECAUSE OF HIGH CALLING: AMBASSADORS OF CHRIST*

*a. 5:20 GOD WORKS RECONCILIATION THROUGH MEN*

HuPER ChrisTOU oun presBEUo-men [4243],

*We are ambassadors therefore on behalf of Christ,*

h*o*s tou TheOU pa-ra-kaLOUNtos [3870] di' h*e*M*O*N:

*as though :God were entreating by us:*

deOme-tha [1189] huPER ChrisTOU, ka-talLAg*e*-te [2644] t*o* The*O*.

*we beseech on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to :God.*


 *b. 5:21 CHRIST OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS: THE MESSAGE OF RECONCILIATION*

ton m*e* GNONta ha-marTIan huPER h*e*M*O*N ha-marTIan ePOI*e*-sen;

*Him who knew no sin he made sin on our behalf;*

HIna h*e*MEIS geN*O*me-tha [1096] di-kai-oSUn*e* [1343] TheOU en auT*O*.

*that WE might become righteousness of God in him.*



 *NOTE**:* There are 3 verses in this passage that stand out to me: 5:13 -
For the sake of winning souls, Paul restrained himself before them, lest
they be turned off by his exorbitant love to God. When alone with God, he
showed no restraints.


 To me, this is a good example for us today. In revivals, some seem to be
unaware of Paul's wisdom at this point, and turn off unbelievers with their
unrestrained emotional joy. God loves us to be as little children before Him
- but for the sake of souls - He desires us to restrain ourselves before
them, but give Him their unrestrained love in private. Are we willing to
walk in this wisdom of the Spirit through the apostle Paul?


 Then consider 5:17. I memorized this soon after my conversion 65 years ago,
and have blessed God for the truth and reality found here. It is difficult
to plumb the depths of this verse; but as we meditate upon it, and pray it
back to God in our own words with thanksgiving, then the Spirit opens it up
like a rose bud, or peels it back layer by layer as in an onion.


 Lastly there is 5:21. It is *God* who made Jesus His only begotten Son *sin
* on our behalf. Jesus was born to die! Had Satan insight on this
beforehand, he would never have permitted Calvary to take place! It was his
undoing. He is an entirely defeated foe since the death, resurrection and
ascension of Jesus! Peter's sermon in Acts 2 at Pentecost is evident proof
of this. God as the Master chess-player effectively defeated the devil.


 Oswald Chambers in his various writings, especially “My Utmost for His
Highest”, points out that Jesus at Calvary effected the right for Him from
the throne of God following His Ascension, to place His very nature into us
by the Holy Spirit. We are a *new creation*. Christ in us, according to
Galatians 2:20, was the sublime secret of Paul's effectiveness. It really
wasn't Paul - it was *Christ* living out *His Life* through Paul! Rees
Howells in his biography by Norman P. Grubb effectively points out this same
truth!


 What nuggets of almighty revelation lie in the Bible, God's Word! Let us
not leave it to remain as the *letter*, but through faith, obedience and
full discipleship in meditation, let us permit God to make His Son
*supreme*in us, to the pulling down of strongholds! - J.A.W.


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