2 Corinthians 5:11-21

[Jim Watt]

“*TWO ARE BETTER THAN ONE” MINISTRIES*

*Jim & Marie Watt*

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June 12, 2012


 *(From: 2 CORINTHIANS #5 - 5:11-21)*


 H. 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

*Knowing therefore the fear of the Lord,* *we persuade men, but we are
manifested to God;*

EiDOtes oun ton PHObon tou KuRIou, anTHR*O*pous PEItho-men, The*O* de
pe-pha-neR*O*me-tha;

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

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


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

*We are not again commending ourselves to you,*

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

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

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

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

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


 c. 5:13 A WISE CONTRAST

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

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

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

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


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

*For the love of the Christ constrains us;*

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

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

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

15* and he died for all, that they that live should no longer live to
themselves,*

kai huPER panT*O*N aPEtha-nen, HIna hoi Z*O*Ntes m*e*KEti he-auTOIS Z*O*sin,

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

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


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

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

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

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

*even though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now we know him so no
more.*

ei kai egN*O*ka-men [1097] kaTA SARka ChrisTON, alLA nun ouKEti giN*O*
Sko-men.


 b. 5:17 A VERY TRUE DESCRIPTION

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

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

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

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


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

*But all the things are of :God, who reconciled us to himself through
Christ, *

ta de PANta ek tou TheOU, tou ka-talLAxan-tos [2644] h*e*MAS he-auT*O* diA
ChrisTOU,

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

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

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

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

*not reckoning to them their :trespasses,*

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

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

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


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

a. 5:20 GOD WORKS RECONCILIATION THROUGH MEN

*We are ambassadors therefore on behalf of Christ, as though :God were
entreating by us:*

HuPER ChrisTOU oun presBEUo-men [4243], h*o*s tou TheOU pa-ra-kaLOUNtos di'
h*e*M*O*N:

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

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


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

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

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

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

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


 *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.Watt



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