2 Corinthians 6:4 - "In all things we commend ourselves as ministers of God; in much patience, in tribulations, in needs, in distresses."
The tribulations of which Paul spoke are not the tribulations of various diseases. He suffered tribulations with the people as Jesus did. There can be man tribulations within our Christ walk as we feel that our spiritual influence is not bearing fruit in the lives of others.
May God give us the realization that we are so joined to fellow Believers that we may labor to bring then out of spiritual infancy into their full identity in Christ. Paul said that He labored in birth in order that Christ might be formed in the people (Galatians 4:19).
He was not laboring so that they could be saved again. No, but they had lacked a complete perception of Christ's finished work, their identity in Christ, and their right standing with God; they had missed divine fellowship. May God help us to see that we can labor for the spiritual lives of baby believers.
The tribulations of which Paul spoke are not the tribulations of various diseases. He suffered tribulations with the people as Jesus did. There can be man tribulations within our Christ walk as we feel that our spiritual influence is not bearing fruit in the lives of others.
May God give us the realization that we are so joined to fellow Believers that we may labor to bring then out of spiritual infancy into their full identity in Christ. Paul said that He labored in birth in order that Christ might be formed in the people (Galatians 4:19).
He was not laboring so that they could be saved again. No, but they had lacked a complete perception of Christ's finished work, their identity in Christ, and their right standing with God; they had missed divine fellowship. May God help us to see that we can labor for the spiritual lives of baby believers.
