II Corinthians Chapters 4 – 6

II Corinthians 6:1-10 ~ The Proper Representation of Ministry

The last thing, As having nothing, and possessing all things. This is one of the little phrases that set me free. Do you know that in Christ even though you have nothing, yet at the same time you have everything? Anything the Lord wants me to have, He will make sure I get it.

Being in Christ means that everything is at His disposal to provide for me for whatever I need. Even though I have nothing, I have everything.  Everything I need, everything God wants me to have, He is perfectly capable of giving it.

So in everything, through good times and hard times, Paul says, We present ourselves as servants of God. He was showing them what it was like to serve Christ in the midst of all the various circumstances of life: through the stress, through the pressure, through the hardships of life. What a blessing to be able to receive from Paul, who knew what it was like to walk with Christ. And made sure that he was an ambassador and a representative of Christ in all that he did and wherever he was.

II Corinthians 6:11-18 ~ The Problem in Ministry

Therefore do not become differently yoked to unbelievers. That covers marriage, it covers business, it covers social life, it covers everything. We are not talking about contact; we are talking about being yoked: joining yourself up with somebody; running with the crowd. God says He is going to dwell in His people and He is going to walk amongst His people. He dwells in my temple. And yet, I am going to go over and I am going to yoke myself in some way - socially, or legally.  In some way yoke myself, join myself, chain myself to somebody through agreement, or legal process, or just social time. And I have the spirit of God inside leading me and guiding me. I belong to Him. He is my Father and I am His child. But the other person does not know the Lord. There is no fellowship there. There is nothing in common there at all, zero, other than whatever business or social venture that we are seeking.