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2 Corinthians 13:1-3 Growing for a Lifetime - Spiritual Self Examination: A Spiritual Check up from the Neck Up. - Pastor David McGee

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Pastor David McGee

Date Taught: February 23, 2014

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Life Lessons Referenced

Life Lesson (2 Corinthians 13:1)

Be careful about leaning on what just one person says.

Life Lesson (2 Corinthians 13:2)

Fight sin or fight God. We are either growing in God or growing in sin.

Life Lesson (2 Corinthians 13:3)

People are never as blind as the ones who refuse to see.

Life Lesson (2 Corinthians 13:3)

If we refuse the forgiveness of Christ, we choose the judgment of Christ.

Life Lesson (2 Corinthians 13:3)

The Spirit speaks to us and through others.

Verses Referenced and Teaching Notes

Deut 17:6 NLT

But never put a person to death on the testimony of only one witness. There must always be two or three witnesses.

Deut 19:15 NLT

"You must not convict anyone of a crime on the testimony of only one witness. The facts of the case must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.

1 Tim 5:19 NKJV

Do not receive an accusation against an elder except from two or three witnesses.

1 Tim 5:19 NLT

Do not listen to an accusation against an elder unless it is confirmed by two or three witnesses.

2 Cor 13:2 NLT

I have already warned those who had been sinning when I was there on my second visit. Now I again warn them and all others, just as I did before, that next time I will not spare them.

Rom 8:6 NKJV

For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.

Rom 8:5-7 NLT

5 Those who are dominated by the sinful nature think about sinful things, but those who are controlled by the Holy Spirit think about things that please the Spirit. 6 So letting your sinful nature control your mind leads to death. But letting the Spirit control your mind leads to life and peace. 7 For the sinful nature is always hostile to God. It never did obey God's laws, and it never will.

2 Cor 13:3 NLT

I will give you all the proof you want that Christ speaks through me. Christ is not weak when he deals with you; he is powerful among you.

Scripture quotations marked (NLT) are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, Illinois 60189. All rights reserved.

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