The Pastor's Labor

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Aug 2, 2015 by: Dale Thiele | Series: Working For Your Joy Scripture: 2 Corinthians 1:23–2:4 Tags: repentance, joy, grief
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Working for Your Joy
The Pastor’s Labor
2 Corinthians 1:23-2:4

  • Paul’s Stormy Relationship with Corinth
  • The Nature of Paul’s Ministry
  • Your Relationship with Pastoral Ministry

Questions for Further Study or Group Discussion

  1. Read 2 Corinthians 1:23-2:4. What grief would Paul have caused the Corinth church? Think about what Paul wrote in 1 Corinthians. How could this cause doubts in the Corinthians’ minds regarding Paul’s motives for ministry?
  2. What the difference between a pastoral ministry which “lords it over you” and one which “works for your joy”? What does it mean that Paul is working “with you” for your joy?
  3. Consider 2 Corinthians 7:5-10. What’s the relationship between grief, repentance, and joy in Paul’s ministry? Why is “godly grief” good?
  4. What kind of ministry do expect from your pastor? Is this biblical? How can you submit to your leaders in a way that benefits you and them (cf. Heb. 13:17)?

 

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