2 Corinthians 2:12-7:4 (Part 20a) True Service for the Lord

Its Grandeur, 2:14-4:6.

• The great privilege of serving the Lord, 2:14-17: 1) The minority servant, vv. 14-16; 2) The majority servant, v. 17 (the true servant)

• The results of true service, 3:1-3: 1) The quality, v. 1; 2) The converts, vv. 2-3.

• Qualifications for true service (competence under the New Testament)—3:4-6: 1) Adequacy and confidence: a) The Holy Spirit will do what He says that He will do; b) Must understand the present age; c) The Letter (Law) kills, but the Spirit gives life.

• The glory under the New Testament, 3:7-15: 1) Greater glory of the new versus the old, vv. 7-9; 2) The new eclipses the old, vv. 10-11; 3) Moses veiled himself because he wanted the people to not focus on him but rather what is to come—we are in it now (this is Paul’s point), vv. 12-13.

• The Old Testament cannot be read where Christ is not, vv. 14-15.

• The Christian life—3:16-18: 1) Initial conversion, v. 16; 2) Liberty after conversion, v. 17; 3) Transformation, v. 18.