1. In 2 Corinthians 7, Paul revisited something he had discussed in 1 Corinthians 5. What was that “something”?
2. What was Paul’s purpose in revisiting that issue? What were his additional instructions to the Corinthian Christians concerning this matter?
3. Judas and Peter both sinned. Both were sorrowful after their sins. What was the difference between the sorrow the two men felt and expressed?
4. What is “godly sorrow”?
5. In 2 Corinthians 8:9, Paul urged Christians to give of their time, their talent, and their money when he wrote, “For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that you through His poverty might become rich.” Explain how Jesus “became poor,” and how, through “His poverty,” we “become rich.”
6. In Malachi 3:8-9, the prophet said (speaking for God), “You have robbed Me!” How had the people “robbed God”?
7. Is it still possible for people today to rob God? If so, how?
8. In this lesson, the following statement was made: “We learn from 2 Corinthians 8:12 that proper giving begins with a willing mind.” Explain what that means.
9. Jesus said in Luke 6:38, “Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you.” What is the spiritual principle He is setting forth?
10. Christ set forth another spiritual principle in Luke 9:62 when he said, “No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom God.” What is the principle in this verse?
11. According to James 4:4, what happens to us when we align
ourselves with the world?
12. From 1 John 2:2, we learn that Christ is “the propitiation for our sins, and
not for ours only but also for the whole world.” How is He “the propitiation”
for our sins?
13. According to 2 Corinthians 9:13, we are to live so that our lives “magnify” something? Who or what is that “something”?
14. Paul
closes 2 Corinthians 9 in verse 15 when he says, “Thanks be to God for His indescribable
gift.” What was the gift? And how can we adequately thank God?
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