Sermon 9 August 2026 - 2 Corinthians 11:16 - 33 Part 2 Identifying with Christ - Pastor Paulus Keys

Sermon - 9 August 2026 2 Corinthians 11: 16 - 33 - Part 2 Identifying with Christ Pastor Paulus Keys 2 Corinthians 11 16 I say again, let no one think me a fool. If otherwise, at least receive me as a fool, that I also may boast a little.  17 What I speak, I speak not according to the Lord, but as it were, foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.  18 Seeing that many boast according to the flesh, I also will boast.  19 For you put up with fools gladly, since you yourselves are wise! 20 For you put up with it if one brings you into bondage, if one devours you, if one takes from you, if one exalts himself, if one strikes you on the face.  21 To our shame I say that we were too weak for that! But in whatever anyone is bold—I speak foolishly—I am bold also. IDENTIFYING WITH JESUS….. HOW SHOULD LEADING LOOK LIKE? OW SHOULD FOLLOWING LOOK LIKE? 22 Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? So am I.  23 Are they ministers of Christ?—I speak as a fool—I am more: in labors more abundant, 24 From the Jews five times I received forty stripes minus one.  25 Three times I was beaten with rods; once I was stoned; three times I was shipwrecked; a night and a day I have been in the deep;  26 in journeys often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils of my own countrymen, in perils of the Gentiles, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren 27 in weariness and toil, in sleeplessness often, in hunger and thirst in fastings often, in cold and nakedness—  8 besides the other things Philippians 2: 5-11 5 Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus,  6 who, being in the form of God, did not consider it [a]robbery to be equal with God,  7 but [b]made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men.  8 And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross.  9 Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name,  10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth,  11 and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father 2 Corinthians 11 28 besides the other things what comes upon me daily: my deep concern for all the churches.  29 Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is made to stumble, and I do not burn with indignation? 30 If I must boast, I will boast in the things which concern my [d]infirmity.  31 The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who is blessed forever, knows that I am not lying.  32 In Damascus the governor, under Aretas the king, was guarding the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desiring to arrest me;  33 but I was let down in a basket through a window in the wall, and escaped from his hands. WE ARE THE CHURCH Love God Love People Live with Purpose