Daily Devotion

2 Corinthians 11-13

Paul is concerned that the Corinthians will allow someone to make them stray through the preaching of a false doctrine. He says he is jealous for them with a godly jealousy ( 11:1-4). The word jealousy here has more meaning than we normally give it. It is a combination of jealousy and zeal. It describes intense desire with a passionate eagerness. He was seriously warning them not to give up the simplicity in Christ for another gospel. This often means taking grace and twisting it into the idea that sin has no consequences. When we hear messages that present Jesus or the gospel, in a way that is different, we need to be concerned. We don’t want to accept something that will, as Paul puts it, corrupt us.

Pastor Roger Dean