In this verse Paul (who is politically gender insensitive by today’s standards) is telling the Corinthian men to … act like men of God, God’s men. How do we define what it is to be a man of God? What is our mind suppose to envision? Wonder what examples Paul would have used when reenforcing his call for men to be God’s men?
Perhaps … Abraham, Moses, Gideon, Joshua?
Thanksgiving
Whether Ye Be In The Faith
II Corinthians 13:5 — Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates? In a sense, the Apostle Paul is challenging them. Why? Eternity is at stake. This isn’t something to be taken lightly. The assurance of one’s salvation is of vital importance. Paul had sensed that things weren’t quite right with some in the assembly. You can see this as you read the Epistle. The only way Paul could get to the bottom of it was by making them take a good hard look at themselves.
The Torah Of God And The Holy Spirit … In The heart?
Dispensationalism is the main reason God’s people have had such difficulty in seeing the Scriptures as one unified whole. (The concept of “OT” and “NT” as separate and distinct from each other, has created an unnecessary misunderstanding.) To make the New Testament “Church” something unique/new/different (since the “Church” isn’t in the OT), a system had to be developed to make that preference “fit” into the Scriptures.