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Grace and Peace to You I did some yard work today raking leaves. When I had finished, I was reminded of the grace of God since I had been meditating and chewing on it as part of our 2 Corinthians study. I really did a good job raking the leaves. When I looked around even with the wonderful job I did, I noticed that there was no way that I can or would have removed every single leaf that had fallen from the trees. The raking of the leaves is likened to the self righteous acts we do which will never be enough to satisfy the requirements of a Holy God who has said, “Be holy and perfect as I am”. God has given me a pass just because Jesus has raked the leaves of my life for me. I could not do it and neither can you. This is grace to you and me. We began by grace and we must live daily by the grace of God trusting Him for all things and times. 2 Corinthians 1 1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To the church of God in Corinth, together with a

Introduction to 2 Corinthians Happy New Year to all the saints of God. We embark on our continuing and new study of the second letter of Apostle Paul to the Corinthians. I am excited this new year of 2012 to study this precious Word of God. I hope you are equally excited and looking forward to the study. We ended last year with the study of the first Letter to the Corinthians. The two letters are different in many ways. First Corinthians was written to address the problems in the Corinthian Church. Second Corinthians is devoted to the personal life and testimony of Paul. First Corinthians is a correction letter telling the Corinthians what they ought to be. Second Corinthians is personal testimony of Paul and what he is. First Corinthians was written to correct and strengthen the Church for greater usefulness for God. In Second Corinthians we see a man being strengthened through his weaknesses for greater usefulness for God. In our today’s world, 2 Corinthians is like watching your pa