IBC Richmond

Why does Paul insist that Christians must give willingly, not as a tax or paying dues? What is the false prosperity Gospel? How does the sowing and reaping principle in 2 Corinthians 9:6 not lead to a prosperity Gospel? What will increase your joy in giving? 2 Corinthians 9 ends with a generous God (2 Corinthians 9:15). How does God’s giving inform your giving?

Application Questions: What offering does Paul challenge the church to give towards? What comparable gifts should churches give today? What motivates generous Christians in 2 Corinthians 8? Make a list and determine if these influences compel your giving. What does it mean to be generous? What principles guide your giving to church, to organizations, and to the needy? How can a person give generou...

Application Questions: What offering does Paul challenge the church to give towards? What comparable gifts should churches give today? What motivates generous Christians in 2 Corinthians 8? Make a list and determine if these influences compel your giving. What does it mean to be generous? What principles guide your giving to church, to organizations, and to the needy? How can a person give generou...

Application Questions: What is the difference between godly grief and worldly grief? What does each type of grief produce? Have you every written a letter like the Apostle Paul’s severe letter (2 Corinthians 7:8-9, 12)? How can rebuke be communicated clearly? What role did Titus play between Paul and the Corinthians? What principles of sharing or withholding information can be learned from this st...

Application Questions: What is the difference between godly grief and worldly grief? What does each type of grief produce? Have you every written a letter like the Apostle Paul’s severe letter (2 Corinthians 7:8-9, 12)? How can rebuke be communicated clearly? What role did Titus play between Paul and the Corinthians? What principles of sharing or withholding information can be learned from this st...

Application Questions: What hinders moral and spiritual purity? How can a Christian cultivate holiness in the fear of the Lord as 2 Corinthians 7:1 commands? What stood in the way between Paul and the Corinthian believers? How can you make room for someone in your heart? Who is the next person you need room to accept? Describe Paul’s friendship with Titus. How did Titus encourage Paul? How can you...

Application Questions: What hinders moral and spiritual purity? How can a Christian cultivate holiness in the fear of the Lord as 2 Corinthians 7:1 commands? What stood in the way between Paul and the Corinthian believers? How can you make room for someone in your heart? Who is the next person you need room to accept? Describe Paul’s friendship with Titus. How did Titus encourage Paul? How can you...

Application Questions: What is the danger of receiving the grace of God in vain (2 Corinthians 6:1)? How can this danger be avoided? How should a Christian or Christian leader respond to opposition? How does the text address misrepresentations? Is it comforting to know that spiritual leaders like Paul experience conflict, stress, and sleepless nights? What spiritual disciplines will sustain you th...

Application Questions: What is the danger of receiving the grace of God in vain (2 Corinthians 6:1)? How can this danger be avoided? How should a Christian or Christian leader respond to opposition? How does the text address misrepresentations? Is it comforting to know that spiritual leaders like Paul experience conflict, stress, and sleepless nights? What spiritual disciplines will sustain you th...

APPLICATION QUESTIONS: 1. Why is the body described as a ‘jar of clay’ in 2 Corinthians 4:7? How should a Christian care for their body? How are Christians taught to think about declining health? 2. What similarities exist between Christ and a Christian in 2 Corinthians 4:7-18? 3. Have you been afflicted, perplexed, persecuted, or struck down? Are you still alive? How has God sustained you as he d...

APPLICATION QUESTIONS: 1. Why is the body described as a ‘jar of clay’ in 2 Corinthians 4:7? How should a Christian care for their body? How are Christians taught to think about declining health? 2. What similarities exist between Christ and a Christian in 2 Corinthians 4:7-18? 3. Have you been afflicted, perplexed, persecuted, or struck down? Are you still alive? How has God sustained you as he d...

Application Questions: Why is there a danger of losing heart in Christian work? How does God’s mercy keep Christians from discouragement? What does it mean to be spiritually blind (2 Corinthians 4:4)? Who blinds? What are results of spiritual blindness? What cures blindness? What are practical works a Christian can do to “serve for Jesus’ sake”? Where did God say, “Let light shine out of darkness”...

Application Questions: Why is there a danger of losing heart in Christian work? How does God’s mercy keep Christians from discouragement? What does it mean to be spiritually blind (2 Corinthians 4:4)? Who blinds? What are results of spiritual blindness? What cures blindness? What are practical works a Christian can do to “serve for Jesus’ sake”? Where did God say, “Let light shine out of darkness”...

Application Questions: Do you identify with Paul when he writes, “our sufficiency is from God”? How are you insufficient in your own strength and dependent on God’s? How does the Holy Spirit minister to a believer in 2 Corinthians 3? When a friend asks, “Why don’t Christians follow the Old Testament commands?”, what is a reasonable answer? How does 2 Corinthians 3:12-18 inform your answer? Explain...

Application Questions: Do you identify with Paul when he writes, “our sufficiency is from God”? How are you insufficient in your own strength and dependent on God’s? How does the Holy Spirit minister to a believer in 2 Corinthians 3? When a friend asks, “Why don’t Christians follow the Old Testament commands?”, what is a reasonable answer? How does 2 Corinthians 3:12-18 inform your answer? Explain...

Application Questions: Should Christians view themselves as victorious soldiers or captured enemies in Christ’s triumphal procession? What does the “aroma of Christ” metaphor represent in 2 Corinthians 2:14-16? How can the same message and messenger be a fragrance of life to some and death to others? Why is there no middle ground when it comes to Jesus Christ? What is the danger of “peddling God’s...

Application Questions: Should Christians view themselves as victorious soldiers or captured enemies in Christ’s triumphal procession? What does the “aroma of Christ” metaphor represent in 2 Corinthians 2:14-16? How can the same message and messenger be a fragrance of life to some and death to others? Why is there no middle ground when it comes to Jesus Christ? What is the danger of “peddling God’s...

Application Questions: Why did Paul write a severe letter to the Corinthians rather than visiting? How does patience and the elapse of time help church discipline and restoration? Who practices church discipline in the local church? Where does authority reside? Why does Paul write, “this punishment by the majority is enough” in 2 Corinthians 2:6? How does Satan outwit Christians and churches? How...

Application Questions: Why did Paul write a severe letter to the Corinthians rather than visiting? How does patience and the elapse of time help church discipline and restoration? Who practices church discipline in the local church? Where does authority reside? Why does Paul write, “this punishment by the majority is enough” in 2 Corinthians 2:6? How does Satan outwit Christians and churches? How...

Application Questions: Is all boasting pride? When (if ever) should Christians boast? How can you simplify your life to please the Lord and live with more godly sincerity? When will a Christian give an account of his/her life to the Lord? What steps should you take to read and understand Scripture correctly

Application Questions: Is all boasting pride? When (if ever) should Christians boast? How can you simplify your life to please the Lord and live with more godly sincerity? When will a Christian give an account of his/her life to the Lord? What steps should you take to read and understand Scripture correctly

Application Questions: What suffering has God allowed for your comfort? Describe the circumstances of suffering. Reflect on the who, what, when, where, and why of God’s comfort through the suffering. How does suffering identify a Christian with Christ? Have you experienced bonding with other believers through difficulty? What level of openness did suffering require or cause? Name a strategy to “pa...

Application Questions: What suffering has God allowed for your comfort? Describe the circumstances of suffering. Reflect on the who, what, when, where, and why of God’s comfort through the suffering. How does suffering identify a Christian with Christ? Have you experienced bonding with other believers through difficulty? What level of openness did suffering require or cause? Name a strategy to “pa...