Not that we lord it over your faith, but we are fellow workers with you for your joy, because it is by faith that you stand firm.We don’t control your faith, but are fellow workers with you for your joy. For you stand firm in faith.Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for by faith ye stand.Not that we have lordship over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for in faith ye stand fast.
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… Or else we all will be in trouble. 2 Corinthians 1.24, all the promises of God in Him are what? Yes, and in Him what? Amen. What for? To the glory of God through us. How can you sit and say, in light of some YouTubes that I watched, I conclude that God has changed. When His Word says it cannot happen. Isaiah 46, 9-10. Remember the former things of old. For I am God and there is no other. I am God and there is none like me. Declaring the end from the beginning. And from ancient times, things that are not yet done. Saying, my counsel shall stand and I will do all my pleasure. Everything he promised in the old is coming to pass in the new. And even in the future. And it is not going to change. And I know that some people don't like it. They need to drink cold water. Joshua 21, not a word failed of any good thing which the Lord had spoken to the house of Israel. …
… we are called to gladly work to make people glad in God. That's our job. It says so right here in 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians 1.24. Not that we lord it over your faith, but we work with you for your joy. I mean, what other, I mean, maybe comedians talk that way. I don't think so. That's not joy. I like Nate Bergazzi. I think he's funny. But it's not that edifying. If I cause you pain, he's continuing now in 2 Corinthians. If I cause you pain, who is there to make me glad but the one whom I have pained? Who's there to make me glad but the one whom I have pained? And I wrote as I did so that when I came, I might not suffer pain from those who should make me rejoice. for I felt sure of you all that my joy would be the joy of you all. That's really complicated and wonderful. Apostolic pastoral ministry is your joy, my people, is my joy. …
… That's the devil's constant lie. So 2 Corinthians 1.24 says, by faith you stand. By faith you stand. If you just trust God, you stand. You overcome the devil. You overcome the world. 1 John 5, 4, by your faith, by your faith. That's why four times in Scripture it says, the just shall live by faith. So the shield of faith is the consistent trust that the Lord has the best for us, and His will is the best, the most satisfying, the most delightful, the most fulfilling, the most joyous. Every time you sin, you have allowed your flesh to believe the devil's lie, that there is satisfaction in sin that is greater than the satisfaction in obedience to God. So you protect yourself by believing God. So the belt, the breastplate, the shoes, and the shield. The fifth piece of armor is the helmet of salvation, the helmet of salvation. And that's in the beginning of verse 17, take the helmet of salvation. Helmets were sometimes leather, sometimes made out of metal, and they were designed obviously to protect the head. …