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We have spoken freely to you,

Corinthians, and opened wide

our hearts to you.

We are not withholding our affection

from you, but you are withholding

yours from us. 2 Corinthians 6:11,12

This Apostle Paul's second letter was

to the Corinthian Church which was

in the city of most prosperous

commerce with Aphrodite temple

in the home of humanism Greece.

These relatively low social class

young Christians became Christians

by believing Jesus and forgiven

their sins in deep secular world.

But they were confused with their

old way of value system and

life styles such as sexual life

with step mother in the process of

growing according to the character

of Jesus as holy children by

separating from those of the world.

Paul who first introduced Jesus to

them urged with and taught

"if anyone is in Christ he is a new

creation the old has gone

the new has come."

They closed their hearts because

Paul did not love them

they concluded.

It is like a loving and wise mother

pleading with her wilful son not

to hurt himself

"my heart is wide open to you and

love you, open your heart."

All the reasons for this is their

loved ones benefits.

This is Jesus disciple making.

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The 2 Corinthians is the Apostle Paul's second letter to the 

Corinthian Churches. Letter is the most intimate and personal.

Two thousand years ago, the Corinth city in Greece reminds

us today's New York city. The Corinth seaboard city was

then a center of trade, merchandize, wealth and luxury.

Also there was the Venus temple which led people not only

to moral deterioration but also sexual disaster.

The original location of Humanism, which against Creator God

and focus on human, the Corinth city in Greece lay in

spiritually formless, empty and darkness.

Here by God's mercy small lights began to shine. They were the

Lord Jesus' house Churches. They belong to the low social class.

Envious and jealous devil attempted to destroy God's

House Churches by questioning Paul's integrity and Apostleship.

And it caused to delay and complicate the promised loving

collection as well for the poverty stricken Jerusalem church.  

It was the process of the life giving Gospel to us, and it

continues so. How beautiful are the feet those who

bring good news !