the Sixth Week after Easter
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Day by Day Devotional - Year 4 of 5
2 Corinthians 2:1-17
Paul had postponed his journey to Corinth to allow time for his first letter to take effect. Thanks be to God, conscience had done the work hoped for, both in the assembly and in the man who had to be put out. But now the Corinthians were facing another danger: that of forgetting to show grace toward the repentant culprit. From blameworthy tolerance they had swung to unloving harshness. Satan is always ready to make us jump from one extreme to another. His methods are varied to work out his plans which do not change: to blot out the testimony for Christ and to keep men under his control. He even makes use of jokes about himself – so commonplace in the world – to make people forget his fearful plans. So let us be on our guard against all idle talk about the devil and his power.
In his anxiety about the Corinthians, the apostle had left a splendid harvest field to go and meet Titus who brought him their news. But Paul is comforted by the thought that everywhere he goes he spreads the "sweet savour of Christ". Is this same fragrance discernible to all those who know us? And is it discernible especially to God?
