2 Corinthians 12/12-13/14, Cessation, signs, wonders and miracles mark apostles, God Disciplines, Creflo Dollar Kenneth Copeland, Christ In You, J W’s; Egotists, Gossips

2 Corinthians 12:12-13:14
The Signs Of A True Apostle; Miraculous
Signs And Wonders Confirmed The
Apostle’s Message; Christ In You, But Not
In Jehovah Witnesses; God Disciplines Us;
Examine Yourselves; Creflo Dollar, Kenneth Copeland;
Miracles; Cessationism
Ken Stillwell

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Let’s read 2 Corinthians 12:11-21
Ken Stillwell

• NAU 2 Corinthians 12:12 The signs of a true
apostle were performed among you with all
perseverance, by signs and wonders and
miracles.
4

2 Cor 12:12, Signs
1 Corinthians 14:22 So
then tongues are for a
sign, not to those who
believe but to
unbelievers; but
prophecy is for a sign,
not to unbelievers but
to those who believe.
2 Thessalonians 2:9
that is, the one whose
coming is in accord
with the activity of
Satan, with all power
and signs and false
wonders,

2 Corinthians 12:12, Miraculous Signs
• Acts 14:3 So Paul and Barnabas spent considerable
time there, speaking boldly for the Lord, who
confirmed the message of his grace by enabling
them to do miraculous signs and wonders.
• The miraculous signs were to confirm apostles.
• The New Testament wasn’t written yet.
• 2 Cor 12:12 The things that mark an apostle —
signs, wonders and miracles…

Creflo Dollar and
Kenneth Copeland
quoted by John
MacArthur, Strange
Fire page 47-48

Creflo Dollar and Kenneth Copeland quoted by
John MacArthur, Strange Fire page 47-48

Wretched, “Do miracles happen
today? Hint: NO.”
• Wretched
• Do miracles happen today? Hint: NO.
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbNCSYI-
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• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bgs38_x1
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• Three reasons God is a cessationist
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYQhyK
bO2ZA 1
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2 Cor 12:13, True Apostles
• NAU 2 Corinthians 12:13 For in what respect
were you treated as inferior to the rest of the
churches, except that I myself did not become
a burden to you? Forgive me this wrong!
• The true apostles were not money grubbers
like the ones on TV.
1
2

2 Cor 12:14, 3rd. Missions Trip
• NAU 2 Corinthians 12:14 Here for this third
time I am ready to come to you, and I will not
be a burden to you; for I do not seek what is
yours, but you; for children are not responsible
to save up for their parents, but parents for
their children.
1
3

2 Corinthians 12:20
Egotists vs. Gossips
• 2 Corinthians 12:20 For I am afraid that
perhaps when I come I may find you to be
not what I wish and may be found by you to
be not what you wish; that perhaps there will
be strife, jealousy, angry tempers, disputes,
slanders, gossip, arrogance, disturbances;
• Proverbs 20:19 He who goes about as a
slanderer reveals secrets, Therefore do not
associate with a gossip.
• ONE NICE THING ABOUT EGOTISTS: THEY
DON'T TALK ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE.

2 Corinthians 12:20, Gossips
15

2 Corinthians 13
Exclusive, Exclusivism

2 Corinthians 13:2, God Disciplines Us
• NAU 2 Corinthians 13:2 …I say in advance
to those who have sinned in the past and
to all the rest as well, that if I come again
I will not spare anyone,
• 1 Corinthians 11:28- 32 But a man must
examine himself…to eat of the bread and
drink of the cup… we are disciplined by
the Lord…

2 Corinthians 13:2, God Disciplines Us
• Hebrews 12:5…do not regard lightly the
discipline of the Lord, Nor faint when you are
reproved by Him; 6 For those whom the Lord
loves He disciplines, And He scourges every
son whom He receives…10 …He disciplines us
for our good…
• 1 John 5:17 …there is a sin not leading to
death.
• 1 Corinthians 5:5 …deliver such a one to Satan
for the destruction of his flesh…

2 Corinthians 13:3, Christ In you
But Not in Jehovah witnesses
• NAU 2 Corinthians 13:3 since you are seeking for
proof of the Christ who speaks in me, and who is not
weak toward you, but mighty in you.
• JW’s deny that Christ Jesus lives “in us”
• It is the indwelling of Christ “in us” that enables us to
live for God as He desires.
• NAU John 15:5 "I am the vine, you are the branches;
he who abides in Me and I in him…
• NAU Galatians 2:20 "I have been crucified with
Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives
in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live
by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave
Himself up for me.

2 Corinthians 13:4, “until”
• NAU 2 Corinthians 13:4 For indeed He was crucified
because of weakness, yet He lives because of the
power of God. For we also are weak in Him, yet we
will live with Him because of the power of God
directed toward you.
• NAU Matthew 12:20 "A BATTERED REED HE WILL
NOT BREAK OFF, AND A SMOLDERING WICK HE
WILL NOT PUT OUT, UNTIL HE LEADS JUSTICE TO
VICTORY.
• NAU Isaiah 42:3 "A bruised reed He will not break
And a dimly burning wick He will not extinguish; He
will faithfully bring forth justice.

2 Corinthians 13:4, Justice to Victory, Dr.
Stanley D. Toussaint
• “A battered reed He will not break off, and a smoldering wick He will not put out, until He leads
justice to victory.” (Matthew 12:20, NASB)
• At first blush this verse seems to be out of place in the Christmas devotional booklet, but it has
everything to do with the birth of the Lord Jesus. He was born in humble circumstances. No armies
guarded the infant Jesus. So it was in His ministry; He humbly retreated when faced with opposition
(Matthew 2:14, 22;4:12; 12:15; 14:13; 15:21; 16:4; 21:17). In Matthew 12:14 the Pharisees took
counsel how “they might destroy Him.” The Lord’s response was not to fight and make a big scene,
but simply to retire from them. This was exactly as Isaiah 42:2–3 predicted. In fact Christ humbly
dealt with “battered” reeds and “smoldering” wicks. Reeds were cheap and dispensable. A
smoldering wick could be quenched with a squeeze of the thumb and forefinger.
Matthew 12:19further states He would not cause a loud public clamor in the streets.
• This is a description of Christ’s earthly ministry in weakness. 2 Corinthians 13:4 says, “He was
crucified because of weakness.” A crucial point in Matthew 12:20is the adverb “until.” The
construction in the Greek NT gives an impression of some indefinite future time. In this age we are
still seeing the weakness of Christ—the blaspheming of His name, the mocking of Christians, and the
flaunting of disobedience to the point of lasciviousness. However, one day this will change when He
returns to reign and “He leads justice to victory.” Although great power is revealed in the gospel
(Romans 1:16), the whole world still lies in the Evil One (1 John 5:19).
• Jesus is our example (1 Peter 2:21). We are not to be brawlers but quietly and gently to be His
servants. As Paul stated, we are to eat our bread in quietness (2 Thessalonians 3:12). What a gentle
Christmas reminder Matthew 12:20 is.
Don't squint! The complete article
follows after the THE END slide.

Justice to Victory, Dr. Stanley D. Toussaint
• “… This is a description of Christ’s earthly ministry in
weakness. 2 Corinthians 13:4 says, “He was crucified
because of weakness.” A crucial point in Matthew 12:20is
the adverb “until.” The construction in the Greek NT gives
an impression of some indefinite future time. In this age
we are still seeing the weakness of Christ—the
blaspheming of His name, the mocking of Christians, and
the flaunting of disobedience to the point of
lasciviousness. However, one day this will change when He
returns to reign and “He leads justice to victory.” Although
great power is revealed in the gospel (Romans 1:16), the
whole world still lies in the Evil One (1 John 5:19).
• Jesus is our example (1 Peter 2:21). We are not to be
brawlers but quietly and gently to be His servants. As Paul
stated, we are to eat our bread in quietness (2
Thessalonians 3:12)…”

2 Corinthians 13:5, Examine Yourselves
• 2 Corinthians 13:5 Test yourselves to see if you
are in the faith; examine yourselves! Or do you
not recognize this about yourselves, that Jesus
Christ is in you-- unless indeed you fail the test?
• 1 Corinthians 11:28 But a man must examine
himself…
• 1 Thessalonians 5:21 But examine everything
carefully; hold fast to that which is good;
• Oh, how horrible our sins look when they are
committed by someone else. Charles Swindoll
sickness unto death

• Mike Gendron posted, “We all need to examine our faith to insure it
is genuine (2 Cor. 13:5). That's because there are two kinds of faith -
a real living faith which saves and spurious dead faith which does
not. There is also an intellectual faith with head knowledge and no
repentance and a heart faith with new desires to please God. People
with these two kinds of faith have one thing in common - they all
call themselves Christians. Tragically our churches are filled with
professors of Christ who do not possess Christ. They have never
been born again. They are victims of the worst kind of deception.
They have been told that by simply naming the name of Christ or
“accepting” Christ they are on the way to heaven. They have been
told that they can receive Jesus as Savior without submitting to Him
as Lord.
• The worst kind of deception is self deception because the
consequences are eternal. That is why James exhorts his readers to
“be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves”
(Jas. 1:22). The most terrifying words a

• professing Christian could ever hear would be Jesus saying
depart from me I never knew you (Mat. 7:23).
• Dead faith is when the object of faith is something other than
Christ or if it is in Christ “plus” anything else. Some marks of
dead faith include a zeal for God without knowledge (Rom.
10:1-4); a love of God without love for Christians (1 John
4:20-21); self righteousness without repentance (Luke 18:9-
14) and an unwillingness to forgive others (Mat. 6:15).
• Everyone has faith in something, but only those who have
faith in the Lord Jesus Christ alone have true living faith.
Nothing can be added to His perfect life, His substitutionary
death and His glorious resurrection. As our all-sufficient
Savior, His work of redemption was perfect, sufficient, and
finished. Salvation can only be offered and received as a gift
of His grace.”
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2 Corinthians 13:5
Exclusive, Exclusivism
• John 8:24, 14:6
• Acts 4:12, chapters 10-11
• Matthew 7:22 – 23
• Romans 10:2, 3:23 … fall short of the glory of God
• John 3:1–15, Jude 1:4, 25
• 2 Cor 5:20,7:1,11;4 2Peter 3:9
• NKJ Hebrews 12:14 Pursue peace with all people, and
holiness, without which no one will see the Lord: [how
much holiness?, Rom 3:23]
• No Other Name, by Greg Koukl, CD
2
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2 Corinthians 13:5, Test yourselves
• Acts 17:11 Now these were more noble-
minded than those in Thessalonica, for they
received the word with great eagerness,
examining the Scriptures daily to see whether
these things were so.
• Revelation 2:2 'I know your deeds and your
toil and perseverance, and that you cannot
tolerate evil men, and you put to the test
those who call themselves apostles, and they
are not, and you found them to be false;

2 Corinthians 13:5
“Jesus Christ in you”?
• NAU 2 Corinthians 13:5 …Jesus Christ is in you…
• NAU John 14:23 Jesus answered and said to him, "If anyone loves
Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We
will come to him and make Our abode with him.
• NAU Romans 8: 9 …the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if anyone
does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Him. 10 If
Christ is in you… 11 But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from
the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead
will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who
dwells in you.
• NAU Ephesians 3:17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts…
• 1 Corinthians 6:15, John 17:21

2 Corinthians 13:5, Examine Yourselves
• NAU Lamentations 3:40 Let us examine and probe
our ways, And let us return to the LORD.
• 1 Corinthians 4:3 But to me it is a very small
thing that I may be examined by you, or by any
human court; in fact, I do not even examine
myself. 4 For I am conscious of nothing against
myself, yet I am not by this acquitted; but the
one who examines me is the Lord.
• NAU Galatians 6:4 But each one must examine his
own work, and then he will have reason for
boasting in regard to himself alone, and not in
regard to another.

NAU 2 Corinthians
13:7 Now we pray to
God that you do no
wrong; not that we
ourselves may appear
approved, but that
you may do what is
right, even though we
may appear
unapproved.
3
6

3
7
NAU 2 Cor 13:7 Now
we pray to God that
you do no wrong; not
that we ourselves
may appear
approved, but that
you may do what is
right, even though
we may appear
unapproved.

2 Corinthians 13:9, Rejoice Or Weep
• NAU 2 Corinthians 13:9 For we rejoice when we
ourselves are weak but you are strong; this we also
pray for, that you be made complete.
• Oswald Chambers “If God has made your cup
sweet, drink it with grace. If he has made it bitter,
drink it in communion with Him.”
• Romans 12:15 Rejoice with those who rejoice, and
weep with those who weep.
• Philippians 4:4 Rejoice in the Lord always; again I
will say, rejoice!
• Colossians 1:24 Now I rejoice in my sufferings for
your sake…

2 Corinthians 13:14
Father, Son, and Holy Ghost
• KJV 2 Corinthians 13:14 The grace of the Lord
Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the
communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all.
Amen
• Sandra Giffin tells that, “While babysitting some
children from another family, I asked each of them
to take turns saying the blessing at mealtimes. The
difference in our family prayer styles didn't go
unnoticed by my 5-year-old daughter. The next
morning at breakfast, she bowed her head and
proceeded to pray,
• "Thank you, Father, Son, and Holy toast.”

THE
END
• When you throw babies in the air,
• they laugh because they know you
will catch them.
• That's TRUST
4
2

Justice to Victory, Dr. Stanley D. Toussaint
• “A battered reed He will not break off, and a smoldering wick He will not put out, until He
leads justice to victory.” (Matthew 12:20, NASB)
• At first blush this verse seems to be out of place in the Christmas devotional booklet, but it
has everything to do with the birth of the Lord Jesus. He was born in humble
circumstances. No armies guarded the infant Jesus. So it was in His ministry; He humbly
retreated when faced with opposition (Matthew 2:14, 22;4:12; 12:15; 14:13; 15:21;
16:4; 21:17). In Matthew 12:14 the Pharisees took counsel how “they might destroy Him.”
The Lord’s response was not to fight and make a big scene, but simply to retire from them.
This was exactly as Isaiah 42:2–3 predicted. In fact Christ humbly dealt with “battered”
reeds and “smoldering” wicks. Reeds were cheap and dispensable. A smoldering wick
could be quenched with a squeeze of the thumb and forefinger. Matthew 12:19further
states He would not cause a loud public clamor in the streets.
• This is a description of Christ’s earthly ministry in weakness. 2 Corinthians 13:4 says, “He
was crucified because of weakness.” A crucial point in Matthew 12:20is the adverb “until.”
The construction in the Greek NT gives an impression of some indefinite future time. In
this age we are still seeing the weakness of Christ—the blaspheming of His name, the
mocking of Christians, and the flaunting of disobedience to the point of lasciviousness.
However, one day this will change when He returns to reign and “He leads justice to
victory.” Although great power is revealed in the gospel (Romans 1:16), the whole world
still lies in the Evil One (1 John 5:19).
• Jesus is our example (1 Peter 2:21). We are not to be brawlers but quietly and gently to be
His servants. As Paul stated, we are to eat our bread in quietness (2 Thessalonians 3:12).
What a gentle Christmas reminder Matthew 12:20 is.

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