2 Corinthians 2:12-17

2 Corinthians 2:12-17

New International Version (NIV)

¹² Now when I went to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ and found that the Lord had opened a door for me, ¹³ I still had no peace of mind, because I did not find my brother Titus there. So I said goodbye to them and went on to Macedonia.

God will open doors for me and he will tell me when it is time for me to move on.

¹⁴ But thanks be to God, who always leads us as captives in Christ’s triumphal procession and uses us to spread the aroma of the knowledge of him everywhere. ¹⁵ For we are to God the pleasing aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing. ¹⁶ To the one we are an aroma that brings death; to the other, an aroma that brings life. And who is equal to such a task?

When we speak of God when we are lead by God, our words will be accepted by some and rejected by others.  Those who will not accept Christ are going to die without him and this something they don't want to hear.

¹⁷ Unlike so many, we do not peddle the word of God for profit. On the contrary, in Christ we speak before God with sincerity, as those sent from God.
  
What my motive for teaching?  Fame, money, pride or the sincerity of one sent by Christ?


God bless.