Rubbish at Bible Study 13: Notes from 2 Corinthians 'Chapter Summary Method'

During our RABS session last week we suffered a power cut, and being fairly blind anyway I was happy to end the evening.

Participants made of sterner stuff however (i.e. Graham and Liz) had other ideas, and proceeded to go through their outline of 2 Corinthians 2 and 3 by candlelight, helped only when the power partially returned and sight was improved by the Marcus Hill streetlights coming back on.

I tried to keep up in the twilight and take notes of the main points of their study, using the headings from the 'Chapter Summary Method:' 

1: Caption:  

• Reality of Christ defeats the rigidity of the law

• Church discipline

• The triumph of the New Covenant 

2: Contents: 

• Paul's love for church

• Defending decision to change plans

• Boldness because of new covenant

• Confidence in Christ

• Letter vs spirit of the law 

3: Chief People: 

• Paul

• Corinthians

• Sinner

• Moses/representative of Old Covenant believers

• Holy Spirit 

4: Choice Verse: 

• 2v14 triumph in Christ

• 3v17 spirit of the lord is freedom

• 3v5-6 letter kills spirit gives life 

5: Crucial word(s): 

• Pain/sorrow

• Forgiveness and reaffirmation

• Veil

• Freedom

• New vs old/series of contrasts

• Confidence and Boldness 

6: Challenges: 

• v. 14 triumph procession? 

Are we Faithful Soldiers or Christ's defeated conquests (Piper)?