Scripture: II Corinthians 2 : 14-16
As Christians, we are the most blessed people on earth, for in Christ we have become victorious in life - and through Him we have been declared triumphant over death. We are identified with His Person, His perfections, His glorious victories, and His resurrected life - and it is all by faith.
Because we are in Christ by faith, we have passed from death to life-eternal and are one with Him. Because we have been born again, we are accepted forever by the Father. We are declared righteous because of our union with Christ Jesus our Lord.
In this second letter to the Corinthians, we discover Paul encompassed by the sort of difficult circumstances that would cause most people to fall apart. Paul tells his readers that he was pressed out of measure and attacked by the enemy of our souls, insomuch that he, "despaired even of life!" He was tossed about by every possible difficulty and danger, but Paul learned a valuable lesson... that he must not trust in his own abilities but only in God.
