I Seek You

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Summary:
Paul says he is ready to visit them a third time and again insists he will not take their money, because he seeks them - not what they have - and is willing to spend himself for their sake even if they love him less in return. He denies any claim that he exploited them indirectly, pointing to Titus and the brother he sent as evidence of the same integrity and “spirit.” He explains that he is speaking before God for their strengthening, yet he fears his visit may reveal unresolved problems - quarreling, jealousy, anger, selfishness, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder - and that many may still be unrepentant in impurity, immorality, and sensuality.
 
Teaching:
What Paul desires is not money, but the holy people of God in the Corinthian church—and their faith. What he longs for is the salvation of the people in Corinth church.

Paul also has a picture of what he hopes the Corinthian church will become, and he says he feels fear and concern that he may not see that fruit. When he visits Corinth for the third time, he is anxious that he may find them unchanged, become disappointed, and be forced once again to confront, correct, and discipline them.

Pastors and the holy people of God - shepherds and sheep, teachers and students - must respond to one another by fulfilling what each rightly hopes to see, so that the church may be built up.

Excerpt from the sermon by Pastor Lee, Feb 5, 2026
2 Corinthians 12:14-21