This is the adult Sunday school lesson for Bible Baptist Church of Puyallup, Washington November 15, 2020. For more resources from Bible Baptist Church of Puyallup and Pastor Marvin McKenzie, visit bbcpuyallup.org or marvinmckenzie.org.

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Lesson Forty-four:
(You’re) To Kind
2 Corinthians

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If a man,
I. BRING YOU INTO BONDAGE
 The word bondage means, “to utterly enslave.”
 These were bullies.
 The one thing that I think is true of all bullies, unless
they repent, is that they will run away if they are
ever stood up against.

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If a man
II. DEVOUR YOU
 The word means “to eat up.”
 By application it would mean to squander, to waste.
 I think the definition that applies the most specifically in this
case would be, “to strip of one’s goods.”

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If a man
III. TAKE OF YOU
 The term means, “to seize by force.”
 Given the context I am pretty sure the application
means to somehow trick a person into leaving the
church and the man of God, the Lord has placed
them under.

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If a man
IV. EXALT HIMSELF
These are people who set themselves up as spiritual
leaders.
 They were unwise to do so.
 And the people were unwise to allow them to do it.

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If a man
V. SMITE YOU ON THE FACE
 If a person doesn’t respect you enough to listen to you, to hear
your thoughts. If a person’s only purpose is to use you in some
way for his benefit.
 If he will speak poorly of you or of those you have come to love
and respect
 You are being unwise and too kind, to let him continue to do it
in your presence.