Through the Bible | 2 Corinthians 8 by Brett Meador

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🗓️ 12 February 2026

⏱️ 70 minutes

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The church in Corinth began collecting funds for impoverished believers in Jerusalem but failed to finish what they started, leading Paul to address the issue of giving in 2 Corinthians 8. In studying his instruction, we see how God calls His people to give with the proper attitude, in proportion to what they have, and with responsible accountability.

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0:00.0	It's always interesting to see different seminars and, you know, talks about the Bible,
0:07.8	what people think about the Bible.
0:09.7	Back in the 80s, there was a thing called the Jesus Seminar down in Eugene, but it was a world
0:15.6	famous gathering of so-called, well, what I would call pipe puffing, cardigan sweater
0:20.5	wearing, you know, wearing, you know,
0:22.8	professors, you know, that everybody esteemed as brilliant, even though they were as dumb as bricks.
0:29.1	Well, Brett, you shouldn't say that of me. But well, here's why I say they're dumb is because
0:32.9	they pretty much thought they were smart enough to decide what were the words that Jesus really said
0:39.3	in the Bible versus what are the ones that he really didn't say versus the ones he may have said
0:45.3	that were in the Bible. In other words, they were judging the Bible and they judged it with various
0:51.1	colors. I think it was colors and, you know, orange meant that, you know, he may have said it. Green meant that he for sure said it. Which there was only a few scriptures that they said that he really said. By the way, one of the few scriptures that they said, no, this is one. It's Acts chapter 20, verse 35, where Jesus, you know, was quoted as saying, it is more blessed to give than to receive.
1:12.2	I think they needed funding for their stupid Jesus seminar.
1:16.0	But basically, they were, you know,
1:18.6	claiming to be the scholars that can discern
1:20.9	whether the Bible is reliable or not.
1:22.9	Basically, they concluded the Bible's unreliable,
1:25.7	but really it was just an indictment on them. By the way, if you read the Bible to judge the Bible's unreliable, but really it was just an indictment on them.
1:28.4	By the way, if you read the Bible to judge the Bible, you're missing the point. The Bible's
1:33.0	meant to judge you. And if you don't like being judged by the Bible, then the problem with that
1:40.0	is it leaves you unaccountable. And you can say whatever you want to say, do whatever you want to do.
1:46.2	I like the accountability that comes from the Bible.
1:49.0	Everything that the Bible says, I believe, every word of the scripture, I believe is inspired.
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